I always found Hugh Hopper and Mike Ratledge somewhat musically abrasive at times, although undoubtedly brilliant. I know, it’s probably some sort of sacrilege saying that and I can expect hanging at dawn from the rabid Softs fraternity no doubt.…
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Deep underneath the black shimmer of those northern Satanic mills the Regal Worm has turned a fixation with classic esoteric progressive rock and deep psychedelia into a magnificent sprawl entitled Pig Views. Recently unleashed on an unsuspecting world this fine…
View More Jarrod Gosling – Regal Worm
In this update we feature: • Njet Njet 9 – Dark Soul • The Pipe Brothers Project – XLV/Sonic Journey • Dam Kat – Alawn • Shatner’s Bassoon – Disco Erosion • Daniel Crommie – Storm Front • Pinski –…
View More A Different Aspect #20
Some say Jon Hassell is the true inheritor of Miles Davis’ sonic explorer’s muse, and listening to his solo catalogue, it is hard to disagree. The octogenarian musician and composer, nominally a jazz trumpeter but so much more, has forged…
View More Jon Hassell – Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume 1)
Servant’s Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London Thursday, 14th June 2018 Proceedings were preceeded with possibly the best value pizza to be found in London Town, and the freshly oven-baked thin crust delight with its accompanying scrumptious salad was just the thing…
View More Lost Crowns / Kavus Torabi / Steve Davis
In this update we feature: > Dandelion Charm – Tiny Drop > Dandelion Charm – Riding The Flood [EP] > Gaute Storsve Trio – Attention: This Is Not A Toy, For Adult Collectors Only > Alex Lofoco – Beyond >…
View More A Different Aspect #19
A band hitherto unknown to me, The Monks of Doom are an intermittently active American collective formed in 1986 as a harder edged spin-off from indie stalwarts Camper van Beethoven, and here they offload their first new material in 25…
View More The Monks of Doom – The Brontë Pin
The instant I saw this title it put me in mind of Morgan Fisher’s curated compilation Miniatures. No doubt there have been other attempts at the concept. I believe The Residents tried a similar thing on their mere 40-song long…
View More Panu-Pekka Rauhala – 60 Songs in 60 Minutes
The Black Heart, Camden, London Friday, 18th May 2018 An early arrival into the capital heralded a day of chewing the fat with friends prior to the gig, and notwithstanding The Disappointment Curry, a fine time was had by all.…
View More The Fierce And The Dead / Mark Buckingham
With their new and most anticipated album to date, the batteringly fine The Euphoric just released, this early summer is something of a crunch time for Rushden’s finest sound warriors, The Fierce And The Dead. Matt Stevens and Kevin Feazey…
View More Matt Stevens & Kev Feazey – The Fierce And The Dead