As a music fan, I find myself reading about music a lot, but I also constantly find myself frustrated with the music writing that I read. Most music reviewers these days tend to either rely too much on history, or bring too much of themselves into the piece. Rarely is an album review just about the music.

I created One Album in 120 Seconds as a response to these overly stylized reviews that spend more time connecting the dots than discussing the music itself. By condensing an album into two minutes and presenting track-by-track ‘quotes’, my goal is to provide an easily digested and accurate synapses of a work that both excites people who are familiar with the record, but also entices those who are new.

Obviously, these audio reviews are not objective for in the act of editing the creator displays their own personal biases and tastes. For that reason, and in the spirit of collaboration, I encourage any and all to create their own two minute record reviews and submit them to me — bryan [at] knock-twice.com. Not only will they be posted here and on your own web-space, but also on the One Album in 120 Seconds web page that is currently being built.

Due to the smaller format, I hope that this project will be more sustainable than Knock Twice Radio, eventually building a sizable collection of reviews and podcasts.

Click here for current reviews, and refer to the following sites that I read, though typically don’t enjoy, to learn more about the bands, the history, and music writers:

All Music Guide
Pitchfork Media
WikiPedia

Thanks,

Bryan