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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Azad Hind: a powerful raging black metal / psychedelia with an anti-colonialist stance
Dressed in Streams, Azad Hind, Colloquial Sound Records, cassette CSR 018 (2012) In recent months I’ve been alerted to a
Continue readingEternal Zio: free-ranging folk drone improv psychedelia weaves a strange spell
Eternal Zio, self-titled, Boring Machines BM043LP / Black Sweat Records BS003LP, LP (2012) Don’t let that label name Boring Machines
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Ember Schrag The Sewing Room USA SINGLE GIRL MARRIED GIRL SGMG25 / EDIBLE ONION EO-016 CD (2012) Lavishly presented CD
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
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
Continue readingHidden Album: a breezy klezmer jazz improv fusion
Kruzenshtern i Parohod, hidden album, Auris Media, CD aum031 (2011) Apart from a couple of those suggestive little black silhouettes
Continue readingGossamer Albatrosses
The Tower Recordings Subterraneanact is the duo of Henk Bakker and Jelmer Cnossen, and their debut Subterraneanact (Z6 RECORDS Z6399699)
Continue readingEarly Sumac vinyl
Here’s a lovely Yma Sumac 10-incher (CORAL CRL 56058) which I just received today from a dealer in Athens. I
Continue readingAnimalia Corolla: beguiling fairy folk psychedelic music with environmental themes
Jüppala Kääpiö, Animalia Corolla, Omnimemento OM04, CD (2012) Ha- ha, I was fooled into thinking Jüppala Kääpiö was indeed a
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