krautrock Archive
19 Sep 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for September 2016, Part 1
This week, I’m publishing 25 album reviews, each a tidy 100 words. In no particular order. Asia – Phoenix For most listeners, Asia was a one-and-done proposition; their self-titled 1982 […]
18 Jul 2016
Black Mountain: Canadian Krautrock?
Conventional wisdom holds that Vancouver-based Black Mountain is somehow retro in its approach to making music. A more careful listen, however, suggests that the band’s music features new sounds that […]
24 Jun 2016
Eliot Sumner: Sounds Familar
When singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eliot Sumner began her recording career, she used the name I Blame Coco for her project. That choice was based at least in part upon […]
24 Sep 2015
Album Review: Cary Grace — Tygerland
Depending on the manner in which one learns about Cary Grace, the music on Tygerland may come as a surprise. An American expatriate now living in the United Kingdom, Grace […]
22 Jul 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2015, Part 2
Five releases from five acts from five different countries (Poland, The United States, Germany, Belgium and Sweden) are the focus of today’s brief reviews. Lunatic Soul – Walking on a […]
21 Apr 2015
Lloyd Cole: Standards and Practices, Part 2
Continued from Part One… I laughed and expressed my surprise that the sometimes singer/songwriterly Lloyd Cole is a fan of 1970s krautrock. “I’m going to be in Berlin in September, […]
20 Apr 2015
Lloyd Cole: Standards and Practices, Part 1
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions debuted onto the music scene in the 1980s, a period that dovetailed nicely with my college years. Their debut Rattlesnakes came out in 1984, and […]
04 Mar 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for March 2015, Part 3
“Rock” is such an all-encompassing term. It can include speedy punk, gothic rockabilly, krautrock, indie rock, and more. So, too, can a selection of my hundred-word reviews. To wit: Stuyvesant […]
16 Jan 2015
Album Review: Son of Kraut: The Next Generation of Krautrock
Though it might seem otherwise to the casual observer, the term krautrock is neither pejorative nor disparaging. In its classic sense, the label refers to improvisationally-based rock with spare musical […]