by Brent There’s just something that seems so contradictory (yet brilliant) to me about releasing instrumental electronic music on that antiquated musical medium known as…
by Brent Liz Janes impressed music listeners with her full-bodied and dexterous voice (not to mention her underrated songs) on her full-length 2004 release Poison…
by Brent The most enjoyable part of writing for Somewhere Cold has always been, since the beginning, the discovery of great “unknown” artists who blow…
by Brent It’s a shame that the sticker on my copy of Magnet’s new full-length The Tourniquet reads a quote from NME which says: “Time…
by Brent For a relatively young band, trespassers william certainly has achieved a great deal of success (measured in specific terms, that is). They’ve had…
by Brent Back in 2003, a CD named Friends Don’t Speak by a gutsy and loud math-rock band named Fletcher came to our attention. We…
by Brent Stars of the Lid is one of the legendary groups of the ambient genre. With an approach that is summed up succinctly in…
by Brent I have a strange relationship with Tulsa, OK’s Ester Drang. Okay, maybe relationship is not the right word for it, but nevertheless, my…
by Brent 2005 was the Year of the Comebacks for beloved 1980’s artists, it seemed. Releases from artists like Depeche Mode, New Order, and Echo…
by Brent One of the GOOD things about the internet and the resulting proliferation of artists offering their music is that once in a while…