New Sun Kil Moon album. More of a Kozelek solo album, it’s just him and a guitar. It’s a tad languid but has some good songwriting and guitar playing.
Not enough people listen to Roy harper, hopefully this post will help remedy this travesty. The picture above is from the front cover of Roy’s 1971 album, Stormcock, (yes I know the name sucks, get over it asshole) which is almost universally agreed to be his magnum opus. By this point in his career, Mr. [...]
Moar jazz! but it ain’t your average bebop album. Double Sunrise Over Neptune is an album by William Parker who is highly regarded for his work in the realm of free jazz. Recorded live (I didn’t know it was a live album when I first heard it, the recording is pretty imaculate) at the 2007 [...]
Sixty Metonymies by Tartar Lamb For fans of kayo Dot. This is a side project involving Kayo Dot’s main man Toby Driver, their violinist Mia Matsumiya and Tim Byrnes on trumpet. The Project was formed to perform and record Toby’s long-form violin and electric guitar duet, “60 Metonymies,”.
Former Talk Talk lead singer Mark Hollis released one self titled solo album after the latter bands demise mostly due to the contract with Polydor. Similar in style to the final two Talk Talk albums although the arrangements on this one are more stripped down.
“It’s good music to chill out to…” – God (24 Hour Party People) These are all essential releases from their time spent on Manchester’s Factory record label. They are NOT a post-punk band! In fact their music is similar to the UK post rock scene. Without Mercy is their most ambitous and best release. If [...]
Amazing free jazz courtesy of Mr. Farrell ‘Pharoah’ Sanders. “Karma’ and ‘Black Unity’ are essential for any decent jazz collection. Africa Black Unity Jewels Of Thought Karma Save Our Children Tauhid
This album is alright. You should maybe download it and I dunno listen to it or something. Yeah…….. Download
The Durutti Column – A Paean To Wilson I ucking wovv almost everything Vini Reilly and the Durutti Column release and this album is no exception. In fact its one of their finest works. Every song is a majestic work of art. ‘Paean’ is a tribute to the late Tony Wilson the founder of Factory [...]
Propellor Time is a new album by Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 (Peter Buck of R.E.M, Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows and Bill Rieflin of Ministry) released on the 22 of March 2010. One of my favourites of this year so far. It features contributions from John-Paul Jones of lead zepplin and Johnny [...]
