Now Return Us To Normal After his band Shockabilly broke up Eugene Chadbourne was slightly soured by the experience of
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Four Vinyl Vamaritans
The Bunwinkies LP Maps Of Our New Constellations (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR062) is a collection of acoustic songs from these
Continue readingThe Laughable Barn
The Wake of the Flood An astonishing production is Outside, The Great Drought (SMERALDINA-RIMA S-R-018CD), an excessive pop opera with
Continue readingWindhand: in danger of becoming a Sabbath clone, and a tired one at that
Windhand, self-titled, Forcefield Records, CDGRIMM25 (2012) A sure sign that Windhand traffick in no-nonsense straight-ahead retro doom metal is the
Continue readingAdvaitic Songs: too restricted and earth-bound for meditative music to fly
Om, Advaitic Songs, Drag City, CD DC438 (2012) On Album No 5, Om move deeper into meditative, devotional religious territory
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
Continue readingShades Of Grey
Roxy Music Mark Vernon has created entertaining and witty radiophonic records as one half of Vernon & Burns, and has
Continue readingScum.Collapse.Eradication: sharper and (erm) more refined style of blast-attack-destroy
Revenge, Scum.Collapse.Eradication, Nuclear War Now! Productions CD ANTI-GOTH 200/ Osmose Productions OPCD273 (2012) After three albums and some EP releases, I’d got
Continue readingAstromancy: outsider avant-rock / pop with hiphop and funk rhythms and film-noir ambience
Fastest, Astromancy, Galaxy Records, CD (2012) Misfit one-man band Fastest returns with his seventh original full-length album to deliver yet
Continue readingThe Choko King: oddball solo eccentric with a playful and eclectic style
Jono El Grande, The Choko King, Norway, Rune Arkiv, RACD107 (2011) Not quite my brand of oddball solo music eccentric
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