bola
"fyuti" - everything fitton has done has led up to this album.

broadcast
"haha sound" - so far, the album of 2003. [egregiously cheesy little new! gif]

christ
"pylonesque" - a welcome resurgence of mandrax abuse.

drexciya
"harnessed the storm" - a vertiginous listen.

four tet
"pause" - like a postrawk arovane, some very catchy head-nodders for the sunny set.

freescha
"slower than church music" - detuned, DIY elegies.

fridge
"eph" - a dense, sonically adventurous affair.

geomatic
"control agents" - a revisitation and update of lustmord and spk's halcyon days.

gescom
"key nell" - the boys at their peak.

markus guentner
"in moll" - a music of possibilities.

herrmann and kleine
"kickboard girl" - everything's nice.

herrmann and kleine
"our noise" - a survey of the last couple of years' ambitions.

markant
"infam" - some of the strongest material endrass has released.

markant
"vice versa" - downright ponderous at times.

mouse on mars
"idiology" - yay, mouse on mars!

pentatonik
"credo/zeitgeist" - why wasn't this band utterly massive?

phoenecia
"brownout" - confident and self-actualized.

phonem
"ilisu" - phonem's most satisfying and realized work.

posthuman
"posthuman" - dropping bombs on your unsuspecting dancefloor.

posthuman
"the uncertainty of the monkey" - the cover is fucking awful.

signer
"low light dreams" - better suited to an evening drinking.

solarium
"parts i-xiv" - another winner from spezialmaterial.

string theory
"anhedonia" - chicago's new favorite sons.

various
"freakbitchlickfly" - in a just world, this would make kid606 and friends millionaires.

various
"kicking ass and sucking gas" - too good to write off as merely dated.

wobbly
"regards" - an expressive cat with something to express.

so, yeah, these review pages are pretty skimpy, having fallen victim to a recent and queer convolution of the usual indolence and the need to get shit done, stat. my silence hasn't been for want of new media, that's for sure. with hope, i'll get my act together enough to start writing again. in the interim, you can always check out my old reviews (which i'll eventually steal) at popcontrol. sorry. thanks.