Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog: What I Did On My Long Vacation (ep)
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog What I Did On My Long Vacation Knockwurst Music / Preposterous Bee Music / Wazir & Malika Music A get back to the studio project, a just shut up and play project, a...
View ArticleCaptain Beefheart & His Magic Band: First Train Smokin
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band First Train Smokin musique de soliel When I first heard Captain Beefheart it was like nothing else I’d ever experience. I was about 12 and the song was Abba Zabba...
View ArticleBill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra: Cables Rewired EP
Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra Cables Rewired EP Flint Music Limited Composer Bill Laurence – a member of the sprawling modern jazz-rock ensemble Snarky Puppy has, in recent years, really...
View ArticleMartin Gore: The Third Chimpanzee E.P.
Martin Gore The Third Chimpanzee E.P. MUTE Martin Gore likes to sneak away from his main gig – Depeche Mode – to make solo records, experimental, instrumental, his band’s music is recognisable as...
View ArticlePVA: Toner (ep)
PVA Toner (ep) Big Dada London trio PVA have only got one EP to their name right – but it shows a band arriving fully formed. All at once you hear washes of Depeche Mode and the clever hooks of the...
View ArticleTom Vernon: Amber Fade (ep)
Tom Vernon Amber Fade Lost Palms / Shall Not Fade LTD Look, all I know is when it comes to music labelled House if I can also slap an ambient sign on it then I’m ready to move on in. This, to put it so...
View ArticleNathan Fake: Sanxenxo (ep)
Nathan Fake Sanxenxo (ep) Cambria Instruments Nathank Fake’s new EP is a set of jams and leftovers and shelf-sitters recorded either side of his most recent full-lengther, the excellent Blizzards. The...
View ArticleRussell E.L. Butler: Emotional Bangers Only (ep)
Russell E.L. Butler Emotional Bangers Only (ep) Self Release Russell Ellington Langstone Butler makes it pretty clear with the title there that in and around the emotional heft there’s some sardonic,...
View ArticleDJ Houseplants: Self-Titled (ep)
DJ Houseplants Self-Titled (ep) 118384 Records DK Seattle-based DJ, producer and designer Justin Av has a new alias – DJ Houseplants. He’s made music for many years across several nom-de-plumes but the...
View ArticleMolly Lewis: The Forgotten Edge (ep)
Molly Lewis The Forgotten Edge (ep) Jagjaguwar Molly Lewis – born in Australia, living in L.A. and raised between Aussie and America – is a whistler. She watched a documentary about the fine, nearly...
View ArticleBilly Idol: The Roadside (ep)
Billy Idol The Roadside (ep) BFI Records, Inc, under exclusive license to Dark Horse Records/BMG rights This is one of the first sets of recordings by Billy Idol in nearly a decade. He’s been on the...
View ArticleThe American Dollar: Right This Way (ep)
The American Dollar Right This Way (ep) Yesh Music Across the last fifteen years, Richard Cupolo (keyboards, guitar) and John Emanuele (drums, keyboards) have been making a mix of ambient and post-rock...
View ArticleTangerine Dream: Probe 6-8
Tangerine Dream Probe 6-8 Kscope Over the last two months I have gone near full immersion into the world of Tangerine Dream. It wasn’t because there was a new album coming, it was because I knew the...
View ArticleLee Ranaldo: In Virus Time [EP]
Lee Ranaldo In Virus Time [12 “ Single] Mute My favourite ex-member of Sonic Youth to check in on, always, is Lee Ranaldo. Because what he does never feels like posturing. And because you have to...
View ArticleZombi: Liquid Crystal
Zombi Liquid Crystal Relapse The duo Zombi (named after the Dawn of the Dead film – specifically its Italian title) has made a half dozen full-lengthers and at least as many EPs, mini-albums and split...
View ArticleScott J. Mason: Horizon EP
Scott J. Mason Horizon EP Songbroker / Bandcamp Scott Mason is a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Dunedin. Across the 90s and early 00s he was a drummer (primarily) in many bands and...
View ArticleRobin Guthrie: Springtime – EP
Robin Guthrie Springtime – EP Robin Guthrie Robin Guthrie will forever be known for his work with/as Cocteau Twins – and that’s decent enough legacy, but he adds to it regularly with a dozen or more...
View ArticleSonic Youth: In/Out/In
Sonic Youth In/Out/In Three Lobed Recordings I sometimes get sad thinking there’ll be no more music by Sonic Youth. But then I remember all of the great music the band made across 40 years – lasting...
View ArticleBOX OF HAMMERS: Fallen Star – death of a Space Tourist
BOX OF HAMMERS Fallen Star: death of a Space Tourist (Independent/Bandcamp) Wellington-based guitarist and sonic landscaper John Kingston records and releases under the name BOX OF HAMMERS. His latest...
View ArticleAver & Move 78: The Algorithm Smiles Upon You
Aver & Move 78 The Algorithm Smiles Upon You Village Live Records This is the debut EP – well, they’re calling it an EP, I’m hearing it as an album (8 tracks, 32 minutes – that to me is pretty much...
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