Stepmother are a high-energy slightly “zany” latterday art-rock band, keeping alive the spirit of bands such as The (EC) Nudes
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Tag: avant-rock
Fast Forward Through The Gates
Another four cassette tapes from Spina!Rec kindly sent to us by Sergey Kostyrko (the co-founder of the label) from Izotova
Continue readingAstral Dream: powerful fusion ambient BM / post-rock in need of some subtlety and restraint
Perennial Isolation, Astral Dream, Darkwoods, FLAMMA VII CD (2015) Perennial Isolation is a Catalan ambient BM band based in Barcelona.
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Fin: a stunning collection of bleak and darkly beautiful soundscapes
Jabladav, Fin, self-released CD-R (2014) This one-man ambient black metal act was very quiet for a few years after the
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Transmission on a Live Wire
Splendid record of avant-rock trickiness, intelligent noodling and wistful brooding sounds from Japanese guitar-bass-drums trio Melt on their debut album
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Collision Tempo Brain
Kicked Back Into The Crypt (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR131 / SOPHOMORE LOUNGE SL054) is a split LP by Guerilla Toss
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Saw Head
Saw are a Norwegian duo from Trondheim taking a basic rock-mode set-up, guitar and drums, and stripping the concept down
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The Last Few Bricks
Modern Feelings (SÄHKÖ RECORDINGS PUU39) lets us know where we’re at from the get-go with its foreboding cover, a monochrome
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We last heard from the sludgy psych-rock combo Expo 70 on Blackout, their 2011 release for Debacle Records, but Justin
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Kellar is another Andy Pyne / Brighton related project (see for instance Map 71, Aeolipile, West Hill Blast Quartet and
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