Month: December 2013

It’s got something of that lackadaisical attitude that The Saints, Royal Trux or the Teardrop Explodes used to spread around, and should be the soundtrack to lots of bedsit rave ups.

Continue reading “Blank Realm – Grassed Inn”

Given the way Josephine Foster’s I’m A Dreamer is produced and presented, it should come as no surprise as the whole enterprise feels totally out of step with the present time.
Continue reading “Josephine Foster – I’m A Dreamer”

All over in 36 minutes too, how the FUCK did they manage to cram all of that in in such a short time?
Continue reading “Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down”

I’d say this is an essential LP, really worth listening in to. It’s enervating, tough, uncompromising and something that is at times, pretty bloody far out whilst being incredibly accessible.
Continue reading “Tim Hecker – Virgins”

Broderick’s work always reminds me of things that Rodelius does; especially when you take into account those very minimal, spacious, but melancholic piano runs…

Continue reading “Peter Broderick – Float 2013”

It’s deceptively quiet, under the radar music that heralds (I bloody hope) a great LP from this German duo.
Continue reading “UMA – Vanity”

So, mental baggage left firmly in the rubbish dump, we can say this record is as diverse and refreshing as can be.
Continue reading “Ikebana – When You Arrive There Remix”

So Relent is not really something that will grab you, but then, I suppose its main strengths are its patience, its disarming simplicity and its clever sense of balance.
Continue reading “Ancient Colours – Relent”

Shades on, quiet, and curled up in a monstrously big leather chair, Dee Dee was charm itself but maybe bemused at the ridiculously early interview time.
Continue reading “Incendiary Snatch a Moment with Dum Dum Girls”

I’m trying to protect the artists on the label, and the listeners for Erased Tapes from that, from that mono-world.
Continue reading “Incendiary talk to Robert Raths and Ryan West from Erased Tapes”