Gawp at This: Knifeworld reveal the true face of god in their new video!
What ho, chaps! No, I refuse to just let this blog die with its dignity intact, however time-and-money-poor I seem to be (which so far this year has been oh-so-very). Some things are just too important to let sleeping blogs lie. With that in mind, I invite you to clap your eyes upon this beautiful … Continue reading
Best of Bandcamp: Caterpillarmen
If you like your prog raw, quirky and a little bit tongue-in-cheek then look no further than these exuberant young chaps. Channeling the spirit of Samla Mammas Manna (with a splash of King Crimson, Zappa, etc. etc.), they’ve found a sound which is both indebted to the weirder excesses of prog rock’s heydey whilst also … Continue reading
Review: Trumpets of Death – Teeth + Teeth = Teeths
Hey kids! Been a bit quiet round these parts for the last few weeks, hasn’t it? But to make up for that, here’s the first of two or three (or four if I really get my arse into gear) reviews which will hopefully tie up some of the loose ends of 2011, predictably culminating in … Continue reading
Best of Bandcamp: Big Block 454
Few bands currently on my radar have embraced Bandcamp quite as wholeheartedly as Big Block 454, a unique and hugely underrated British experimental/prog rock collective. Not only have they made their considerable back catalogue available in its entireity, they have done so on a pay what you want basis. And pay you should – there … Continue reading
Review: Ben Butler & Mousepad – Formed For Fantasy
Ben Butler & Mousepad is the musical alias of Glasgow-based keyboardist/composer/producer Joe Howe, with the accompaniment of drummer Bastian Hagedorn. A solo project (insofar as Howe is the sole composer, and the music on offer is very much synth/electronics-driven), this is his debut album, following the promising “Infinite Capacity” EP. Howe and Hagedorn are joined … Continue reading
Best of Bandcamp: Executive Legs
New feature! Huzzah! Yep, in place of the hopelessly sporadic Spotify playlists (Spotify is so mid 2010-early 2011 anyway) I thought I’d dedicate a regular(ish) section of this humble blog to plugging whatever artist I happen to be listening to a lot on Bandcamp at the moment. So, first up, it’s endearingly nerdy lo-fi electro-punk … Continue reading
Review: William D. Drake – The Rising of the Lights
To those in the know, William D. Drake’s songwriting credentials have never really been in doubt. His contributions to Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, North Sea Radio Orchestra and others, not to mention two exquisite solo albums of quirky, psychedelic prog-pop all attest to the fact that Mr Drake certainly knows how to write a decent … Continue reading
Review: Hauschka – Salon des Amateurs
If you’re anything like me (and if you’re not, why are you reading this?) then you’ve probably heard quite a lot of music in your time. So much music in fact, that even during your self-imposed quest to explore the furthest reaches of musical oddness and originality you’ll more often than not find yourself listening … Continue reading
Review: Ensemble – Excerpts
“Beautiful” is one of those words that is so often tossed about willy and (more to the point) nilly, that it quickly loses all meaning and becomes just another cliché. Is that sunset really beautiful, or is it just unusually pink? Is that baby really beautiful or is just another shrieking heap of muck-encrusted flesh, … Continue reading
Hello again.
What’s that I hear? Is it an unreleased Faust demo? No, it’s just the rusty cogs and gears of Hemulism slowly grinding back into motion after what must be at least a couple of aeons. Yes, I’m back. Kinda. I suppose. As much as I’ll ever be, which is hopefully enough. I shan’t bore you … Continue reading
Hemulism 