Articles by Mike Burrows
Birdie
Triple Echo
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002
Cut to the chase: this is excellent female-lead, keyboard-based pop, with horns and flute being invited out to play quite often. Meanwhile,...
Theboylucas
Out of the Wires
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002
Unwrap the cord to the headphones and loosen off the screws in your spine, as somewhere from between the spaces occupied by Piano Magic and...
Photon Band
Alone on the Moon
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2001
The 18-minute opener sparked intrigue; what could these ace retro popsters be crafting? Would it restore the glory of '98s All Young in the...
Team Doyobi
Doyobi
PUBLISHED May 1, 2001
Autechre's Skam label typically keeps things fairly hard breaking, and Team Doyobi is no exception. Knowing that is half the battle on this...
Gersey
Hope Springs
PUBLISHED May 1, 2001
Page one: start where the Number One Cup album Wrecked By Lions left off (sorry no guarantees on the spine tingling). Page two: If you've r...
Mr Velcro Fastner
Lucky Bastards Living Up North
PUBLISHED May 1, 2001
Mr Velcro are a couple Finnish guys both named Tatu. Instead of bringing the funk, they program analog robots to bring the funk. The job ge...
Paloma
Take Care of Me
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
The closest references we have are a folksy Will Oldham mixed with the Kings of Convenience, slowed down just a bit. Laurent Vaissiere is f...
Yume Bitsu
Auspicious Winds
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001
Weddings would be so much more worthwhile if Yume Bitsu's "The Wedding Procession" could blare over the rented hall. The arresting beauty a...
