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Sep 19 2008
Hello Everyone,
We wanted to let you know that we are updating our One Times One site and forums. The new forum should offer an improved experience for our members, more user friendly and less spam.
For all of our friends who have conversed with us over the years, we would like to say “Thank [...]
Sep 11 2008
OTO Rating: 8/10
A fluid, stream of conscious melody with subtle snap and fresh lyrics opens up Jaymay’s album Autumn Falling. The track, “Gray or Blue,” is at once tight and airy, accessible and shy, and a suitable introduction to the debut released in March on Blue Note Records. With the release Jaymay (aka Jamie Seerman) [...]
Apr 30 2008
Interviewer: John Fancher
Interviewees: UBYK
It’s easy to picture Samantha Tobey and Roman Bleum sitting around a small LA fire pit, guitars in hand, stoking the sound of their latest musical venture, UBYK.
Sharing an almost “dorky love for Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett,” the [...]
Apr 29 2008
OTO Rating: 8/10
In another boldly creative interaction with piles of able and active listeners, Radiohead is offering up an entirely new “album” (and concept) on iTunes. Again preempting the sonic pirate, Radiohead is offering up the fruits of its labor for download, but this time with an open invitation and organized competition to remix the [...]
Mar 24 2008
Masterful lyrics dripping with indie quirk and organic acoustic with some sound experimentation successfully complements the standout “indie” film of the year, “Juno.” Jason Reitman, recognizing the role of music in any well-executed indie film took the reigns of the soundtrack’s production and successfully developed a precise sound to support and almost mirror the narrative [...]
Jan 24 2008
OTO Rating: 8/10
Domesticated Disco-Punk
Lean and mean from start to finish, Sounds of Silver is LCD Soundsystem’s most cohesive, polished and accessible album to date. Avoiding the cluttered and bombastic beats of previous albums, front man James Murphy streamlines mixes and slows introductions of sound shifts effectively thickening crescendos and enhancing climaxes. Per usual the lyrics [...]
Jan 24 2008
OTO Rating: 6/10
Audio alchemist Alexis Gideon doesn’t produce shimmering nuggets of ill-begotten gold, but his laboratory shufflings mushroom into symphonies of explosions, clattering, and digital chattering that builds into a sonic crescendo deserving a thoughtful, if schizophrenic, ear. The quirky vignettes set a base layer for hilarious, often immature, and always random flowing that comes [...]
Jan 10 2008
OTO Rating: 6/10
Scandinavian pop travels to U.K. but a few pieces were lost in the move. Little Name’s How To Swim And Live juxtaposes the light and the weighty and fails to weave the two effectively – the instrumentation overpowers the precocious lyrics and like undercooked pasta, it just doesn’t stick. Unlike the pasta, I [...]
Oct 08 2007
Interviewer: Eric Rankin
Interviewee: Alex Brown Church of Sea Wolf
ER: First of all, is the band’s name taken from the Jack London book, or do you just like the words “Sea” and “Wolf” together?
ABC: Yes, it’s taken from the book. But I also like those words together.
ER: Although many of the lyrics in your songs seem [...]
Sep 28 2007
OTO Rating: 9/10
Is it a coincidence Leaves in the River is released only mere days after the official Autumn Equinox? I doubt it. Like the symphony of crisp autumn leaves drifting into the chilly fall breezes, Sea Wolf echoes deep lyrics that swoon with gentle reflection, introspection and sentimental thoughts. Sea Wolf front man, Alex [...]