OK, let me warn you it’s long, indulgent and painstaking in its thoroughness and dedication: and not everything will be for you. But the good bits are very good indeed.
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Tammar – Visits
Essentially, this band are a great example of American musical anglophilia – for once, though, the end result is neither derivative nor dull.
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Up C Down C – Calaveas
… dramatic and sometimes exhilarating stuff.
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Bleaklow – Sunless Country
Really enjoyable and could be meditational if they progress. Actually they could be lots of things if the band pushes harder.
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Gianni Giublena Rosacroce – La Piramide di Sangue (The Blood Pyramid)
This isn’t exactly a take on the Maqām, it’s more an impressionist film score from a Western viewpoint.
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Rob St. John & Ian Humberstone – Your Phantom Limb/ House on the Hill
A tremendous record and one to spin after a hard day’s fell walking, pint in hand.
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The Bent Moustache – Pastures New, Seasons Turn
The Bent Moustache is without doubt a “Trickster” band but like all Tricksters, full of cunning wit and charm. Better that you’re on their side, we say.
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Space Siren and Rats on Rafts – Koornbeurs Popronde Delft 29/9/11
Then it is home on the last regular train after the usual conversations: “see at the next gig?”, “you bet”… what is a 40 something bloke doing, getting all excited about this young stuff?
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Katzwijm Presenteert: Przewalski , Svetkoff Lamps, New YX – Next to Jaap Studios, Voorhout 8/10/11
I am very well aware that after nightfall people in this region turn into werewolves. So where is the fucking venue?
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Incendiary interview Eleanor Friedberger
I mean I really like the playfulness of the band, I’m totally for that, and we’re not a normal band: we don’t have a sound, we don’t sit in a room and jam like a normal band.
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