What do you do when your buddy no longer wants to make music? If you're Off Records you put out his CD! Goldcard is Charlie Campbell who used to be in Pond, a Portland band that had some bright moments. Here are tracks from sessions in studios, or at Quasi's house, or with Grandaddy, some recorded at home, and more. It all kind of ties together (miraculously) and Jeff Saltzman's mastering job (at Portland's Superdigital) must have been a task! If you like wacky records or any of the above- mentioned artists check this out. (www.offrecords.com)
Music Reviews | No. 36
Built on Squares
by Larry Crane
In 1997 we ran a great interview with Trent Bell of Bell Labs in Norman, Oklahoma. He's been running that studio for years now, and mostly is working on "regional" acts when we catch up on one of our...