tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59781592011-10-18T11:34:50.954+01:00MusicE. Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743278884995218475noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978159.post-1076508006028165682004-02-11T14:00:00.000Z2004-02-11T20:54:17.700Z

ONEIDA - SECRET WARS (Rough Trade / Jagjaguwar) After the grand musical manifestos of their previous two albums, 2001's "Anthem of the Moon" and 2002's "Each One Teach One" (the notoriety of latter's monumental, aneurysm inducing freakout Sheets of Easter circulating via word of mouth much like the drug that inspired its title), Oneida's latest work is not only their shortest record in a while,

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Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Sleep/Holiday (Sanctuary)For the last few years, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci have been furrowing their own field, pushing on down their own peculiar route. Alt.country is an overused term, but there are probably specific elements that can be found in the music of those artists who get lumped together under it. Gorky's have been travelling down the path less-travelled, and have

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Matt Elliott - The Mess We Made (Domino) Matt Elliott was once The Third Eye Foundation, a moniker under which he wrote and recorded albums which married drum & bass rhythms to experimental electronica and chaotic samples (animal cries, air raid sirens) on tracks about loneliness, madness, death and suicidal sailors. Each 3EF album covered similarly bleak areas of the human condition, but always

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Also on an Acid Mothers Temple tip; Mainliner - Mellow Out (reissued on Riot Season records) Recorded in 1996, this is completely unredeemed heavy-as-shit stoner/noise rock staring Kawabata Makoto on 'Motor Psycho guitars'. As you might well imagine, the resulting racket is utterly, utterly deranged... scuzz-drenched noise practically forming into a solid mass of bad attitude black ectoplasm in

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Here are reports on a couple of releases I bought the other day related to Japanese psychedelic spacerock godheads Acid Mothers Temple; Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple split CD on Sub-Pop This CD documents a collaboration between AMT and American 'post-rock' group Kinski, and also features a new track from each of the bands. First of all, let me say to anybody even remotely interested in spaced

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Iron & Wine - the Sea and the Rhythm EP (subpop) Oh, now this is something really special. It's hard to write about the kind of music that inevitably gets labelled 'alt-country'. It's a devious piece of categorisation which groups together all manner of music, good and bad, under the banner of specific aesthetic and cultural conventions, and when genuinely strange and beautiful non-conformist

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Electrelane - On Parade (toopure) Last time I saw Electrelane play live - as part of Ladyfest London just over a year ago - they were superb, their songs starting with pounding unashamed pop before spiralling off into extended dronerock freakouts of astonishing rhythmic intensity, barely being kept under control by the hammering drums and organ until they left the ground completely, collapsing

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3 Inches of Blood - Destroy the Orcs / Sunrise over the Fjords (death o'clock) Gods bless the current ironic rock rival malarky, if only for the fact that one can stroll into a cool record shop and purchase a 7" single like this one, featuring a Games Workshop-tastic ball and chain wielding orc on the front and zero redeeming hipster value. For those who have so far been denied the pleasure of

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Well hello everybody. To start this off I thought I'd post some write-ups on a bunch of singles and EPs I've bought recently. ROCKIST MASSIVE! The Barbs - massive crush EP (mother tongue) This was pressed into my hand by a friend on a brief visit to HMV with the order "buy this!". I liked the cover art, and the second track's called 'Straight Outta Comix', so hey, why not. And my friend was

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