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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Metal Mickey
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
Continue readingIt’s All Too Much
From Feeding Tube Records, we have the second LP by Weeping Bong Band called simply II (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR448);
Continue readingFormer Reflections Enduring Doubt
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)
Continue readingFor Spelunkers Everywhere
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
Continue readingCanyons: new odyssey for slug sludge doomsters off to a shaky rather than slow and steady start
Slomatics, Canyons, United Kingdom, Black Bow Records, BBow029 CD digipak (2019) Slow their music may be … but once the
Continue readingAvtomat Proshlogo: a pleasant and sometimes trippy voyage in an eclectic sea of space rock, psychedelia and jazz
Ciolkowska, Avtomat Proshlogo, Russia, [Addicted label] / noname666, digipak CD #730 (2018) Started in Saint Petersburg in 2012, Ciolkowska are
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