Unusual in the World of Rock, though not unheard of, there are no guitars on Earth Mother Grapefruit. The absence of guitar, in some ways, is a bold move, as it unshackles Clamb from the expectations we have of a…
View More Clamb – Earth Mother GrapefruitAuthor: Phil Lively
Blacklist – Superpredator EP / Saul Blease Interview
Don’t you just love it when artists take notes that don’t belong in a key and create passing dissonance? I like drums, gritty guitar, distorted bass, quiet bits with piano, soft harmonised backing vocals against a building riff. I like…
View More Blacklist – Superpredator EP / Saul Blease InterviewHasmody – Synapses
This is the second release in a trilogy from the enigmatic Anti-Genre Musician and Composer, Hasmody, which began with Δs=dQREV/T (or as I like to call it, ‘Delta Sierra Equals Delta Quebec Rev Over Tango’). The third instalment is yet…
View More Hasmody – SynapsesHasmody – ΔS=δQREV/T
Hasmody is an enigmatic musician, meaning there’s very little easily obtainable information on the internet. Oh, there’s a Facebook page and a blog, but I’m unsure how, other than ‘Anti-Genre Musician and Composer’, to even address Hasmody correctly. But, as…
View More Hasmody – ΔS=δQREV/TClassix Nouveaux – The Liberty Recordings (1981-1983)
For some, there’s always time for nostalgia. Some psychologists believe nostalgia serves a purpose, especially in our hectic, connected world. It empowers our belief in “the good old days”. It’s a form of escapism and who doesn’t need a bit…
View More Classix Nouveaux – The Liberty Recordings (1981-1983)Erin Snape – First Impressions
We are all so lucky to be living in this Age of The Internet. It’s far easier to discover talented people than ever before. Erin Snape is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriting YouTuber. She’s put an album of thirteen songs together and…
View More Erin Snape – First ImpressionsSanguine Hum – A Trace of Memory
We all know that music makes us feel good. The regions of the brain triggered by music, the limbic and paralimbic areas, also deal with sex, good food and the best addictive drugs, but not that shit Zayden sells. I…
View More Sanguine Hum – A Trace of MemoryBYZMUTi – Τίποτα (Tipota)
I must begin with an apology to BYZMUTi! This review is one of a few that I started writing in March 2020 and were somehow lost in time, overtaken by the events of the first quarter of 2020. Although I…
View More BYZMUTi – Τίποτα (Tipota)Patrick S. Barry – ’20
Cards on the table from the start: You need this album. Remember my Geph reviews? Yes, of course you do! But as a reminder, I urge you to check them out (Geph & Apophenia). Geph’s Tyler Kent put me on…
View More Patrick S. Barry – ’20Human Impact – Human Impact
First let me apologise to the band. This is a very late review. I wrote it just before the first UK Lockdown in March. Then events overtook me. Nevertheless, the band deserves it to be published. So this is what…
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