Monthly Archives: April 2019

analogue electronic whatever

Posted on April 30, 2019 by marklosingtoday

Assuming we don’t fall prey to anymore of what can only be described as, laptop malfunction monotony, now there’s a title that the late Mark E Smith would have no doubt conjured mirth, madness and melody to. Still fingers crossed … Continue reading →

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archiv: nanook of the north

Posted on April 29, 2019 by marklosingtoday

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2003 ….. NANOOK OF THE NORTH THE TABY TAPES (Best Kept Secret) Named after the famous landmark anthropological film made by Robert Flaherty in 1922, which captured the plight of … Continue reading →

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archiv: nick drake

Posted on April 29, 2019 by marklosingtoday

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2003/4 …. NICK DRAKE MADE TO LOVE MAGIC (Island) Those doubting the merits or unfamiliar with the work of Nick Drake would be best checking out ‘Magic’, for sheer touching … Continue reading →

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interlude …. mutant musik ….

Posted on April 28, 2019 by marklosingtoday

Interlude ….. mutant musik ….. … today, we’ve been having something of a revisit to our younger former self, the deluxe version of the Generation X debut serving partly as a back dropping sound track along with variously spiky Peel … Continue reading →

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farina

Posted on April 28, 2019 by marklosingtoday

Sometimes it’s the simplest of things which bring cheer to our day, little greetings in a message along the lines of ‘…. we reformed in 2018. Our first release since reforming will be incidental music for my debut novel, Undercliff, … Continue reading →

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archiv: Nagisa Ni Te

Posted on April 27, 2019 by marklosingtoday

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2002/3 …. NAGISA NI TE THE SAME AS A FLOWER (JagJaguwar) There’s a tantalising moment midway through ‘The Same as a Flower’, Nagisa Ni Te’s (translated as ‘On the Beach’) … Continue reading →

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fosca

Posted on April 26, 2019 by marklosingtoday

Archive review originally posted on the losing today site c.2002 …… FOSCA DIARY OF AN ANTIBODY (Shinkansen Records.) I’ll be strictly honest here and own up to not really liking this the first time I heard, but you know, like … Continue reading →

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from bubblegum to sky

Posted on April 26, 2019 by marklosingtoday

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2004 ….. FROM BUBBLEGUM TO SKY NOTHING SADDER THAN LONELY QUEEN (Eenie Meenie) And isn’t always the case, just when you thought you’d heard all you needed to know and … Continue reading →

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furtips

Posted on April 26, 2019 by marklosingtoday

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2004 …. FURTIPS GOURMET SOUNDS (Self Released Okay a covers album. Oh…mmmm you might think, and yes my first thought too, what on earth causes a band who’ve been around … Continue reading →

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fortdax

Posted on April 26, 2019 by marklosingtoday

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2004 ….. FORTDAX FOLLY (Tugboat) Attempting to consider writing and composing a follow up to a heady debut must be one thing, actually putting the whole thing into process must … Continue reading →

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