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Album review: Crimi – ‘Luci E Guai’: potent fusion music from Julien Lesuisse

THE MOST potent fusion music, the stuff that’s born from experience rather than cooked up as an experiment, comes from travellers in search of sounds. Julien Lesuisse is one such…

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Track: Sabiwa – ‘鬼 / The Demon’: deeply expansive rescoring for the Japanese animation from Geist im Kino’s second ‘Imaginal Soundtracking’

IMAGINAL SOUNDTRACKING is one of those excellent conceptual series whereby a label creates a scheme for artists to work within, often lead to surprising and enveloping results. This particular schemata…

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Premiere: Baby’s Beserk reveal new cover of ‘Bangalee’ taken from forthcoming Bongo Joe comp.

Swiss cross genre label Bongo Joe have kicked off their 5th year with a new compilation ‘Futur Antérieur’ that sees the current roster take on songs from their back catalogue.…

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Premiere: Los Esplifs – ‘Perro Rabioso’: Tucson psych-cumbia outfit go roamin’ for a (rabid) hot dog

DO YOU have a particular penchant for those liminal musical zones, the subduction zones where musical tectonic plates bend and upheave and buckle and melt into one another? Particularly, perhaps,…

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Track: Karpenter – Shark

Kerpenter will be releasing their debut album ‘Sleepless’ this coming May 2021 via Rockshots Records. The album will be a gateway to a hostile and tormented world, where space and time are perceived in a…

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Premiere: HYMNS return with the dark alt-rock of Reset ahead of new EP

London alt-rock band HYMNS are gearing up for the release of their new EP Reset, out on April 30th by releasing the title track – officially out on April 16th,…

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News: Sub Pop unearth early Iron & Wine recordings, set for a release in early May; hear ‘Calm On The Valley’

BLOWING the dust off some buried aural treasure, Sub Pop have announced a little treat for fans of Sam Beam’s Iron & Wine: the label has brought to light a…

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Track: Andy LaPlegua Reveals New Solo Project: LAPLEGUA And Shares Debut Single ‘I Will Heal’

Norwegian artist Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist has unveiled his new solo project – LAPLEGUA and shares the debut single – ‘I Will heal’ Andy LaPlegua comments on the project and debut single: “LAPLEGUA is…

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Track: Motherfaster Cover The Green Manalishi and A Few Dollars More

Athens based rockers Motherfaster have shared two new tracks via Youtube. Both being covers the band have done a version of Fleetwood Mac’s The Green Manalishi and Ennio Morricone’s For…

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Blu-Ray Review: Tales From the Urban Jungle

During the 1940s, Jules Dassin was somewhat of an underrated powerhouse within Hollywood. However, like so many he fell foul of the blacklist which decimated the US entertainment industry at…

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Album review: Crimi – ‘Luci E Guai’: potent fusion music from Julien Lesuisse

Track: Sabiwa – ‘鬼 / The Demon’: deeply expansive rescoring for the Japanese animation from Geist im Kino’s second ‘Imaginal Soundtracking’

Premiere: Baby’s Beserk reveal new cover of ‘Bangalee’ taken from forthcoming Bongo Joe comp.

Premiere: Los Esplifs – ‘Perro Rabioso’: Tucson psych-cumbia outfit go roamin’ for a (rabid) hot dog

Track: Karpenter – Shark

Premiere: HYMNS return with the dark alt-rock of Reset ahead of new EP

News: Sub Pop unearth early Iron & Wine recordings, set for a release in early May; hear ‘Calm On The Valley’

Track: Andy LaPlegua Reveals New Solo Project: LAPLEGUA And Shares Debut Single ‘I Will Heal’

Track: Motherfaster Cover The Green Manalishi and A Few Dollars More

Blu-Ray Review: Tales From the Urban Jungle