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Kim Jin-Hi - The Jin Hi Kim Collection

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Over the decades of her career in music, Jin-Hi Kim has operated in so many different realms and idioms that it’s impossible to distill down to concise statements, unless you just emphasize...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2026-10-24)

Ruins - Cosa? (Experimental Works)

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By the early 80s, Ruins was essentially a two-man band featuring Piergiuseppe Ciranna (vocals, electronics, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, drum machines, tapes, noises) and Alessandro Pizzin...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2026-10-23)

The Shades - Basement Sessions 1978-1980

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Think Like a Key continues its excavation of regional obscurities with Basement Sessions, a collection of recordings made by New Jersey's The Shades between 1978 and 1980. The title...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-10-08)

Unicorn - Last Orders

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When I reviewed Shed No Tear: The Early Late Unicorn, I...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-09-26)

Orang-Utan - The Producer's Cut

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Think Like a Key continues its excavation of forgotten underground music with The Producer's Cut, an expansive three-disc revisit of Orang-Utan's sole 1971 release. The set...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-09-11)

Space Debris - Sighting

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Keith Jones of Fruits de Mer only discovered German band Space Debris about a year ago — remarkable, given that the group has been operating steadily since 1994. Their first appearance in the...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-07-04)

Sendelica - An Introduction to Sendelica

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Fruits de Mer turn their archival attention to one of their longest-running affiliates, Welsh psych collective Sendelica, whose steady output over the past two decades has encompassed studio...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-07-01)

Wax Theatricks - Different Voices

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Seems like artists from the coastal metropolitan areas get all the attention, while artists from flyover country have to work ten times harder just to get noticed — if they are lucky. Bands...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2026-05-13)

Arpia - Festa Grande

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To tell you the truth, I struggled with this review upon listening to the first disc.  There were one or two interesting spots, but overall the music left me flat and I felt like I was just...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-04-26)

Astralasia - An Introduction to Astralasia

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The latest Fruits de Mer introduction retrospective release is the massive 4 CD set An Introduction to Astralasia. Just like labelmates Sendelica, Astralasia is noted for their extended...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-03-25)

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