Very good drone-rock psych-noise thing from The Telescopes. Stone Tape (COLD SPRING CSR267CD) arrives with a little mental baggage to
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Desert Song
Abronia are a rather sombre and serious-looking six-piece combo from Portland, and here’s their second LP The Whole Of Each
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Los Pirañas Historia Natural GERMANY GLITTERBEAT RECORDS GBLP081 L.P. (2019) It’s a bit perverse really, when it requires a computer
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Ken Matsutani deserves to be reckoned as a hero of Japanese underground rock. He formed Marble Sheep and the Run-Down
Continue readingSand Enigma: an ambitious foray into a multi-universe of many possibilities but not plumbing very deeply
Land of Kush, Sand Enigma, Constellation Records, CST146 CD / vinyl double LP (2019) As long as I’ve been writing
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From Feeding Tube Records, we have the second LP by Weeping Bong Band called simply II (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR448);
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I feel Jeffrey Alexander’s music has only tangentially graced our shores…we heard one compilation by The Iditarod, and have a
Continue readingLorca / Lost Tapes (1989 – 1991): a remarkable collection of strange and unearthly recordings by a Peruvian music veteran
Miguel Flores, Lorca / Lost Tapes (1989 – 1991), Peru, Buh Records, BR121 limited edition vinyl 12″ / CD (2019)
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Cave Allways U.S.A. DRAG CITY RECORDS DC 654 L.P. (2018) That example of composite titling could be a nod towards
Continue readingCalm Black Water: psych-stoner doom and urban saxophone blues in the service of Lovecraftian horror
REZN, Calm Black Water, The Netherlands, Off The Record Label, OTRL025 limited edition CD / LP (2019) If this Chicago
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