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Winter 2012

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Luiz Perez - En el Ombligo de la Luna

Cover art One of the earliest examples of "Prehispanic Fusion," a style combining the pre-colonial music of Mexico with modern electronics and progressive rock, channeling the spirit of ancient cultures. The...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Luz de Riada - Cuentos y Fábulas

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Cuentos y Fábulas is the debut album by Luz de Riada, a new collective from Mexico City featuring woodwind player Ramses Luna (Cabezas de Cera) and Hugo Santos (Saena) on...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Magma - Félicité Thösz

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Since Magma reformed in the late 1990s, the band has been releasing mostly live albums and DVDs of their classic material, and two extended pieces of music (Köhntarkösz Anteria...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Mars Hollow - World in Front of Me

Cover art Not content to rest on the laurels of their well-received 2010 debut, LA-based quartet Mars Hollow have returned quickly with their sophomore effort. This one has also rapidly garnered praise from...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2013-04-01)

Mawwal - High Hills in the Creaving Road

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It seems like just yesterday that I was reviewing Mawwal's 2011 release Sight Up and wondering what they could do to top that excellent disc, but they have. As evolution goes, the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Mawwal - Sight Up

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Mawwal, on their third release, continue the refinement of their fusion of traditional world elements with the power of the rock idiom on these eight new studio tracks. Band leader Jim Matus...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Modified Toy Orchestra - Plastic Planet

Cover art This six-piece plays no conventional instruments of any kind, unless you count the Kawasaki Tiger guitar, Golden Touch book strips, Lego Bear Head, Texas Instruments' Speak & Spell, Hula Barbie,...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Moksha - Here to Go

Cover art A surprisingly superb second release from this Las Vegas based quintet (g,b,d,k,voc), finding a musical home somewhere between rock, funk and jazz, with some solid bluesy and progressive elements in...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Niklas Barker - El Último Fin de Semana

Cover art Most will know Barker as a founding member and longtime guitarist of Anekdoten. On El Último Fin de Semana (Our last Weekend), he was...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Noa - Noa

Cover art The original release of this album from 1980 was not known to me until Soleil Zeuhl's reissue landed in front of me, but it's definitely not from lack of quality. This could be regarded as a lost...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-04-01)

Northcore - Desatero

Cover art Northcore is the London based duo of Carl Gibbons and Jana Tillotson. Their music combines floating ambient electronics along with what would be more typically called sequenced electronica (think...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Omnia Opera - Nothing Is Ordinary

Cover art It’s been a long time – fifteen years I reckon, since the band's second CD release Red Shift, which itself was a full four years after their first, following two cassette releases going...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

One Shot - Live in Tokyo

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At this point all our readers should be aware of One Shot, with several studio albums to their credit, an outstanding live album Vendredi 13 from around ten years ago, a DVD, and a North...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Operation ID - Legs

Cover art After seeing Operation ID on a bill with Moraine and Wah Wah Exit Wound in Seattle, I knew this band was something special, with a quirky and intelligent take on indie rock, too poppish for "math" but...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-04-01)

Outopsya - Fake

Cover art Evan Mazzucchi (bass, cello, art) and Luca Vianini (guitars, vocals, synths, drums) are Outopsya, or OUT Of PSYchical Activity, an avant-garde progressive techno-noise post-rock collective. Across the...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Panzerpappa - Astromalist

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It's good to see Panzerpappa back in action again, this being their first album in around six or seven years, now signed to the Rune Grammofon label. Even in their humble beginnings with...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Pendragon - Passion

Cover art Passion marks the conclusion of a trilogy of records that started with 2005's Believe, followed by 2008's Pure. Each was part of Pendragon's "five year plan" to present a...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2013-04-01)

Pixel - Reminder

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This new Norwegian jazz quartet features drums, double bass, trumpet, tenor and soprano sax, and vocals. Bandleader Ellen Andrea Wang is the lead voice and double bass, and also responsible for all...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Pravda - The Clarity of Chaos

Cover art This Pravda (not to be confused with other bands by the same name) hails from Idaho, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The trio features keyboards, drums, and a guitarist doubling on bass, with all...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)

Resistencia Chaco - Una Puerta Roja en Algún Lugar de la República Checa

Cover art Images of a red door, a burned out building, a knife, cockroaches, and somewhere in the Czech Republic. It's not my Spanish language comprehension shortcomings that will prevent me from elaborating...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-04-01)
 

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