Category Archives: record collection
A vinyl assault to this rather grim and slowly dying year
It is made of humming wails and implosive noise. Servile Sect, the creative duo behind it, has nothing to do with anything but penetration to any sort of tolerative consensus. Its naively cryptic title, Trvth, won’t help mvch -predict authority violence any … Continue reading
The least Thanasis Papakonstantinou
For all greekophiles Thanasis Papakonstantinou is a must. He is quirky, humorous, impressionistic and crafts genuine greek songs like no other for more than twenty years now. His latest effort is called O Elahistos Eaftos (The Least Self). Go grab … Continue reading
Are Mogwai a hardcore band? Will they ever die?
Not really. Or, sure, like anything else. But, it needs to be said, both questions are arguably missing the point.
Singer/songwriter takes the UK to the UN
She’s PJ Harvey and has just put out a record, Let England Shake. It could be an up-to-date comment on Kate Bush‘s “Oh England, My Lionheart”, using “Army Dreamers”, a path made by Kate as well. Quirky sounding protest pop record with that female quality, earthy … Continue reading
Illyria? Well, not really? Then what the jazz?
Quite right –Llyria. No I, two Ls, one man called Nik Bartsch and a very few friends, Sha, Bjorn, Kaspar and Andi, say, Ronin. And they span the works. They rhyme the time. They doodle the noodle. They rule the cool. … Continue reading
Anna Calvi is probably not at all like Patti Smith (but who cares?)
Anna Calvi must be the ultimate pop/rock fan’s desire at this instant moment. Brian Eno himself has allegedly described her something like the most original thing since Patti Smith. Who cares if it is actually a rather irrelevant remark to … Continue reading
Ghost in the drum machine
No, not really the Arthur Koestler book. Check Gilbert Ryle, instead. Not satisfied? Ok, use your ears, then. Music made of reverb soul in a landscape of bleeps.
Nottingham quartet make album of the year
Well, in AmYzTEkNoziA time is not to be measured by years, as we all know by now. So, it is rather irrelevant, in the outer limits of absurdity, to receive as tokens concepts like the best records of the year … Continue reading
Raindrops fall on Earth, out of a piano.
A blonde girl in a polka dot dress is playing it. She is registered as Maike Matern somewhere in Germany, EU, Earth. She calls herself Zazie von Einem Anderen Stern, instead. That is Zazie from Another Star, in German. And … Continue reading
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