Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with cv313 Hidden Sequence Fletcher Taction
Greg Fenton reviews cv313, Hidden Sequence, Fletcher, Taction – Artist Series – Alt/Dub I love this release because the music it contains expands the mind through a motion of possibility, like the future is ever-present in defiance of the ready-made nostalgia of light entertainment. cv313 starts exploring mystery and poise through atmospheres and the overlapping…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Margaux Gazur
Greg Fenton reviews Margaux Gazur – Blurred Memories LP – Smallville Records Dancing along a fine line of musical intrigue and the free-form rewiring of history, Margaux Gazur’s brilliant new album soothes the soul while quickly demonstrating the ability to fuse invention and communication into one message. Drawing on a raft of various influences, the…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Goldie presents Rufige Kru
Greg Fenton reviews Goldie presents Rufige Kru & Submotive – Alpha/Omega – London Records Whoever said music was meant to be easy didn’t get the point. Music is meant to challenge everything. Otherwise, it’s just Light Entertainment—about cold cash, the loss of soul and meaning. Listen to this album. It sounds like life is being…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with LUM
Greg Fenton reviews LUM – Golden Daughters of The Golden Cave EP – Maison D’Etre Does it feel like fate when the first ten seconds feel exhilarating, igniting every possibility rather than dulling the nerves with the boredom of endless nostalgia? Besides being graced with such an excellent title, Golden Daughters of The Golden Cave…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Queer On Acid
Greg Fenton reviews Queer On Acid – You On My Side – Kneaded Pains This kick drum doesn’t give a f**k. But then again, neither does any of the other brilliantly placed drums, repeating voices or incendiary acid lines causing havoc to your sense of reality. You, is quick-fire, to the point. And all is…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Brandon Woody
Greg Fenton reviews Brandon Woody – For The Love Of It All – Blue Note Records Swimming in a slipstream of predetermined, pre-programmed nostalgia can be hard to navigate, but hit play and watch the minutes explode. Every note that sounds is as important as the last. Each time I get fired up by the…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with uh
Greg Fenton reviews uh – pleroma EP – PRAH Recordings uh are the sum of combined creative sparks generated by brother-sister duo Dominic & Fionnuala Kennedy, and their music teases out warm melodic shapes informed by swathes of electronic discourse punctuating the words in due process. At times, hinting at the ethereal while at others,…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Dom Williams (Miles Away Records) – The 10 Most Important Beach Records of Our Time
Presented by our guest interviewer, Ellis May. Dom Williams heads up Miles Away Records. This deep digger and collector’s passion was first ignited by his time working at Acid Jazz. Miles Away started under the Acid Jazz umbrella but is now an independent label that puts out timeless classics and unearths hidden treasures, reissuing them…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Ryan Sadorus
Greg Fenton reviews Ryan Sadorus – Hot in the D – Beretta Music Let’s cut straight to the chase, which is the low-slung menace generated by the outstanding bass riff driving Nobody’s Fool into a swirl of late-night ecstasy. Accompanied by occasional smoky voices and a pumping bounce of heavy drums, this is one of…