Mike Wood

Mike Wood is a novelist, painter and adult ed instructor in Providence, RI. He has a wife, three cats, and two beat up guitars.

latest reviews by Mike Wood....
Mike's lifetime average review-rating is 7.35
Oval "O" Massive... rated 6/10 (1 September, 2010)
Breathe Owl Breathe "Magic Central" Solid effort on Hometapes... rated 7/10 (25 August, 2010)
Henry Grimes / Rashied Ali "Spirits Aloft" This is what live albums should be... rated 9/10 (25 August, 2010)
Various Artists "Wonder Wheel Presents" Compilation of the year?.. rated 9/10 (25 August, 2010)
Agent Ribbons "Chateau Crone" Good times to be had... rated 7/10 (11 August, 2010)
Various Artists "An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 6" An excellent addition to this most essential series... rated 8/10 (4 August, 2010)
Robe. "Bleak" Ominous... rated 6/10 (4 August, 2010)
Paul A. Rosales "Wonder Wheel 1" Mixed up pop... rated 7/10 (4 August, 2010)
Freefall "Strongly Imploded" Fun and ferocious chaos... rated 8/10 (4 August, 2010)
Kontrolorgan "Interruption Songs" A rich, generous piece of programming and improvisation.. rated 7/10 (4 August, 2010)
Jack Rose & Glenn Jones "The Things We Used To Do: Solos & Duets" A brilliant, poignant farewell... rated 8/10 (4 August, 2010)
Alvin Lucier / Nick Hennies "Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas" Recent release on Quiet Design... rated 7/10 (28 July, 2010)
Ennis Tola "Seed" Has some moments... rated 6/10 (28 July, 2010)
Harvey Girls "I’ve Been Watching a Lot of Horror Movies Lately" Quite good... rated 8/10 (28 July, 2010)
Killah Priest "3 Day Theory" Nice one... rated 7/10 (28 July, 2010)
latest features by Mike Wood....
Red Plastic Buddha Chicago’s Red Plastic Buddha has a big sound that just feels right... (13 May, 2008)
RESISTANCE(S) part II This is Lowave’s second collection of short films and videos by independent filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa... (4 February, 2008)
Noise/Music: A History (by Paul Hegarty) “Noise can never be enough, while always seeming to be too much.”.. (27 November, 2007)
 

1 September, 2010
Bis auf’s Messer Berlin’s Bis auf’s Messer emporium has all bases covered. From two rooms in the Eastern borough of Friedrichshain, Robert and Stefan run a store and a mailorder operation, they organize gigs, and not one, but two labels... feature :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Neon Marshmallow Fest Recap More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of Chicago’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.... feature :: by Travis Bird

25 August, 2010
Little Fury Things Padna’s own Nat Hawks runs a rad micro-label out of Brooklyn with an even radder name! .. feature :: by Dave Miller

Live London #13: Graham Lambkin / Call Back The Giants / Helm Show review from August 6th, 2010 at Cafe Oto in London featuring Graham Lambkin, Call Back the Giants and Helm... feature :: by Peter Taylor

18 August, 2010
Donovan Quinn Donovan Quinn has already proven himself to be one of the more gifted folk-pop songsmiths of the past decade through his work with Verdure and The Skygreen Leopards... feature :: by David Perron
10 August, 2010
Early Women Composers A collection of tracks from some of the best female composers this century... podcast :: by Brad Rose

5 August, 2010
Hobo Cult #1 First set of tunes from the man behind Hobo Cult/Hobo Cubes... podcast :: by Frank Ouellette

15 July, 2010
LAFMS Podcast #1 A selection of tracks from the might Los Angeles Free Music Society.. podcast :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

3 July, 2010
ALPHACAST A collection of songs from the mighty Colin Ward AKA Alphabets in celebration of the ALPHABOX release... podcast :: by Brad Rose

26 June, 2010
Early Electronics A collection of various electronics from the last half-century... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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1 September, 2010
Various Artists "I'm Going Where The Water Drinks Like Wine" A must have compilation... review :: by Crawford Philleo

Mark McGuire "Tiding/Amethyst Waves" Recommended reissue on Weird Forest... review :: by Anthony D'Amico

Skjølbrot "Maersk" CD-r An absolute gem of a CDR... review :: by Matt Blackall

Zola Jesus "Stridulum" Another massive entry in the Zola Jesus discography... review :: by Dave Miller

other new reviews....
April In The Orange Siva Casting Dice 7''
Arklight Nolo Contendere/Rakkasans 3'' cd-r
Iain Campbell Absolutely the Best ABBA since ABBA CD-r
Celer All At Once Is What Eternity Is 3'' cd-r
Cornucopia Ultima LP
Dense Reduction Hobbes Diamond tape
Drivan Disko
Adam Gnade Trailerparks
Hellcake Friends Become Enemies tape
Imbogodom The Metallic Year
Ken Rei Wearing Sweatpants
Kkrakk!! Subatomic Vibrations tape
Lee Konitz, Chris Cheek, Stephan Furic Leibovici Jugendstil II
Outer Limits Recordings Foxy Baby LP
Oval O
Pausal Lapses
Horacio Pollard Acorn Bath CD-r
Prurient Cocaine Death
Sensible Nectar Minor Devil tape
SF Ghost Pulse tape
Sheik Anorak Day 01
Siddhi Cuttlefish Bone CD-r
Squim No Blade of Grass CD-r
Tokyo Mask Route Painless