The Invisible Hands (ABDUCTION ABDT050) made a fine self-titled album of songs from Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls; he
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Honky Tonk Medusa: an unassuming gem of dark and bittersweet folk pop
Donovan Quinn, Honky Tonk Medusa, Northern-Spy Records, NSCD 019 (2012) The title of this album, the third solo full-lengther from
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Home Body In Real Life USA FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR-102 LP (2013) Bringing to bear a deft, understated lyricism that
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King Ayisoba, Modern Ghanaians, Netherlands, Makkum Records, CD MR8 (2013) Apparently this album is a compilation made after 2006 of King
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Hair Police For a record of dedicated single-minded droning music, you could do worse than dip your fuzzy face into
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Well here I am, back from travelling through Father Christmas’s black vortex and spat out the other side, not looking
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Geist & the Sacred Ensemble, Beyond This Vessel, Moon Glyph, cassette MG68 (2013) It’s time for some dark and demonic
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Pure I believe was this electronic extremist who did stuff for Mego and attained notoriety for sampling the run-out grooves
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Every so often we get musicians who decide they must get back to first principles and start asking fundamental questions
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John Cage Song Books BELGIUM SUB ROSA SR344 2 x CD (2012) An initial, ostensibly reasonable thought when confronted with
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