Very eccentric and unusual record here by Socrates That Practiçes Music, one which we’ve had leaning its way in the
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Liquid Fear and Pez Rock n Roll
A hefty bundle of CDRs and CDs arrived 14 February 2012 from digital sadist Miguel A. García in Bilbao. We
Continue readingDrought: mighty black metal / post-rock fusion packed tightly into mini-album EP format
Deathspell Omega, Drought, Season of Mist CD SOM810 (2012) Another mighty missive from Deathspell Omega in the form of an
Continue readingRuins of Morning: a serene and mellow painting of a fresh beginning
Nadja, Ruins of Morning, Broken Spine Productions (2010) Well, this is a surprise for me: I had given up on
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Split for the Coast The eleventh release on the Spectrum Spools label is Soft Coast by No UFO’s, which is
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Photo-Mechanical Transfer The English trio of PMT play bass drums and guitar in a decidedly odd manner on Frosty Lee
Continue readingThe Iron Soul of Nothing: beautifully hypnotic ambient drone music mystery
SunnO))) meets Nurse With Wound, The Iron Soul of Nothing, Ideologic Organ, CD soma005 (2011) My copy of “The Iron
Continue readingThe Path of Liberation from Birth to Death: an epic and majestic soundtrack of buzzing, noisy black metal fusion
Njiqahdda, The Path of Liberation from Birth to Death, US, Pagan Flames Records, CD (2011) Where to begin? Here be a complex album of
Continue readingHitoyogiri: 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 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
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