Lava Thief Clean is a warm acoustic delight, sees known Thought Forms songs stripped back and reconfigured, born anew with fresh titles reflecting this. The slow creeping weave of “Hiding Beneath” invites us in, its spidering vocal spiral chased in recoiling twang and cello, attentively sweeps you off your feet […]
Monthly archives: November 2022
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Computer Students™ Yet another discovery that I can’t believe has taken twenty years to cross my path. Cheval de Frise were a French guitar and percussion duo operating at the turn of the millennium, trading in the kind of tight, angular guitar rock that was coming out of Chicago. But […]
Retractor Persistence Is All After putting up with muffled audience recordings of this memorable experience for over twenty-odd years, this recent instalment from Thighpaulsandra’s Coil archive is a total godsend. Considering the strictness of the staff on the night in question, capturing a personal memento of the gig was nigh-on-impossible, […]
A member of Thee Silver Mt Zion and a co-creator of the avant-klezmer group Black Ox Orkestar, Jessica Moss has collaborated and played with the likes of Daniel O’Sullivan, Sarah Davachi and Big|Brave. To accompany her fifth solo album, Galaxy Heart on Constellation, she is on tour throughout Europe. Mr Olivetti […]
London 5 November 2022 The UK 2022: it’s Saturday and it’s raining; not in a Blade Runner kind of way, with neon lights and futuristic vistas, but in a drab way that only the UK knows how to do with aplomb.
April Danish sax player and composer Fredrik Lundin is quite the collaborator, his list of ensembles longer than my arm. For his latest series of genre straddling pieces, he has enlisted the far reaching capabilities of the Odense Jazz Orchestra, ensuring a blend of freedom and swing that suits his […]
Not Applicable The Covid break two summers ago found renowned experimental trio Leverton Fox taking their gear and a loose idea into a Sussex woodland, setting up two ambient mics, sitting back and allowing their improvisational magic to unfold amidst the fallen leaves, spreading boughs and hidden animal trails. The […]
One Little Independent For Ásgeir‘s fourth solo album, these strange times of introspection and separation have found him engrossed in the studio, pushing his ethereal brand of electronic folk-pop in fresh directions. Concentrating on his angelic vocals and layering swathes of perfectly produced sound around him, he draws the listener […]
The internet is a weird and wonderful place. The music industry is also a weird and wonderful place. So when these two worlds collide, strange and beautiful things happen. For many years, bands would play their way through dingy little clubs and venues until they could get signed, recorded and […]