Oh boy, I just did some band research to become a little more informed about this group before I put fingers to keyboard, but I seriously wish I hadn’t. It seems just about everything the musicians involved have done since…
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A Different Aspect #26
In this update we feature: > Das Rad – Das Rad > Il Segno Del Comando – L’Incanto Dello Zero > Noisepoetnobody – Drone Box > Haken – L-1VE > Anathema – Internal Landscapes (Best of 2008-2018) > Cleaning Women…
View More A Different Aspect #26KariBow – MOnuMENTO
Opening in epic style with the title track, MOnuMENTO is the latest album from Karibow. Covering a multitude of styles from the progressive palette, it is entertaining, and not as derivative as I was expecting. Why the low expectations? At…
View More KariBow – MOnuMENTODewa Budjana – Mahandini
Dewa Budjana is, for me, one of the most incredible guitar players to emerge from MoonJune Records, and whenever he releases an album I know that my ears will perk up with the new ideas he’s come up with. Working…
View More Dewa Budjana – MahandiniKarmamoi – The Day is Done
In June 2017 a disastrous fire broke out at Grenfell Tower in London, and 72 lives were lost. Karmamoi were writing their fourth album and, like many of us, were affected by this tragedy, particularly the story of two Syrians,…
View More Karmamoi – The Day is DoneIll Considered – V & VI
There are times when a “you may like this” recommendation pays off and you find a little gem, this has happened for me in the case of Ill Considered. The Bandcamp recommendation was spot on, the music capturing my musical…
View More Ill Considered – V & VIDr. Woman – Never Trust Men With Sunglasses
International viewers start your research now then imagine the late John Peel delivering in his usual laconic style “…that was Donut Membrane with Spunky Side Dish, but now something new, prescribing some sage advice…” That would be Dr. Woman and…
View More Dr. Woman – Never Trust Men With SunglassesThe Gödel Codex – Oak
Underground music scenes in all urban centres naturally develop their own amoeba-like existence, dissolving and reforming in different shapes as the mood and the Muse takes them. Belgian capital Brussels is no different, and one such meeting of like minds…
View More The Gödel Codex – OakRhys Marsh – October After All
Further to Rhys Marsh’s late 2018 announcement that he has signed to Karisma Records, I’m pleased to be able to take on this review. His last album, The Black Sun Shining, was spontaneous, visceral music. Rhys returns to a more…
View More Rhys Marsh – October After AllSemisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine
1998. To me another period where the manufactured music seemed to take over the airwaves, so the arrival of Semisonic with Closing Time was a godsend; nothing to do with my alternative residence of the pub, but the quality of…
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