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Minimum Vital - Pavanes

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Every new release by these guys has some big surprises, yet it’s instantly identifiable as Minimum Vital – they are a band with a unique sound regardless of how large (the big six-piece...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2015-05-05)

Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra (ZERO) - Money? What Money?

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If you ever listened to a Frank Zappa record and thought, “What this needs is more kazoo and ukulele,” then not only are you a very strange person, but you are in luck, because the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2015-05-04)

The New Trocaderos - Frenzy in the Hips

Cover art Back to basics now. These are six songs (about 20 minutes) of power pop and aggressive retro-60s rock condensed into three-or-so minute songs, just like back in the day – the likes that have been...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2015-05-03)

Cuts - Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper

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When you operate in a genre that can fairly be called Free Noise, you know you’re not going to be topping any sales charts (except possibly a chart that includes only Free Noise artists)....

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2015-05-02)

Tania Chen, Danielle DeGruttola, Henry Kaiser, Soo-Yeon Lyuh, William Winant - Megasonic Chapel

Cover art While one probably won’t find this on any top 100 charts in this or any other universe, Megasonic Chapel is a single 80-minute improvisation, very subtle, shimmering and beautiful, never...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2015-05-01)

Maudlin of the Well - Bath

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McLatchey's Top Tier #17

Before Kayo Dot there was Maudlin of the Well, a group that in comparison was much more inside. This is a good example of how favorites don't have to be...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2015-04-30)

Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass

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The mesmerizing opening track “La Suspension Ethéréene” contains many textural keyboard hallmarks reminiscent of the classic mid-70s zeuhl sound, yet there are no voices,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2015-04-29)

Mark Wingfield - Proof of Light

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I first became aware of guitarist Mark Wingfield through I Walked into the Silver Darkness, a collaboration with acoustic guitar innovator Kevin Kastning, where Wingfield’s tasteful...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2015-04-28)

Mugstar & Damo Suzuki - Start from Zero

Cover art Those in attendance on a hot summer night in 2012 in Liverpool, England witnessed the rare one-off meeting of the legendary Damo Suzuki and British neo-Krautrock/Space Rockers Mugstar. Famous for his...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2015-04-27)

Pink Octopus - SexBeef and the Pink Octopus

Cover art Seattle’s Pink Octopus is primarily the venue for the compositions of Jonathan Louis Huffman, with vocal parts devised by Matthew Swartz (who has a band called SexBeef, hence the album title). At...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2015-04-26)
 

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