Posts Tagged ‘The Fall of Us All’
A Man About a Horse–New Note Magazine
“Tibbetts operates a fine balance between sensitive acoustic shivers and heavily petted electric fuzz…”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–USA Today
“The guitarist’s extraterrestrial groove music is a supersonic kick. He melds spacey jazz, rock and world beat into a gripping soundscape that fluctuates from primal rage and caustic guitars on the industrial sizzlers to ambient ear massages on acoustic interludes… The Fall never falls short of exhilarating.”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–Philadelpia Inquirer
“he adds droning guitar textures that shift in slow-motion to create gripping, ever-changing polychords. And atop those come his solos, which fracture every guitar cliche”
Read MoreThe Fall of Us All–CD Review & Baltimore Sun
“the best thing about “The Fall of Us All” is the astonishing fluidity of Tibbetts’ guitar work, which can be as percussive as a tabla pattern or as liquid and lyrical as a Hendrix solo”
Read MoreThe 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–Riverfront Times, St. Louis
“this man’s musical teeth seem to be getting sharper and sharper”
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”
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“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 MoreExploded View
“Marc Anderson’s forceful percussion has an animated, almost conversational quality, and Tibbetts’ striking fret work runs the gamut from meditative solo passages to heartstopping blasts of rainbow feedback” -Rolling Stone
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