Monthly Archives: September 2014

ILL

This come highly recommended by Brian Bordello, as ever a good call for they Ill have turned in a frankly essential three track EP ‘the housewives trilogy’ which comes impishly described as ‘noisily combatting myths of marital bliss and gender … Continue reading

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active listener – sampler #24

Also worth hooking up with is Active Listener’s latest sampler.  ‘#24’ gathers together 15 of the finest bands currently bubbling beneath the underground radar, a few familiar faces lurk here notably Klaus Morlock’s sweetly styled macabre mirages here exquisitely serviced … Continue reading

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aldous harding

Gorgeous in a word. Pristine in another. It’s the voice I tell you, the way it trembles and quivers, perfectly sitting between sorrow and seduction, bruised in vulnerability yet fearfully alluring like a ghostly siren  – if references are to … Continue reading

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the kuhls

We here are getting a tad doe eyed and affectionate over this little darling by the Kuhls – that’ll be sisters Grace and Renee – whose new full length ‘holy rollin’ is as we speak huffing and puffing its way … Continue reading

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the blue giant zeta puppies

Last appearing in these pages near enough this time last year when viewed on the trip-a-delic back to future’s past 2014 Annual put out by Fruits de Mer wherein they turned in two retro servings of groove ‘lost in space’ … Continue reading

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sky picnic

And while you are about filling your boots with mega dodo loveliness you might want to sample the delights of Sky Picnic whose third full length ‘her dawn wardrobe’ is just out sporting by all accounts an attractive grey wax … Continue reading

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mark and the clouds

Somewhere out in mega dodo land you’ll find the killer debut set from mark and the clouds still spiking wigs and having all manner of lysergic shape swirls appearing before your eyes not least this little nugget entitled ‘I run … Continue reading

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prettyboy aloe

You won’t believe the grief this track has caused, we’ve spent the last 10 minutes checking our speaker connections thinking the issue was at our end only to discover by playing it on another mobile device that its actually meant … Continue reading

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the hare and the moon with god’s little eskimo

Emerging from the spectral mists of time ingrained in religious mythology and uttered in the lost tongues versed in the old ways, weird folk alchemists the hare and the moon on this occasion aided and abetted by God’s little eskimo … Continue reading

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rev rev rev

Still with winwin – this is going to break hearts and have My Bloody Valentine devotees all a swoon for Italian shoegazing dream poppers Rev Rev Rev are shortly to release ‘catching a buzz’ – an effects pedal drenched head … Continue reading

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