Emika – Double Edge
A deceptive little number this one. On the album version a melancholy eastern tinged melody, and a glacial glitchy…
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Death of London – The Death of the Independent State of London
I know nothing about this band so when “Eat It Baby Horse” rocks it’s way into my ears I…
Bonobo – Black Sands
What is immediately apparent when listening to Black Sands, is the apparent compositional skill of Simon Green. Where Dial…
Haunted Stereo – Lock The Doors / On A Pin
“Lock The Doors” starts on a kind of alt-country bluegrass vibe but with a tinge of Nick Cave melodrama….
Skat Injector: Speedcore Savants
Masked bands remind a little of the Star Trek ‘rule of evens’. The popular myth is that the even-numbered…
Heat From A Dead Star
This unwieldily named band might at first listen appear to purvey shabby garage rock but there is more to…
Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea – It’s the falling that counts, not the landing
I must admit to being a little nervous about how I would find Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea. When I…
Perhaps Contraption – Sludge & Tripe
This wonderfully named band and album hail from the UK; which is immediately apparent as the singer makes no…
Nosferatu D2: Devil Masks and Headphones
Nosferatu D2 are two brothers from Croydon who deliver engagingly sloppy songwriting that projects mid 90’s US lo-fi through…
Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra – Kollaps Tradixionales
I first listened to (breathes in) “A Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band” (breathes out) a number of…