wikipedia.org: "Will Oldham (born 24 December 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has recorded under a number of monikers, including "Palace", "Palace Music", "Palace Brothers", "Palace Songs", "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy", "Bonny Billy" and his own name.
His music is often placed (perhaps inappropriately) under the genre of "alternative country". Oldham was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He briefly attended Brown University, and now calls Baltimore, Maryland home." More
The WIRE 272: "The piano is surrounded by sweeping and swooping rushes of metallic scything, needling stutters and trebly sustains. The title track plays with reverberant space, exaggerating the piano's interior presence as Klumpes sets out his cyclic patterns." More
The WIRE: "London based 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw's playing style can be firmly linked to the Takoma school of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, as well as to more contemporary players such as Jack Rose and Steffan Basho-Junghans. But, like them, Blackshaw has successfully found his own voice, as becomes instantly obvious when listening to the four tracks that make up "O True Believers".
allmusic.com: "Pere Ubu emerged from the urban wastelands of mid-'70s Cleveland to impact the American underground for generations to follow; led by hulking frontman David Thomas, whose absurdist warble and rapturously demented lyrics remained the band's creative focus throughout their long, convoluted career, Ubu's protean art punk sound harnessed self-destructing melodies, scattershot rhythms, and industrial-strength dissonance to capture the angst and chaos of their times with both apocalyptic fervor and surprising humanity." More at allmusic.com
raster-noton.de: "the raster-post series winds up with a pop release by label regular and favorite COH aka ivan pavlov. entitled "PATHERNS", this 4 trk CDEP creates a picture-puzzle like effect while at the same are four exercises in constructive melancholy. COH seems to throw back to the times of pushing rhythms and propulsive club music of the 80's & 90's (as we all know his love for the "moroder" sound), but the past appears digitalized here..... nothing would make you think that this is not a product of the 21st century!" More
allmusic.com: "Pere Ubu emerged from the urban wastelands of mid-'70s Cleveland to impact the American underground for generations to follow; led by hulking frontman David Thomas, whose absurdist warble and rapturously demented lyrics remained the band's creative focus throughout their long, convoluted career, Ubu's protean art punk sound harnessed self-destructing melodies, scattershot rhythms, and industrial-strength dissonance to capture the angst and chaos of their times with both apocalyptic fervor and surprising humanity." More
