Charlie Bertsch / 03 Aug 2022
Sounds About Space and Time
III, by Holy Tongue
Holy Tongue is a testament to the ongoing versatility of the dub aesthetic, roughly half a century since it began to branch off as a separate musical genre.(...)
Mouse on Mars
Charlie Bertsch / 21 Apr 2021
When Machines Sing
AAI, by Mouse on Mars
AAI, the new album by storied German electronic group Mouse on Mars, is the rare concept album in which form and content are equals.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 08 Jul 2020
Uneasy Listening
Deadbeat and Paul St. Hilaire’s 4 Quarters of Love and Modern Lash
“War Games”, the opening track of Deadbeat and Paul St. Hilaire’s 4 Quarters of Love and Modern Lash, begins with the spacious minimalism perfected by the Rhythm & Sound records St. Hilaire sang on as Tikiman in the 1990s. (...)
Charlie Bertsch / 18 Mar 2020
Burying The Fall
Jan St. Werner’s Molecular Meditation
Molecular Meditation, the new collaboration between Jan St. Werner – half of the influential Berlin duo Mouse on Mars – and Mark E. Smith – the deceased frontman of post-punk stalwarts The Fall – is a proudly self-indulgent record. (...)
