Mohammad, Zo Rèl Do, Antifrost, CD AFRO 2064 (2014) Mohammad is a Greek trio employing cello, contrabass and electronics to
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Collapsing
Many aspects there be to Things Fall Apart (HERBAL INTERNATIONAL CONCRETE DISC 1302), a record by Jason Kahn documenting his
Continue readingCold Comfort
Various Vernacular JAPAN WHEREABOUTS RECORDS WHACD-13 (2013) Cold comfort is afforded in great measure by this tasteful survey of introspective
Continue readingHumanity Won’t Be Happy Until…
Socialism is still alive and well and thriving in Italy, if this release from Sparkle In Grey is anything to
Continue readingNo Stars, Only Full Dark: a self-assured release of black metal fusion
Windbruch, No Stars, Only Full Dark, Canada, Hypnotic Dirge Records, CD HDR-037 (2014) On first hearing this album, the second
Continue readingFragments Shored against my Ruins
Lucrecia Dalt‘s Syzygy (HUMAN EAR MUSIC HEMK0032) comes across as a record that’s trying to tell me something; it’s studded
Continue readingAmulet: the deep and the commonplace in mystery ceremony revealed by iPhone recordings
Oren Ambarchi, Amulet, The Tapeworm, cassette TTW 65 (2014) Korean director Chanwook Park made a short movie not long ago using
Continue readingPolarlicht: giving us soothing low-key ambient electronic soundscapes
Monolyth & Cobalt, Polarlicht, Time Released Sound, CD TRS041 (2014) In spite of its name which translates from German into
Continue readingSome of the World around us
The lovely Mark Vernon of Glasgow duo Vernon & Burns continues to supply us with audio goodies, including a recent-ish
Continue readingThe Loving Tongue
Here’s the latest outburst of mean-spirited evil acoustic gittarring hoodoo from Bill Orcutt, the guitarist from Harry Pussy who caused
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