Articles
Roger O'Donnell
Morgan Packard

Albums
The Ace of Clubs
akido
Cenotype
Cyrus
Mathias Delplanque
Entia Non
Michael Fakesch
False
Forrest
Kraig Grady
Kiln
Kingfisherg
Low in the Sky
Payton MacDonald
Manitou
Martin & Machinefabriek
Mt. Fuji Doom. Corporation
Need More Sources
Nobile
Odd Nosdam
Ontayso
Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells
RF & Lili De La Mora
Schmickler / Chisholm
The Sea
Seabear
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Silvania
Six Twilights
Aaron Spectre
Stamen & Pistils
Swayzak
Tijuana M. A. Broad. Inc.
Utom Alla
Pete Warren
Yaporigami

Compilations / Mixes
Box of Dub
Expanse at Low Levels
Ibiza – Renaissance Vol. 4
Jahtarian Dubbers Vol. 1
The Silence Was Warm

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Abiku / Kid Camaro
Audio Injection
B12
Bering & Simko
Bury the Sound
The Caribbean
DJ C feat. Zulu
Entia Non
Flavius E
Andre Gardeja
Lerosa
Magnum 38
Microthol
Ontayso
Troy Pierce
Ghislain Poirier
Rusuden
Skoozbot
Slap [unmodified]
Sonmi451
Joel Tammik
TG

The Caribbean: The Go From Tactical / The Beverly Boys
Hometapes

With its frosty, ‘coke-bottle-clear' vinyl and its canary yellow label, the Caribbean's 7-inch teaser for its upcoming Populations album charms as much on visual grounds as it does aural. Michael Kentoff and company again beguile with their eccentric avant-pop style on “The Go From Tactical” and the non-album cut “The Beverly Boys.” Opening unassumingly with Kentoff's soft vocal purring over acoustic guitar strums, “The Go From Tactical” escalates heavenward when a gorgeous hook jumpstarts a silken chorus (“Pick up my sound signal to you…”) that's sweetened by a melodica's lovely hum. “The Beverly Boys” is a little less ornate and distinctive but doesn't stray dramatically from the band's usual laid-back languor. Kudos to Hometapes for including a colour insert that displays the songs' lyrics which are, like the group's previous output, appealingly oblique.

August 2007