John Ganiard

John is a student in St. Louis studying philosophy and writing. He admires percussionist and synth builder Rich O'Donnell, wakes up to Air Force flyovers, and wishes he had enough responsibility to own a cat.

latest reviews by John Ganiard....
John's lifetime average review-rating is 7.06
Harps of Fuschia Kalmia "Burning With Your Old Joy In The Terminal Sun" Good stuff... rated 7/10 (12 August, 2009)
Scarcity of Moments "Lucid Dreaming" Pretty cool... rated 6/10 (12 August, 2009)
Skarekrauradio "The Iireal me Sutura/ The Iireal Me Futura" East Saint Louis eat your heart out... rated 8/10 (12 August, 2009)
A Broken Consort "Box of Birch" Absolutely brilliant... rated 9/10 (5 August, 2009)
Algren "A Wayward Sound Floods the Streets" Not a very good debut... rated 3/10 (5 August, 2009)
Trembling Bells "Carbeth" Close yet not quite... rated 6/10 (22 July, 2009)
Ø +yn "La Cancion Del Ciempies" Solid effort from Argentina... rated 6/10 (22 July, 2009)
Nissenmondai "Destination Tokyo" Tokyo ftw... rated 7/10 (22 July, 2009)
Magpie Wedding "Torches" Highly recommended... rated 9/10 (22 July, 2009)
Headdress "Lunes" This sophomore effort is essential... rated 9/10 (22 July, 2009)
David Stackenas "Bow" Awesome CD on Kning Disk... rated 8/10 (15 July, 2009)
Irr.app.(ext) "Kreiselwelle" Certainly has its moments... rated 7/10 (15 July, 2009)
Streights "I See My West" Awesome tape on Featherspines... rated 8/10 (15 July, 2009)
Quest For Fire Not that gripping... rated 5/10 (1 July, 2009)
The Late Call "Leaving Notes" Not too bad... rated 7/10 (1 July, 2009)
latest features by John Ganiard....
Skare Krau Radio What follows is an interview that, and I will go so far as to boast, truly gets at the heart of East St. Louis band Skare Krau Radio, a collective whose live performances (or Warning Orbs) are legendary..... (28 October, 2009)

latest blogposts by John Ganiard....
Approximately Infinite Universe My dad once told me that one of the most depressing things in life is realizing all the great music you will never hear and books you will never read... (10 July, 2009)
The New York Eye & Ear Fest II New York's own home-grown music fest returns for a non-cold outing... (9 July, 2009)
Locrian tour, 3" LOCRIAN / Summer Tour - July 2009 July 2nd - Frankie's Basement / Toldeo, OH w/ Hive Mind and Jason Zeh July 3rd - STALAG IX / Lucky Cheng's Fortune Cookie Cab... (2 July, 2009)
New from Tipped Bowler Tapes Li Jianhong/ Lovers with Cloisonné Bracelet / TBT009 Hangzhou’s Li Jianhong has been performing alone and in the duo D... (30 June, 2009)
Ong Ong #5 complete! (reception in Seattle!) We live to adjust the tuning forks of the universe... (24 June, 2009)
TITWRENCH fest what a cool name, right... (15 June, 2009)
3 New Tapes from Housecraft all first generation dubs in real time to Premium Master Type I cassettes HR92 *A... (10 June, 2009)
Karneval im Land der Cetacean Gonna be in Austria the 26th-28th... (10 June, 2009)
latest podcasts by John Ganiard....
Summerdrool Part 3, Ephemera The Recently Reviewed, Old Classics, and Cryptic Debuts.. (29 July, 2009)
Summerdrool Part 2, For Cementland a slab of droning compositions and chiseling post metal.. (8 July, 2009)
Summerdrool things to daze to.. (25 June, 2009)
 
 
26 September, 2010
The New Foxy Digitalis Check out the new site.... feature :: by Brad Rose

8 September, 2010
Ernesto Diaz-Infante Since the mid-nineties, composer/guitarist Ernesto Diaz-Infante has been releasing some of the most boldly unclassifiable and uncompromising music that spans an unbelievably wide range of sounds... feature :: by David Perron

Horaflora Horaflora is San Francisco-based musician Raub Roy. .. feature :: by Mike Pursley

1 September, 2010
Bis auf’s Messer Berlin’s Bis auf’s Messer emporium has all bases covered. From two rooms in the Eastern borough of Friedrichshain, Robert and Stefan run a store and a mailorder operation, they organize gigs, and not one, but two labels... feature :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Neon Marshmallow Fest Recap More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of Chicago’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.... feature :: by Travis Bird
15 September, 2010
Lucky 13 Jani Hellén's 13,000,000th dream.. podcast :: by Jani Hellén

10 August, 2010
Early Women Composers A collection of tracks from some of the best female composers this century... podcast :: by Brad Rose

5 August, 2010
Hobo Cult #1 First set of tunes from the man behind Hobo Cult/Hobo Cubes... podcast :: by Frank Ouellette

15 July, 2010
LAFMS Podcast #1 A selection of tracks from the might Los Angeles Free Music Society.. podcast :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

3 July, 2010
ALPHACAST A collection of songs from the mighty Colin Ward AKA Alphabets in celebration of the ALPHABOX release... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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