Just as charmingly off-kilter as its cover; this collection of singer/songwriter/sampler/experimenter Brian Campeau is inspiringly uninhibited. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the…… Read more “OSMR: Brian Campeau – Ambience Driver – B-sides, Demos and the Neglected”
Category: Lo-Fi
OSMR: Bell Monks – The Sun Will Find You
https://www.youtube.com/embed/he1Umk9yPM0 In my next life, all I’m going to listen to is lo-fi indie rock exactly like this – planning to be a much better human. Kevin…… Read more “OSMR: Bell Monks – The Sun Will Find You”
OSMR: Benjamin Finger – Less One Knows
A lovely mess of distortion, lo-if effects and brilliant song writing. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new…… Read more “OSMR: Benjamin Finger – Less One Knows”
Hanging Valleys – Behind the Backs of Houses
London duo Hanging Valleys is out with a new EP that is near breathtaking in its tenderness. Thom Byles and Michael Phillips describe their music as “ambient-indie,”…… Read more “Hanging Valleys – Behind the Backs of Houses”
Raven Bauer Durham – Conversations
Guitarist Raven Bauer Durham of Phoenix Auto Group has released her debut, a lo-fi beauty that slides back and forth between indie folk, ambient and new classical.…… Read more “Raven Bauer Durham – Conversations”
Trevor Ransom – Spring
Cindy (formerly Gordon) Sharp’s name doesn’t figure prominently in the history of alternative pop music. It might have, but the Scottish vocalist, musician and producer turned down…… Read more “Trevor Ransom – Spring”
Field Hymns
There is something inherently challenging about music written to sound like it comes from another time. The current fascination with analog synthesizers among more than a few…… Read more “Field Hymns”
Ak’chamel – Death Chants
A short time ago, I got an email from Ak’chamel The Giver of Illness. “Hi, we love what you’re doing at BADD PRESS,” they wrote. “Keep supporting…… Read more “Ak’chamel – Death Chants”
Two Tail & Quiett – Fountains
If the phrase lo-fi house music strikes you as a contradiction in terms, check out this sumptuous new EP from Two Tail & Quiett. Released by Hush…… Read more “Two Tail & Quiett – Fountains”