Received a couple of new releases on vinyl from Jim Xentos…this singular English creator was a member of The Homosexuals
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Tag: avant-rock
Morning Flare Symmetries: a psychedelic drone / ambient / guitar feedback roller-coaster journey into the heart of the sun
Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski, Morning Flare Symmetries, United States, Feeding Tube Records, FTR520 LP (2020) An amazing roller-coaster psychedelic
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Deep Thoukus (self-titled): gentle and serene gamelan-like minimal experimental jazz improv
Deep Thoukus, self-titled, Norway, Sheep Chase Records, SKU:SCR018 12″ vinyl / CD (2020) A recently formed minimalist experimental jazz duo
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Moondweller / Thanatonaut (self-titled split)
Moondweller / Thanatonaut, self-titled, Russia, GS Productions, GSP 301 CD (2020) Two cosmic darkspace BM solo projects on Russia’s GS
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Rétablir l’Eternité: a dark doomy post-rock / prog rock commentary on contemporary Western society
WuW, Rétablir l’Eternité, United States, Prosthetic Records, PROS104081 CD / vinyl (2020) For some reason doom metal bands that experiment
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Ascension: a transition from melodic post-black metal / sludge to a more alternative mainstream metal style
Regarde les Hommes Tomber, Ascension, France, Season of Mist, SOM549 CD digipak (2020) Since releasing second album “Exile” way back
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The Worm That Gnaws
Pretty brutal noise-rock from Austrian group Bug on their Calamitas (INTERSTELLAR RECORDS INT043) album. These guys come from Innsbruck and
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Ralf und Florian: a transitional Kraftwerk album from the duo’s psychedelic origins to an electronic pop universe
Kraftwerk, Ralf und Florian, Germany, Philips, #6305 197, vinyl LP / #7105 147 cassette (1973) In the wake of news
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Kuolemajärvi (self-titled): a debut album of depressive yet catchy BM pop songs
Kuolemajärvi, self-titled, Russia, COD / Der Schwarze Tod, CD (2020) I may just have found the sleeper cult black metal
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Old Smoke: a slow-burning sludge doom album that brims with soul
Barishi, Old Smoke, France, Season of Mist, SOM551 2 x 12″ vinyl LP (2020) I must confess this was a
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