Choice Cuts: October 2001

Telefon Tel Aviv

Album: Fahrenheit Fair Enough

The Scoop: You can count on Chicago’s Hefty Records to put out electronic music that’s more polished and ambitious in scope than most of their peers (see also Beneath Autumn Sky and Slicker). Telefon’s Charles Cooper and Josh Eustis were drawn together by a love for innovative classic music. The result is an album for your headphones, an album for insomniac clubbers and ravers staying awake to greet the sun.

Highlight Track: “Life Is All About Taking Things In And Putting Things Out” finds a clear line back to Eustis and Cooper’s classical influences. The lovely piano ballad is married to a refreshingly unforced electronic backdrop.

Honorable Mention: “Introductory Nomenclature” is a faster, bass-heavy number—very modern in design—that keeps the party going just as you thought it might be winding down.

For More Info: Hop over to http://www.heftyrecords.com

Artist: James William Hindle

Album: James William Hindle

The Scoop: Yorkshire-born Hindle finds a comfortable, country-tinged niche in the folk world. Intimate string arrangements are among the highlights on his mostly acoustic self-titled album, which will hit stores and streets at the end of October.

Highlight Track: “Sparky Marcus” is a duet that neatly encapsalutes the Hindle sound, soft and thoughtful. The relationships go awry and the mood is mostly gray, but he never lapses into hopeless angst or brooding.

Honorable Mention: Glen Campbell’s “Less of Me” provides a rousing, anthemic closer with plenty of twang. The other cover—of the Bee Gee’s “I Started A Joke—is also a pleaser.

For More Info: Visit http://www.wishingtreerecords.com

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