DARC MIND - Symptomatic of a Greater Ill Why would some people still consider Anticon as a rap label, in the second half of the 2000's? By then, indeed, it only released indie rock, or some folktronica albums, with just, here and there, a few reminiscences of […]
CASTHEADWORK - Natural Patterns Quite often, if one wants to discover a band's very best, he or she has to go back to the origins, to the time when, still young, its members were delivering anything they had in mind, without calculation, limitation or self-parody, and without the pain of renewing and reinventing themselves. This may also be the best approach, to discover Imaginations Treetrunk, a loose indie rap collective from Vancouver.
RED ANTS - Omega Point The Red Ants have never been top players, in the hip-hop underworld. With their conscious and somber kind of rap, Modulok and Vincent Price were sometimes much too much into darkness. With its martial tone, its banging and noisy beats, its science-fiction imagery, its anti-capitalist stance and the red color of anarchy on the cover art, Phobos Deimos, their first album, had not been the subtlest indie rap album ever. But still, some of its tracks like "Lot’s Wife", "Incendiary Objects" and the great "Future Imperfect", had been particularly efficient and impactful.
BOMARR - Scraps One can find anything, into the Restiform Bodies' prolific discography, be it official or less official releases, collective or solo works. However, from one record to another, it is not that easy to really notice differences: each time, it is always the same kind of patchwork and postmodern hip-hop, with a few rock and electronica influences, and a bit of weirdness. It always sounds very amateur. It is always some kind of fantasy and exuberant rap, concatenating brilliant and not so brilliant ideas. And it never really looks like a finished product. Which Restiform Bodies album is captivating? All of them. Which of them is a masterpiece? None.
