Grim, Folk Songs for an Obscure Race, Haang Niap Records, CD HAANG-002 (2009) A weirdo industrial junk folk record, this
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We last took note of the fine English combo Hamilton Yarns in February 2011. We received Calm Down Grandad (HARK!
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One day all obscure punk music will be collected, anthologised and reissued, fed to the hungry ears of those who
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The great Aki Onda released South Of The Border (IMPREC309) in December 2012 on the Important Records label…only nine years
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EAU-DC NR 2 GERMANY EMPIRIC RECORDS EMREC 3 (2013) It begins as a series of warm, leisurely pulses that ripple
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Against The Grain
The Sound Projector Radio Show Friday 8th November 2013 Astma feat. Edgars Rubens, ‘Tickling Valmiera’ From INTONEMA int007 CD (2013)
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David Rosenboom In The Beginning USA NEW WORLD RECORDS 80735-2 2 x CD (2012) One abiding concern of renowned American
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Huerco S, Colonial Patterns, Software Records, SFT037 CD (2013) A very curious album title indeed: “Colonial Patterns” suggests that the
Continue readingBody Horror: a brooding work of heavy industrial metal dub and ambient dronescapes
Iron Forest, Body Horror, Crucial Blast, CD 020 (2013) Iron Forest is a fairly new experimental music project by US
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Robert McDougall Unfinished Studies AUSTRALIA ANGKLUNG EDITIONS ANG01 LP (2012) Now an ultimately absorbing and beautifully realised slice of vinyl
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