https://aberrantrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/kazumoto-endo-blood-of-chhinnamastika-the-goddess-of-mercy Genre: Noise Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 22, 2022 If you’re up for all this strap in. It’s brutal noise at its brutalist. Although this is directly more aggressive track four, Trauma Based Mind Control by the second half of the split by Blood of Chhinnamastika with its human voice tape cut-ins madeContinue reading “Kazumoto Endo/Blood of Chhinnamastika- The Goddess of Mercy by Aberrant Recordings”
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The Tragedy of Hip Hop part 4
About two years before Eazy-E’s 5′ 3″ corpse was buried wearing his Compton hat in Rose Hills Memorial Park the landscape of hip hop was changed yet again. Finally, we can get the fuck out of Los Angeles, all the way to Staten Island. RZA has to be in the conversation as one of theContinue reading “The Tragedy of Hip Hop part 4”
The Tragedy of Hip Hop part three
I was trying to set this up to segue into Ol’ Dirty Bastard but I went down a Los Angeles rabbit hole instead so we’re going to keep going back in time from Drakeo the Ruler to Rodney King to Eazy-E. https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sexual-and-reproductive-health/hiv-aids/causes/risk-of-exposure.html “No meta-analysis estimates currently exist for insertive anal sex (inserting the penis intoContinue reading “The Tragedy of Hip Hop part three”
The Tragedy of Hip Hop part two
Rodney King’s beat down happened on March 3, 1991, almost two years before Drakeo the Ruler’s birth. King was driving home with a couple of buddies after knocking back a few beers and watching basketball at another friend’s house. One thing you have to understand about Los Angeles is that a lot of it happensContinue reading “The Tragedy of Hip Hop part two”
The Tragedy of Hip Hop Part One
I’ve been thinking that I need to try to write this. To just let the words in my mind come out as they are on the subject without over thinking the sensitive nature of the subject and without trying too hard to seem clever or to prove I’m a competent writer. Why is hip hopContinue reading “The Tragedy of Hip Hop Part One”
Melted Into Air by DELUSIONAL MIND
https://boomslangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/melted-into-air Genre: Ambient Jazz Fusion Rating: 4/5 releases May 27, 2022 MIA is a mellow electronic jazz record with a drummer and bass player following the lead of German jazz pianist, Yannis Anft, who provides synth and composition. All in all, it’s smooth sailing comfortable listening. It is jazz but there’s a lot of ambientContinue reading “Melted Into Air by DELUSIONAL MIND”
Khimaira by Child of Illusion
https://susanasantossilva.bandcamp.com/album/khimaira Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 releases May 13, 2022 Chris Pitsiokos – alto saxophone Susana Santos Silva – trumpet Torbjörn Zetterberg – double bass To me, Silva is golden. I treat everything she does with awe and respect. Put it this way, I get as excited about her releases as I do anyone’s inContinue reading “Khimaira by Child of Illusion”
Form Less Ness by Andy Cartwright
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/album/form-less-ness Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 released May 6, 2022 Andy Cartwright, whose best work is the bowed-guitar centered alias Seabuckthorn, has thrown his hat in the very crowded arena of ambient music. I’ve exhausted my free listens on bandcamp so it definitely kept pulling me back. He has a special way of using both foundContinue reading “Form Less Ness by Andy Cartwright”
I Live In A Utopia by Ignatz
https://aguirrerecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-live-in-a-utopia Genre: Freak Folk Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 6, 2022 This is extraordinarily beautiful ghostly folk music borrowing from the richest traditions. Frankly, if its bad ass you can hear it in this: B. F. Shelton, Roscoe Holcomb, John Fahey, Nick Drake (when you can here those little suicidal hints) , even theContinue reading “I Live In A Utopia by Ignatz”
Sleepless by Loops & Loops
https://thesems.bandcamp.com/album/sleepless Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 4, 2022 Sleepless, instead of being about sleep – a foundational theme for a lot of ambient music-, is about, as the name implies, insomnia. And honestly, insomnia is the real issue, isn’t it? If we were sleeping there wouldn’t be any reason to worry aboutContinue reading “Sleepless by Loops & Loops”
house of care by perila
https://lillernetapes.bandcamp.com/album/house-of-care-2 Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 28, 2022 perila sticks to a winning formula that she delivers on better than all others. The ingredients are simple single instrument ambient compositions. Already from just this she creates an earthy ambience earthy in the Garden of Earthly Delights sense. The sound of Cambrian PeriodContinue reading “house of care by perila”
8 years by Unleashed Cooperation
https://multikultiproject.bandcamp.com/album/8-years Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 27, 2022 Unleashed Cooperation is a Polish jazz sextet. The music on 8 Years is very diverse in terms of tonality but it is never frenetic or chaotic. In fact, one of the most appealing aspects of this record is how smooth it is. It’s likeContinue reading “8 years by Unleashed Cooperation”
Yog-Sothoth by The Great Old Ones
https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/yog-sothoth Genre: Dark Ambient Rating: 4/5 This could be an above average Cryo Chamber release and it’s very much in the same sonic ballpark. Cryo Chamber releases almost all fall into a 3 or 4 star rating tier to my ears. Like this release, the 4 star releases have a special flair. Yog-Sothoth has monstrousContinue reading “Yog-Sothoth by The Great Old Ones”
Level One Mage by Erik Gundel
https://erikgundel.bandcamp.com Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 8, 2022 LOM is a surprisingly diverse record. The bandcamp notes and a little googling lets you know that Brooklyn resident (how do they afford it?), Gundel, takes his craft seriously and has been at it for a while and his professional approach pays dividends. ThereContinue reading “Level One Mage by Erik Gundel”
progress by Jarrad K
https://jarradk.bandcamp.com/album/progress Genre: Folk Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 4, 2022 I’m listening to this and I’m dumbfounded by the lack of attention this has received. Partly, I’m aghast at the injustice of it, but mostly I’m thinking holy shit what a huge fucking score for my blog to write about it first. First off,Continue reading “progress by Jarrad K”
RFM EP by Revenge from Mars
https://revengefrommars.bandcamp.com/album/rfm-ep Genre: Alternative Rock Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 8, 2022 One track on this, Bongo, has a release date of 2014, so based on that and the way this thing sounds I’m figuring they’ve been curating these six songs for the last eight years. Usually, with bands like this, that have a smallContinue reading “RFM EP by Revenge from Mars”
having you, halving me by thought refuge
https://thoughtrefuge.bandcamp.com/album/having-you-halving-me Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 8, 2022 Clocking in at about 16 minutes, time is somewhat of an irrelevancy for this dreamy instrumental guitar centered ep. There’s two important things going on here and I’m going to reference Grouper and Guided by Voices to explain it to you. The Grouper partContinue reading “having you, halving me by thought refuge”
Threshold of Eastern Octaves by Khem One
https://silentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/threshold-of-eastern-octaves Genre: Ambient Drone Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 8, 2022 Kim Cascone is one of the longest running most important names in the genre. He’s also a pioneering guitarist who redefines how we think of the instrument in a completely different galaxy than the Hendrix and Segovia galaxies. Along with a handful ofContinue reading “Threshold of Eastern Octaves by Khem One”
2E by OFFICINE
https://idealrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/2e Genre: Post Punk Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 28, 2022 2E is an aggressive, noisy, post punk rock record. The bandcamp tags include “no wave” but since the original, and, I suppose, only no wave scene was so artistically fragmented it’s hard to say what from today would actually have to be rootedContinue reading “2E by OFFICINE”
Feeding The Machine by Binker and Moses
https://binkerandmoses.bandcamp.com/album/feeding-the-machine Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp February 25, 2022 Goddamn this is wild. This record does for free jazz what Spacemen 3 did for psychedelic rock. This record is the four minutes spent zooming on nitrous while you were already tripping on acid. Roots wise, the echo brings to mind Bitches BrewContinue reading “Feeding The Machine by Binker and Moses”
Sarin Blizzard by Pestilent Rain
https://pestilentrain.bandcamp.com/track/sarin-blizzard Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 3, 2022 This is a single 14 minute track of music grown mostly out of the beatless industrial noise tradition but filtered through a drone lens. It’s not so harsh that it leaves the impression that Pestilent Rain only wants to clobber you with noise. NorContinue reading “Sarin Blizzard by Pestilent Rain”
涉水来世 / Wading in the Afterlife (Original Soundtrack) by 天火见
https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/wading-in-the-afterlife-original-soundtrack Genre: New Age Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 4, 2022 Water is almost synonymous with life itself which makes drowning an ironic way to die. t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 referenced the drowned woman on the album cover on this massively long released: https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/–42 Admittedly, all meaning is crypticContinue reading “涉水来世 / Wading in the Afterlife (Original Soundtrack) by 天火见”
Stuutjes by Berlinde Deman & Rutger Zuydervelt
https://machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/album/stuutjes Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 1, 2022 All I’m going to do is gush. I think sometimes people who take it on to themselves to review serious music like this feel embarrassed or think it’s childish to gush but when you’re confronted with greatness at the this level it’s a dutyContinue reading “Stuutjes by Berlinde Deman & Rutger Zuydervelt”
we might be dead, we might be flowers by They Drove Us From the Garden
https://theydroveusfromthegarden.bandcamp.com/album/we-might-be-dead-we-might-be-flowers Genre: Post Rock Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 1, 2022 I love the name of the band and the album. I love the album cover. What can we make out of a band that sounds exactly like Explosions in the Sky? Explosions in the Sky, along with Napalm Death, are the two mostContinue reading “we might be dead, we might be flowers by They Drove Us From the Garden”
Evolve by Motionfield
https://motionfield.bandcamp.com/album/evolve Genre: Ambient Drone Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 1, 2022 Motionfield are a band that have been at it a while and have laid out some strong wood so before I start dropping influences I need to give the devil his due. This is a solid outfit on its own. Nods to that.Continue reading “Evolve by Motionfield”
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