Carl Craig, ‘Carl Craig Sessions’ (!K7)
In Carl Craig's nearly 20-year career turning out remixes for LCD Soundsystem, Deee-Lite, Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, and others, he's logged almost as many clients as…
Biffy Clyro, ‘Puzzle’ (Roadrunner)
Though they formed in the late '90s, this Glaswegian postgrunge band finally became Britain's next big thing when Puzzle, their fourth LP, debuted at No.
Ulrich Schnauss, ‘Goodbye’ (Domino)
Judging from his album titles, Ulrich Schnauss always seems to be leaving or long gone. The sounds matched the sentiment on the Berliner's first two…
Crowded House, ‘Time on Earth’ (ATO)
Midway through the sessions for a solo album, Neil Finn rang up some old mates. And with original Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour, late-era guitarist…
Pelican, ‘City of Echoes’ (Hydra Head)
When I first saw Pelican live in their hometown of Chicago a few years back, they sounded, well, young: The quartet's instrumentals guilelessly ventured from…
Cornelius, ‘Sensuous’ (Everloving)
The fifth full-length from Cornelius -- a.k.a. Japanese studiowhiz Keigo Oyamada -- further refines the slice-and-dice approach thatprompted comparisons to Beck on 2001's Point and…
Amon Tobin, ‘Foley Room’ (Ninja Tune)
Did 1950s musique concréte composers ever imagine their rarified tape-art would become the next century's pop fodder? On Foley Room, named for the film sound-editing…
