This album is an interesting listening experience falling somewhere between Digital Ash In A Digital Urn by Saddle Creek label lords Bright Eyes and the eclectic intellectuality of Woven (but without the pretentious insanity).
The songs on offer on Inside/Absent are quirky, sparse and claustrophobic. You will find nothing epic in scale here. But it is […]

Conor Oberst has always been a little self-indulgent. Listening to previous Bright Eyes records it is easy to find yourself not paying attention and tuning out of his pointless monologues or noisy excursions only to have your attention snapped back when a song of unbelievable beauty kicks in.
I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning begins with one […]

Music DVDs as a rule are generally not very entertaining but aMotion is awful even by these low standards.
I am an APC fan so I enjoy the music but there is nothing on the DVD that is not on any of their CDs. The videos for Judith and 3 Libras are good but hardly new. […]

Slipknot aren’t shit anymore. Honest.