I can’t think of too many pairings better than ethereal music’s leading chanteuse, Lisa Gerrard, working with the Kosmische Music / Berlin School master Klaus Schulze. This is as good as you can imagine. The album is a three-CD set that was recorded live, meshing Gerrard’s hypnotic vocals with Schulze’s Continue Reading
Surbahar – Passenger of the Galaxy
From the endless archives of Mahorka Records: “”Passenger of the Galaxy” is the latest third consecutive album of the Surbahar project of Pavel Stoychev – a long-time musician and composer, known to us from numerous Bulgarian and international projects. This Surbahar debut on Mahorka features a variety of electronic beats, Continue Reading
Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan – Raga Chandrabhankar: Gwalior gharana sarod from All India Radio ca. 1948
These are recordings from 1948 by the venerable master Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, but the sound and vibe may as well be from 948. These archival recordings, provided, naturally, by Canary Records, are another treasure in their vast catalog.
Diossoulo – Sunken Ceiling
From the release’s Bandcamp site: “Diossoulo released his debut single, “Sunken Ceiling.” It is the solo project of Pradio Manggara Putra, mastermind of the Indonesian rock unit, IGMO. Last year, IGMO released their second album, ‘Absurd, Artificial, Potential’. “I love to daydream while staring at my ceiling. In that space, Continue Reading
Flavien Gillié – I Do Think We Should Touch
From Flavien Gillié’s Bandcamp site: “Flavien Gillié is a Belgian sound artist, field recordist and producer seeking to link places, voices and memory in his work. The present album is a sublime collection of drones with an individual touch sure to please even the most jaded listener. “I spend a Continue Reading
No reviews this Sunday
Flu day. We’ll continue tomorrow.
Úzgin Űver – Ausklang
The venerable record label Lollipoppe Shoppe has released what is the final stop on Úzgin Űver’s long, strange trip. Included in this live session (in studio, without an audience) are acoustic renditions of older material with no post-production editing. The album brings together new acoustic interpretations of compositions from different Continue Reading
Black Honey Cult – I Can’t & Do You Know?
Out of the ashes of The Bomboras and The Lords of Altamont comes Black Honey Cult, a band so deeply steeped in L.A.’s underground music culture that, no matter what they release, they will mop up their competition anywhere on earth. The new project sounds like what the 13th Floor Continue Reading
TARKOVSKY 5CD BOXSET 2026 – PROMO VIDEO
Cold Spring Records has released a landmark collection of the soundtracks to Andrei Tarkovsky’s most important films. Eduard Artemyev’s work is prominently featured, and the collection looks sublime! Buy it here: https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/tarkovsky-csr366bx
(Guest Article) The Rebellion Changes Its Look And Sound by Mark Hernandez
While Punk Rock looked rebellious, and its followers loudly proclaimed themselves rebels, by the time the dust had settled a lot of it had become uptight and boring. If there was any genuine rebellion left in Punk Rock, it had largely died sometime in the late 80s. Fizzled out. Expired. Continue Reading