All posts by Dan Obstkrieg

Happily committed to the foolish pursuit of words about sounds. Not actually a dinosaur.

Siriun – Psychonaut Review

Do you suppose anyone has ever looked at themselves in the mirror on their 100th birthday and thought, “Well, it’s been a good, long life, but I sure wish I had spent more time being …

Stagnant Waters – Rifts Review

If you have found yourself thinking lately, “Boy, I sure am glad that the world around me makes so much sense, and I’m really enjoying the sensation of thinking clearly,” you might want to talk …

Found Sounds And Frig You Friday Presents: Vol 13, Maybe Frig Yourself On A Monday?

Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world. Friends, it has been a few months since we fucked our Friday together. Our mission here at Fancy Yarn Factories & Fuck You …

Slope – Freak Dreams Review

The human mind is a surpassingly strange thing. It frets. It dreams. It analyzes. Depending on the factory settings of your particular model, it may engage in relentless self-criticism, or it may dance with abandon …

Ponte Del Diavolo – Fire Blades From The Tomb Review

One of the very best things about music is that quite literally anyone can make it. Your neighbor who never trims his hydrangeas? Could be a secret banjo virtuoso. That lady at the grocery store …

Vemod – The Deepening Review

It’s hard to accuse Vemod of being in a rush. It has been twelve years since the Norwegian duo of Jan Even Åsli (guitar/bass/songwriting) and Eskil Blix (drums/vocals) released their debut album, Venter På Stormene. …

Best Of 2023 – Dan Obstkrieg: How Can I Keep From Singing?

Do you like lists? I like lists. One of my very favorite books is Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler, and inevitably, around year-end list-making season, I think about its first chapter. …

Deathcode Society – Unlightenment Review

A common science fiction trope is the idea of infinite parallel universes, where each decision we make sets off a cascade of subsequent events both in our own universe as well as in the ones …