Articles by Melissa Wheeler

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  Various

  Post Office 2

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  If you’re into subtlety, this is for you — but watch it: If you don’t want to O.D. on glitch stay away. This compilation of microbeat from...

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  Telefon Tel Aviv

  A Map of What is Effortless

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  With their debut album in 2001, Fahrenheit Fair Enough, Telefon Tel Aviv showed up with sophisticated chill-out music topped off by a crust...

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  Passage

  The Forcefield Kids

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Number one, this is an Anticon record. You should expect: rappers that sound like your next door neighbour, younger cousin, or librarian, b...

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  Secret Mommy

  Mammal Class

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Everyone wants to have their say about pop culture. Some people hate it, some people love it. Some people examine it academically, economic...

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  Agoria

  Blossom

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  He’s French, but he’s caught the Detroit bug. Sebastien Devaud, aka Agoria, finally weighs in with his debut minimal/tech LP, after a coupl...

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  Beanfield

  Seek

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  It’s nu-jazz, no doubt about it — nor about the quality of the record itself. The third LP from the group, now composed of Jan Krause and M...

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  Beef Terminal

  The Isolationist

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  If ever there was an award for most aptly-named album, this record would take the cake and the after party too. Of course, it would have to...

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  Chromeo

  She's In Control

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Excuse me for a minute while I convulse with joyous laughter over the name of this Montreal electro duo. Chromeo! Say it! Clever. There’s m...