Matt Blackall

Matt lives in Chicago. He likes to use big words to talk about music.

latest reviews by Matt Blackall....
Matt's lifetime average review-rating is 7.23
Steve Roden "Ecstasy Showered Its Petals With the Full Peal of the Bells" Fantastic!.. rated 9/10 (20 August, 2009)
Luperci "The Holy Mountain" Excellent monster of an LP... rated 8/10 (14 July, 2009)
Human Greed "Black Hill: Midnight at the Blighted Star" Third release is a doozy... rated 8/10 (8 July, 2009)
Various Artists "Jalan Jalan: Traditional Music Recordings by Jerry Lloyd" Quite stunning release from the folks at URCK... rated 10/10 (30 June, 2009)
Spiral Joy Band "Little Sparrow" Truly great, but limited... rated 8/10 (23 June, 2009)
Grey Park Debut CD from Finland's most underrated band... rated 8/10 (16 June, 2009)
Tomasz Bednarczyk "Painting Sky Together" Bednarczyk's second album is a good one... rated 8/10 (27 May, 2009)
The Second Family Band "When We Are Gone" Great Wisconsin jams... rated 7/10 (30 April, 2009)
Lawrence English "A Colour for Autumn" Another winner for Lawrence English... rated 8/10 (15 April, 2009)
Becca Rice An excellent album... rated 9/10 (1 April, 2009)
Matmos "The West" Killer reissue... rated 9/10 (1 April, 2009)
WoO "Come Blue" Great stuff from Serbia... rated 8/10 (11 March, 2009)
Caldera Lakes Totally great jams on SRA.. awesome stuff... rated 9/10 (3 March, 2009)
Silent Spring Another great release on CLaudia... rated 8/10 (3 March, 2009)
J. Hanson "Veiled Beauty" Nice effort from this former member of Hochenkeit... rated 7/10 (14 January, 2009)
 
 

2 February, 2010
Bill Orcutt After more than ten years of silence, ex-Harry Pussy guitar player Bill Orcutt released ‘An New Way To Pay Old Debts’, an acoustic hardcore blues record that sounds heavier than all the eclectic guitar records in your collection. It was the best album of 2009... feature :: by Joeri Bruyninckx

Utech Records Utech Records is a label out of Milwaukee that puts out some of the most cutting edge releases in avant-garde music today... feature :: by Dave Miller

26 January, 2010
Usurper The first thing that makes a Usurper show such a thrilling experience is the sudden and palpable sense of self-awareness..... feature :: by Joe Luna

13 January, 2010
Year End 2009 It's hard to believe that 2009 was only ONE year .. feature :: by Brad Rose

The Long Decline #10: 2009 Alright, 2009... a total motherfucker of a year with so much happening, where to start and where to end... yeah, I don't even know. But let's take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?.. feature :: by Brad Rose
6 October, 2009
O. S. T. Mining the fertile fields of film soundtrack music for ours and your aural pleasure... podcast :: by Jani Hellén

8 September, 2009
Pododocast Lots of stuff from V/A compilations this time around... podcast :: by Jani Hellén

11 August, 2009
basketweaves and merrows Summer is the time to swim in texture... podcast :: by Vanessa Rossetto

28 July, 2009
Summerdrool Part 3, Ephemera The Recently Reviewed, Old Classics, and Cryptic Debuts.. podcast :: by John Ganiard

23 July, 2009
Digitalis Preview 2009 A preview of forthcoming Digitalis & Digi Ltd biz.... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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2 February, 2010
Le Syndicat "Timespace Losses 1982/1987" Essential listening... review :: by Michael Tau

Blue Sabbath Black Fiji "Gemini" CD-r Prepare to get your face buzzed off... review :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Head Boggle "Clavioline Demo and Living Stereo" CD-r Head Boggle rules! Get boggled!.. review :: by Michael Jantz

Black Mayonnaise "Dissipative Structure" LP Debut vinyl, killer stuff... review :: by Paul Simpson

September Collective "Always Breathing Monster" Nice stuff on Mosz... review :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

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Abstract Truth Totum
The Blue Hook Motor Oil & Whiskey
The Boats Words Are Something Else
Lauri Bortz Kung Fu Kitty DVD
Mark Bradley For the Monks CD-r
Jack Callahan Klangfarben tape
Cruudeuces Strange Magic 3'' cd-r
Disgust of Us Disgust of Us
Hypochondriosis Nothing Felt Like This
J/B Aerograph VIII 3'' cd-r
Lisa Jaeggi Oh Lady You Shot Me
Lunar Miasma Blackest Haze 3'' cd-r
Magic Castles Songs of the Forest tape
Mako Sica Noise Attic Session 2 tape
Micro_Penis Micro_Penis LP
Noise Cobra Tongue and Groove
Pigeon Religion Dead Boss 7''
Richard Pinhas and Merzbow Keio Line
Pivixki Pivixki
The Procedure Club It's Only Fair CD-r
Ethan Rose Oaks
Erik Satie 42 Vexations (1893)
Fredrik Ness Sevendal Tinoll tape
Symbiosis Orchestra Live Journeys
These Wonderful Evils Vermilion Sands tape
Toddler Body Afterbirther tape
Various Artists Comfusões 1: From Angola to Brasil
Various Artists Serge Modular Users 2009
Woodchucker/Jonatan Nastesjo Leaves Never Leave
Xiphiidae Sewn Within a Circle tape
You Are Home Phoneyhome
Richard Youngs & Andrew Paine Tokyo Garden Suite