Mario Diaz de Leon, Hypnos, Shinkoyo, CD SHIN040 (2012) Third solo album for this musician / composer and apparently a
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Hitoyogiri: almost easy-listening Japanese noisy psych-guitar rock with a blues touch
Miminokoto, Hitoyogiri, Important Records, CD IMPREC338 (2011) Featuring the kind of bleak, dark noisy psychedelic blues that I usually expect
Continue readingElektra Bidasoa: little sense of power of nature versus machinery in experimental soundscapes
Francisco López and Xabier Erkizia, Elektra Bidasoa, Ferns Recordings, CD ferns_stem_02 (2011) Environmental field recording expert Francisco López teams up with
Continue readingAhad’s Master’s Garden III (2007-2009): The Harmonian Blues (Music for Film, Theatre and Dance)
Zsolt Sores Ahad, Ahad’s Master’s Garden III (2007-2009): The Harmonian Blues (Music for Film, Theatre and Dance), Fourth Dimension, FD2CD76
Continue readingGreat Explorers: gentle surf music and psych-pop amble through Cambridge
The Doozer, Great Explorers, United Kingdom, Pickled Egg, EGG76CD (2010) A very pleasant psych-pop amble through his home town of
Continue readingHands That Pluck: not quite the sterling send-off it could have been
Caïna, Hands That Pluck, Profound Lore Records, 2xCD PFL-082 (2011) This double CD set is Caïna’s swansong release and what a way
Continue readingDisciples of Shit – Live Waste: pitiless blackened doom sludge industrial
Sewer Goddess, Disciples of Shit – Live Waste, US, Black Plague / Malignant Records, CD INFECT08 (2011?) Recorded over a
Continue readingOskoreien: self-titled debut heralds a new player in Cascadian black metal
Oskoreien, Oskoreien, Pest Productions, CD PEST048 (2010) “Oskoreien” is an intriguing addition to the world of nature-oriented Cascadian black metal,
Continue readingEcailles de Lune: very pretty black metal / shoegazer pop
Alcest, Ecailles de Lune, Germany Prophecy Productions CD PRO 106 (2010) Bands like Alcest sure do like to mock the
Continue readingBeyond Ancient Space: immersive doom drone becomes an arduous, monotonous journey
Bong, Beyond Ancient Space, Ritual Productions, CD RITE006 (2011) No doubt about it, this is one seriously stoned-out doomy drone
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