Category: Album Reviews

Tim Bowness: Late Night Laments – “Music for open spaces”

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Post date August 28, 2020
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The No-Man singer returns with his sixth solo album and second in as many years.

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Tags Mercury Rev, No-Man, Philip Selway, Porcupine Tree, Richard Barbieri, Tim Bowness

Less Bells: Mourning Jewelry – “an album for solitude to escape everyday burdens”

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Post date August 21, 2020
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Less Bells (photo credit: Baha H. Danesh)

The second installment from Julie Carpenter reflects on darkness of the past.

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Tags A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Bowery Electric, Fennesz, Julianna Barwick, Julie Carpenter, Kranky, Less Bells, Mourning Jewelry

Steve Von Till: No Wilderness Deep Enough – “connecting the dots between existentialism and a dream state”

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Post date August 7, 2020
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Steve Von Till - photo credit Bobby Cochran

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Tags Algiers, Harvestman, Marissa Nadler, Mount Eerie, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Nick Cave and Bad Seeds, Randall Dunn, Steve Von Till, Sunn O)))

Protomartyr: Ultimate Success Today – “bruising post-apocalyptic portraits”

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Post date August 7, 2020
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Protomartyr - Photo credit: Trevor Naud

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Tags alex leonard, fontaines d.c., greg ahee, half waif, joe casey, nandi rose, protomartyr, scott davidson

Einstürzende Neubauten: ALLES IN ALLEM – “Slow-motion psychedelia”

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Post date July 28, 2020
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Tags Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Labradford, nick cave and the bad seeds

Jehnny Beth: To Love Is To Live – “a flawless triumph”

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Post date July 27, 2020
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Tags Camille Berthomier, Cillian Murphy, Jehnny Beth, Joe Talbot, nine inch nails, Savages

Jim White & Marisa Anderson: The Quickening – “A new world atmosphere”

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Post date July 26, 2020
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The drumming maestro and experimental guitarist team up to produce a startling set of songs.

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Tags dirty three, Jim White, Marisa Anderson

Yves Tumor: Heaven to a Tortured Mind -“A filthy, furious noise of glammed-up soul punk

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Post date July 26, 2020
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Tags a.r. kane, david bowie, Roxy Music, sunflower bean, yves tumor

Baxter Dury: The Night Chancers – “His durability in song-craft will outlast his contemporaries.

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Post date July 23, 2020
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Tags Baxter Dury, Ian Dury, Serge Gainsbourg

Bambara: Stray – “Walking that tightrope between beauty and pain”

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Post date July 22, 2020
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Tags Bambara, gun club, jim jarmusch, nick cave and the bad seeds, the birthday party

Destroyer: Have We Met -“A master of independent thought”

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Post date July 21, 2020
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Tags Bruce Springsteen, Dan Bejar, Dead Oceans, Destroyer, Have We Met, Roxy Music

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead’s X: The Godless Void And Other Stories – “Aggression consumed by elusive grandeur.”

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Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, ...trail of dead, conrad keely, jason reece, mars volta, Sonic Youth, tool