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Say Psych: Album Review: Dreamweapon – SOL

Rating: 8/10 Portugal’s Dreamweapon take their name from the 1990 Spacemen 3 live album Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music, who themselves took inspiration from the work of minimalist drone…

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Album Review : The Soft Moon’s ‘Criminal’

Luis Vasquez seems like a guy with a lot of torment. He seems like a guy with a lot of existential turmoil to unpack. His work as The Soft Moon…

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Album Review: Joan as Police Woman – Damned Devotion

For her fifth album Damned Devotion Joan as Police Woman aka Joan Wasser has stripped the Motown-edged Soul stylings of 2014 The Classic for a smokier, simpler yet still Soulful…

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Not Forgotten: White Noise – An Electric Storm

“Many sounds have never been heard-by humans:some sound waves you don’t hear-but they reach you. “Storm Stereo” techniques combine singers, instrumentalists and complex electronic sound. The emotional intensity is at…

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Album Review: Zed Penguin – A Ghost, A Beast

Edinburgh seems to be a bit of a breeding ground for slightly ravaged art rock eccentrics toting cellos. Zed Penguin have been around a while, ploughing not a dissimilar furrow…

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Not Forgotten: Chu Ishikawa – Tetsuo: Complete Box

Right at the end of 2017 came the news that Japanese industrial composer Chu Ishikawa had died aged 51. I wouldn’t want to attempt any kind of obituary – I’m…

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Album Review: The Soft Moon – Criminal

The Soft Moon ‘Criminal’ (Sacred Bones) out Feb 2, 2018 Dark industrial soundscapes permeate the music of The Soft Moon a.k.a. Luis Vasquez, whose angst-filled vocals and lyrics focus on…

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Album Review: The Shins – The Worms Heart

For me the fascinating thing about The Worms Heart is not its concept, or even the music within, but it’s trying to figure out exactly when James Mercer came up…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Dead Vibrations – Dead Vibrations

Dead Vibrations burst onto the booming Stockholm music scene in 2015 and have been flying the flag high for Scandinavian shoegaze ever since. Comprised of Christian Jansson (Guitar & Vocals), Elmer…

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Album Review: ShapeShiftingAliens – ShapeShiftingAliens

There is no doubt that the vocals of Swedish duo ShapeShiftingAliens (SSA) will immediately make you think of David Bowie, and there are echoes of some other of my favourite…

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