I think we last heard from Neil Campbell / Astral Social Club as one half of Iibiis Rooge, a duo
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Grievous Bodily Charm: a patchwork of hooky tunes that manage to be dull
Mr Vast, Grievous Bodily Charm, Spezialmaterial Records, CD (2013) A kooky retro-Eighties Eurodisco lounge lizard recording this promised to be
Continue readingA View that won’t Change: hard-rocking melodic proposition with mood music and ambient surprises
Vaquez, A View that won’t Change, self-released CD (2012) The work of one man, Andrew Phillips, but sounding much like
Continue readingThe Enduring Chill
Ember Schrag The Sewing Room USA SINGLE GIRL MARRIED GIRL SGMG25 / EDIBLE ONION EO-016 CD (2012) Lavishly presented CD
Continue readingVinyl Venisons Part 3
The Pickle Factory Our Anthems GERMANY TWISTED KNISTER KNACK 003 LP (2011) In the 1990s Scott Foust and Karla Borecky
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Thought Forms are the trio of Romijn, Dhariwal and Metcalfe, playing a delicious form of acoustic trance music on their
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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Exotic item of the month comes from Maria Monti, the Italian actress and cabaret singer who has a film career
Continue readingStereo Space: ruminating on modern life and how it breaks people
Pilesar, Stereo Space, self-released CD (2012) Piloted in the main by Jason Mullinax, responsible for vocals, keyboards, programmed percussion, most
Continue readingOff / On: reinventing the Kraftwerkian wheel
Forma, Off / On, Spectrum Spools / Editions Mego, SP 024CD (2012) Forma is a trio (Mark Dwinell, Sophie Lam,
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