Articles by Roman Sokal
Lounge Act
Postcards From The Lounge
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000
Lounge Act crawls within the domain of sound that is everything sultry. There is plenty of interplay with the hi-hat and bass guitar, which...
Cherry Bomb Club
Cherry Bomb Club
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
Just as quick as they can shake their retro go-go shakers and up the tempo to a maximum with a million variations of the same beat, the unf...
Aidan Baker
Element
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
Seeping from the mind of Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Aidan Baker, Element is a five-track study of singularity in ambience that exc...
ProjecKt X
Heaven and Earth
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
ProjecKt X could very well be the term that defines the study of infinity. And who's more appropriate to spearhead such a task than sirs Ro...
Galactic
Late For The Future
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
In the great tradition of Medeski, Martin & Wood and the Average White Band, Galactic is a powerhouse ensemble that knows what buttons to p...
Ominous Seapods
The Super Man Curse
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
The Ominous Seapods make themselves forerunners in the "jam" scene simply for having a daring quality in their approach, which is sort of Z...
Under The Sun
Under The Sun
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
A great deal of time has elapsed since a progressive rock band has sounded like, well, a progressive rock band from the days of yore. Under...
Workhorse Movement
Sons of the Pioneers
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000
The Workhorse Movement creates music that would be highly suitable for beer commercials, the anthemic ones that feature a generic rock guit...