BROKEN FACE - #18

"Interviews/features on Portlands jazz-folk-drone-indie-improv-whatever ensemble Rollerball, Simon Wickham-Smiths consistently amplified and expanded lexicon of creative music, the Ponys pop music which is so much about contradictions that were not even sure its pop at all, Californian multi-instrumentalist Steven R. Smith, the fog-clad vibrations and aural claustrophobia of Lovely Midget, the untamed beauty of Michael Gira and a deep look into the Finnish underground scene. We also got a chance to visit the frank and humorous, informed and loose world of Pengo, the textural, languid and open landscapes of the Necks, Italian space/psychedelia explorer Dario Antonetti and Texan Crevices mysterious and atmospheric drones crossed with a puckish sense of humor. Add to all this an extensive 1998-2003 wrap up, more than 200 reviews and youve got yourself another issue fully packed with fascinating music." - Broken Face.