Mike Griffin

Mike Griffin lives in upstate New York with his wife, daughter, and two cats. When not tending to the domestic front, he plays music and writes and reads.

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latest reviews by Mike Griffin....
Mike's lifetime average review-rating is 7.37
Burnt Hills Enjoy it on either level, the visceral or the cerebral... rated 8/10 (8 September, 2010)
Calypso Borealis "Uyang Okpo Usun" Knockdown stuff from France... rated 8/10 (8 September, 2010)
Pumice Stefan Neville wins again... rated 9/10 (8 September, 2010)
SF "Ghost Pulse" Totally stellar tape from Dungeon Taxis... rated 8/10 (1 September, 2010)
Failing Lights Total mindblower. Get stuck in... rated 9/10 (25 August, 2010)
Rambutan "Dream of a Future Desert" Full of mysterious, intense moments... rated 9/10 (25 August, 2010)
Banned Books "Mission Creep" Indie rock with a fair amount of wise-assed ambition... rated 5/10 (18 August, 2010)
Boduf Songs "This Alone Above All Else In Spite of Everything" Another solid return for Kranky... rated 7/10 (11 August, 2010)
Family Battle Snake "Glass Face Island" Awesome LP from Bill Kouligas... rated 9/10 (4 August, 2010)
Zero Centigrade "I'm Not Like You" Good stuff from the Twilight Luggage label... rated 7/10 (28 July, 2010)
Phantom Band Hugely disappointing. .. rated 4/10 (28 July, 2010)
The Owl Service "The View From a Hill"" A smooth and captivating listen.. rated 8/10 (28 July, 2010)
Anna Nacher "Vaggi Varri" Lovely solo work from one of the Magic Carpathians... rated 7/10 (30 June, 2010)
Stabab "Mesmerizing Leaves to Flee" Awesome and dark... rated 9/10 (30 June, 2010)
Salamander Wool "Lunarsophic Somnambulist" Interesting though inconsistent... rated 5/10 (24 June, 2010)
 
 
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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