Posts Tagged ‘Bob Hughes’
The Fall of Us All–Downbeat
“The Fall Of Us All ranks with his best and wildest work (alongside Yr and Exploded View), because it smoothly reconciles Tibbetts’ volatile mood swings with his developing interest in the music of Indonesia and Tibet.”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–Lawrence Journal World
“if you’ve grown weary of the Viennese confections underscoring large chunks of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001,” tune out the Strauss and plug in the Tibbetts, and ponder the monolith once again”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–RollingStone
“a trip of another, more explosive and enriching kind, a dynamic study of Eastern modality and universal spiritualism driven by rock & roll ambition” -Rolling Stone
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–Guitar Player, 7/94
“Veering from ambient dreamscapes to violent, post-industrial rave-ups, from spellbinding acoustic fretwork to apocalyptic electric fret burn, Tibbetts’ first album in five years is an emotional and sonic tour-de-force.”
Read MoreBig Map–Downbeat, February 1990
“we hear original sounds produced from the elements of World Music, intelligent sounds that caress the ear and stir the imagination”
Read MoreYr–Rolling Stone, 6/88
“Yr… a trancelike otherworldly quality that is nevertheless rooted in the rock & roll here and now, thanks to periodic wake-up blasts of frenzied Frippaphonic soloing.”
Read MoreLe Droit, Ottawa-Hull
“A beautiful sensitivity displayed by this trio, a contemporary truth…”
Read MoreExploded View–Downbeat, 6/87
“Steve Tibbetts seems intent on producing music that doesn’t have a name. It ain’t Third Stream, though he mixes lots of acoustic guitar and wordless vocals a la Steve Reich in his typically lengthy structures. It ain’t New Age, because it’s got balls and ideas. “
Read MoreExploded View–Guitar Player, 3/87
“weaves through two sides, running the emotional gamut from serene to violent, always intense. This is truly unclassifiable, but then, it’s not searching for a compartment.”
Read MoreExploded View–College Media Journal, 2/87
“the drums pound, the guitar riffs flutter and fly, tapes mess around, the energy flows, and somehow it all falls together”
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