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Reviews


Amor Gabriel Naim (2001)


Soundtracks
This is the first solo outing for Gabriel Amor (one half of avant -pop duo Amor/Belhom) and its quite wonderful in its scope. This all instrumental mini-album ranges from ambient French pop to sparse


Buellton (2001)


Avenue Of The Flags
The first release from the Californian group Buellton is also the latest from the label Film Guerrero, who will provide a label interview in next month’s magazine. Buellton are a reasonably new outf


Graves (2003)


Love, Love, Love
"Languid, meandering, and inventive" debut album from Portland, Oregon's the Graves, which is reminiscent of both Jonathan Richman and Prefab Sprout



Norfolk and Western (2001)
Norfolk and Western - Centralia

Centralia
Understated beauty. These two words are the best way to describe Norfolk and Western's second full length record, 'Centralia'. A delicate album full of folk instrumentation intertwined with atmospheri


Norfolk and Western (2002)
Norfolk and Western - Winter Farewell

Winter Farewell
"Outstanding" third album of "rootsy, folk rock" from Portland, Oregon based collective that makes unusual use of instrumentation


Tracker (2001)
Tracker - Ames

Ames
"Desert rock" at its very best, Tracker's epic-sounding and evocative debut album 'Ames' draws comparisions with and has a similar haunting quality to Ry Cooder's 'Paris, Texas' and Calexico's 'Hot Ra



Tracker Polk (2003)
Tracker Polk - Tracker Polk

Tracker Polk
Ambiently skewed second album from Tracker, the solo project of FILM Guerrero label owner John Askew, which, despite a difficult recording, proves to have "been well worth the long wait"