Rum jazz item received from Karl 2000, a trio based in NYC and led by saxman Daniel Rovin. Oddly enough
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A burger from Norway with metallic ingredients
Staer Staer DISCORPORATE RECORDS DISREC20 CD (2012) Well, I didn’t really know what to expect with this one. Some Pop-Op
Continue readingUnfolk + Live Book: psychedelic journey and call for justice in folk music adventures
Alessandro Monti, Unfolk + Live Book, Diplodisc, 2 x CD DIPL 005/6 (2012) News reached me the other day of
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Loopy and intense noisy jazz rock blurt from Cactus Truck, a trio which showcases the saxophone malarkey of John Dikeman
Continue readingKentucky: an impassioned and fiery black metal / bluegrass clarion call for justice and the preservation of history
Panopticon, Kentucky, Pagan Flames, CD (2012) My loyal, faithful fans – they probably number no more than a few misguided
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Koji Asano remains as productive and as enigmatic as ever. This Japanese emperor of distorted drone released Travel Coupons (SOLSTICE
Continue readingOld Earth: four-part opus doesn’t quite satisfy as jazz / death metal chamber music piece
Ehnahre, Old Earth, Crucial Blast, CD CBR99 (2011) Ehnahre are new to me but this trio from Boston, Massachusetts, has
Continue readingBreed in Me the Darkness: demon hybrid child needs to spread its wings and rejoice in full satanic blackened noise glory
Sutekh Hexen and Andrew Liles, Breed in Me the Darkness, Aurora Borealis Records, cassette (2012) (NB Album scheduled for
Continue readingGo Back to the Sirius: voyage into multi-dimensional psychedelic realms
VagusNerve, Go Back to the Sirius, Utech Records, URCD073 (2012) Are they serious? No way would you want to return
Continue readingIn Memoriam J. G. Ballard: muzak soundtrack to Ballard’s novels
Altieri / Balestrazzi / Becuzzi, In Memoriam J. G. Ballard, Old Europa Cafe AVS, OECD 159 (2012) First work dedicated
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