How to approach Bo Hansson’s Lord of the Rings? Having played it so often over many decades, the chances of this reviewer listening dispassionately are about the same as Gollum opening a secondhand jewellery store. It must be said that not everyone likes the Swedish keyboard player’s album. In its early days, MOJO: The Music Magazine […]
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[Music] V/A – Strange Fruits, Catherine Wheel Tribute

The Blog That Celebrates Itself is a label run out of São Paolo, Brazil, who are developing a reputation for great tribute compilations. The object of their affection is Catherine Wheel this time.
[Music] Punk Crock / Punk Was Rubbish And Didn’t Change Anything: An Investigation

If you were one of the silly people who belived punk would change the world, I’d recommend not knocking anyone for believing in the Tooth Fairy, as you have no ground to stand on.
Two amusing article on the phoniness of punk (which died an ugly death, but gave birth to great things like new wave, post-punk and all those goth bands in the early 80s) appear here:
Punk Was Rubbish And Didn’t Change Anything: An Investigation
[Music] Super Thing: self-titled (self-released, 2016) — The Answer Is In The Beat
First album by an Ypsilanti-based psychedelic noise rock band who have mostly (entirely?) relocated to Chicago. Highly influenced by stoner metal, grunge, and Krautrock, but it doesn’t really stick to one thing, even within each song. Vocals are present, but they’re mostly just to emphasize certain parts of the song, or otherwise guide the tracks […]
via Super Thing: self-titled (self-released, 2016) — The Answer Is In The Beat
[Music] on buh records’ incredible sound essentials collection (six gems from the depths of the peruvian avant-garde) — The Hum Blog
[Music] Saenïnvey – The Path — music won’t save you
SAENÏNVEY – The Path (Eilean, 2016) Visioni gassose, come quelle delle nubi osservate dal finestrino di un volo intercontinentale: potrebbero essere state anche tali immagini, nel corso dei suoi voli tra Francia e Vietnam, ad aver ispirato Yves-Gaël Jacak per il suo album di debutto sotto l’alias Saenïnvey. Non a caso i sei brani che […]
If you read Italian, this blog is indispensible for new music.
[Music] Techno Elders, Aging Gracefully in a Youth-Oriented Genre

Growing old isn’t fun, but techno legends Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald show how to do it, in a scene filled with hot young talent, with grace, style and incredible grooves.
Piotr Orlov of the New York Times documents the duo’s continued mastery of techno here.
[Music] Hakobune ~ Apsidal Motion / Chihei Hatakeyama & Corey Fuller ~ Euphotic — a closer listen
Takahiro Yorifuju’s music is soothing and supple, but new heights are reached on the single, 42 minute Apsidal Motion. Inspired by the starlit sky of Nigata and the countryside of Japan, Apsidal Motion is a dreamy delight. Above all, it’s beautiful music, and we mustn’t take its beauty for granted. Under the stars (and absent of any kind of […]
via Hakobune ~ Apsidal Motion / Chihei Hatakeyama & Corey Fuller ~ Euphotic — a closer listen
[Music] Explosions In The Sky – The Wilderness (Temporary Residence, 2016)

Italian indie magazine Music Won’t Save You reviews a lot of brilliant albums. If you’re a native Italian speaker, or simply want to brush up, consider subscribing to their site.
Explosions In The Sky’s new release is another masterpiece, by the way.
[Music] Valeri Fabrikant / CLC
From The Sunday Experience:
there was a time in mid to late 90’s when it seemed like Montreal was the centre of the musical universe, beneath the safe haven of Constellation records the likes of godspeed and fly pam am where left to nurture their post rock atmospherique. Some two decades down the line, yes two decades, time really does fly, its seems as though Veleri Fabrikant and CLC have keenly been influenced, influenced enough in fact to embrace that same spirit by tailoring their collaborative epic in the shadows ‘say goodbye to the world as we know it’ in the same kind of quietly majestic intricacy. At nearly 14 minutes in length ‘sun worshippers / gold diggers’ provides for a masterclass in both refrain / sustain and poise / pause, like the Grails magnified at quarter speed, there’s a dark beauty evolving and dissolving here amid a panoramic canvas populated by the sparse drone detailing and squirrelling scrapes that suggests an affinity with Kranky acts LaBradford and Stars of the Lid while likewise serving upon something carved with such stilled grandeur one suspects closer inspection might well be rewarded several fold.
Read more at their blog here.




