BulBul – Hirn Fein Hacken (Exile on Mainstream)
German avant-garde rock. Is your mouth watering ? It should be. As always, I am completely unenlightened as to…
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Blemishes – Libido (Ana Ott)
Notionally this is a free jazz album but clearly Blemishes found even the wild excesses of that genre (style…
The Voluntary Butler Scheme – A Million Ways to Make Gold (Split Records)
Look. See the men with sunglasses and beards and tight jeans. They are happy. Do you see ? They…
Dead Rider – Chills On Glass (Drag City)
Yes. Fucking yes. Yes yes yes. Sometimes you don’t know what you’re missing until it’s smashed into your face,…
C O L L E C T R E S S – Mondegreen (Peeler Records)
I nearly chewed my own ears off within a few seconds of the opening number on this. It’s like…
Army of Shadows – 1st Shadows (2419 Record Label)
I was worrying that this album wasn’t playing in the right order because of the fact that all the…
Christina Vantzou – No. 2 (Kranky)
It took me a little while to get there but I eventually identified the overarching influence that was making…
Bohren & Der Club of Gore – Piano Nights (Play It Again Sam)
I have dipped in and out of the waters of Bohren by listening to the odd song here and…
Sunn 0))) & Ulver – Terrestrials (Southern Lord / Jester)
Gargantuan release from Sunn, paired with Ulver who I know nothing about. Sunn are firmly established lords of the…
Sandfingers – Pete Jackson Oct 13 Dandelion Radio Session / Dark Is The Light Gone Wrong EP (s/r)
Titularly snappy ? No. Crammed with catchy hits ? No. Soundtrack to good times and sunshines ? No. If…