Review 音 Review March 11, 2015 by Diego Olivas Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (1991) Belatedly, it appears that the best is yet to come. Truly no other month can be as trying, and as most worthy… March 11, 2015
Review 音 Review March 6, 2015 by Diego Olivas Talk Talk: I Believe In You (1988) Talk Talk – 1988 Sometimes, things are better left unsaid. In 1988, Tim Pope and Mark Hollis set out to create a… March 6, 2015
Review 音 Review March 3, 2015 by Diego Olivas The Blue Nile: Over the Hillside (1989) Paul Buchanan from The Blue Nile I’m a firm believer in art seen through movements. Although movements might have disparate artists within… March 3, 2015
Review 音 Review February 27, 2015 by Diego Olivas David Sylvian: Orpheus (1987) David Sylvian -1986 There’s something peculiar about working or experiencing art with black and white colors. Gone are visual signifiers and reference… February 27, 2015
Review 音 Review February 25, 2015 by Diego Olivas David Sylvian: Upon This Earth (1986) and Talk Talk: April 5th (1986) David Sylvian – 1986 Sometimes meaningful excursions can lead to so much. Let’s take one, and follow the lead of two budding… February 25, 2015
Review 音 Review February 20, 2015 by Diego Olivas Kate Bush: The Ninth Wave (1985) Kate Bush Now, this, this is what you call an end to a magnificent run. Releasing an album, Hounds of Love, in… February 20, 2015
Review 音 Review February 16, 2015 by Diego Olivas Big Country: In A Big Country (1983) Big Country I’ll ask for forgiveness on this account. Sometimes in the journey to get somewhere, you lose track of time. In… February 16, 2015
Review 音 Review February 12, 2015 by Diego Olivas The Waterboys: This is the Sea (1985) Mike Scott and the Waterboys Have you heard the Big Music? You probably already have. Its the music seemingly heard everywhere now,… February 12, 2015
Review 音 Review February 10, 2015 by Diego Olivas Cocteau Twins: Donimo (1984) The Cocteau Twins I’m going to introduce you to a word you’ve probably never heard before: glossolalia. This word means speaking in… February 10, 2015
Review 音 Review February 6, 2015 by Diego Olivas Virginia Astley: A Summer Long Since Passed (1983) Here’s to another unheralded and quite forgotten one. In the summer of 1983, a humble, charming bit of pastoral neo-folk music was… February 6, 2015
Review 音 Review February 4, 2015 by Diego Olivas Richard and Linda Thompson: Wall of Death (1982) Richard and Linda Thompson – 1980 In the same year as Kate Bush was heralding a new apex for neo-folk music, one… February 4, 2015
Review 音 Review January 30, 2015 by Diego Olivas (Album of the Month) January 2015: Kate Bush – The Dreaming (1982) Kate Bush – 1982 You know January, a month so long, a month that appears so taxing at first, whether temporal or… January 30, 2015