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Land of Chocolate - Your Finest Hour

Yumm. Just the name of the band conjures up visions of those chocolate rivers inside the Wonka factory in that classic movie so many years ago. But the band’s second album, Regaining the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2023-11-07)

Le Mur - Keep Your Fear Away from Me

After another four years, German art rockers Le Mur return with their fourth release, Keep Your Fear Away from Me. Whereas their previous albums conjured images of Joy Division and Chrome,...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2023-11-06)

Atsuko Chiba - Water, It Feels Like It's Growing

There is a sonic space where shoegaze and psychedelic rock rub noses with post-rock, resulting in dense, trippy music that can appeal on many levels. One band I’ve known for a while that...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2023-11-05)

John Lönnmyr - Aftonland

A rock keyboardist and composer based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lönnmyr got his start back in the mid-90s as a founding member of Valinor’s Tree, playing keyboards and singing, and later...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2023-11-04)

Various Artists - Rekinked

Fruits de Mer Records is now fifteen years old and still going strong paying respect to the brilliant solo artists and bands of the 60s and 70s. One band that FdM has underserved is The Kinks...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2023-11-03)

The Mercury Tree - Self Similar

Self Similar sees The Mercury Tree further refining their craft, exploring the application of microtonal scales to rock music. They’ve been working in this area for several years...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2023-11-02)

Akku Quintet - Kinema

The room is completely dark, there’s a whirring sound emanating from one corner. Later joined by one crystal clear note from a piano, then another, and another again, slowly defining a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2023-11-01)