Freddie Viaduct is a name that’s half-familiar to me as he produced and engineered the Bomb Sutra EP for The
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Tag: post-punk
Acropolis or bust!
From 27th January 2014, a box of items from the Athens label Phase! Records. My mitts went straight to the
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Open the Coffin: hardcore sledgehammer sludge doom beneath that tombstone
Same Sex Dictator, Open the Coffin, Hanged Man Recordings, cassette HMR017 (2014) With a name like theirs, you’d expect this
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Path IV: another hard-hitting journey on bicycling black metal’s wheel of fortune
Cracked Vessel, Path IV, self-released cassette (21 November 2014) One of the joys of finding self-released tapes is the creativity
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Three Vinyl Vinculums (3 of 3)
Great four-track 12-inch EP by The Slate Pipe Banjo Draggers, called Peeled Up For The Sake of Fruit Music 2012.
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Vinyl Sevens Muster – 1 of 3
Last heard from Trophy Wife with their eponymous EP from 2011…here they are now with Stella, My Star (PRIVATE LEISURE
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The Lost Entrance of the Just: soft and pretty black metal pop with an ominous, brooding edge
Circle of Ouroborus, The Lost Entrance of the Just, Handmade Birds Records, HB-020 (vinyl release 2012, CD release 2013) Originally
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Ordine ’91 – ’96: a varied palette ranging from post-punk / garage to severe minimal abstraction
Starfuckers, Ordine ’91 – ’96, Sometimes Records, CD SR_02 (2010) Here’s an interesting compilation of songs by Italian band Starfuckers
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Noize 2005: jazz klezmer fusion that’s born to be wild … or mild
Kruzenshtern i parohod, Noize 2005, Auris Media, CD aum033 (2011) In spite of its title, this is an album of
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Discipline: an efficient electronic pop machine lacking in soul and originality
Electric Electric, Discipline, Herzfeld H26 CD (2012) French trio Electric Electric plays a highly rhythmic and dance-oriented electronic art-punk style
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