Just a quick heads up about my update schedule. Saturdays will generally be a bit iffy for me, because the hours I do at work and the early start I have on Sunday - basically although I strive to update this daily, don't expect one on a Saturday too often! Secondly my internet reception has been rather spotty for the last three days, so please forgive me if it takes me a while to respond to commen... » Continue Reading
Ian Daniel Kehoe, Secret Republic Genre: Bedroom Pop Standout track: Evil People "Evil computers, evil telephone lines... But if you say you see evil, you better look inside, cuz thats where evil lies." That was just my favourite line from the aforementioned standout track, which I c » Continue Reading
Todays update is a teeny-tiny bit special, as all three releases featured today are also Spacehey users in my friends list. So without anymore prevaricating, allow me to introduce anyone of you following my blog to some of your fellow Spaceheyannite's musical endeavours :D Lexa Terrestrial, Helluva Drug » Continue Reading
Hostox, Black Cockatoo / White Cockatoo Genre: Minimal Techno/Tech House Standout tracks: Midway / Flanders A double feature of two inextricably linked » Continue Reading
Horus Ra Mindset & Promise, Free Lunch Program Genre: Dream Rap Standout track: Hidden Problems It's strange how you can lose yourself in these emotionally loaded tracks, and for a such a short record too. If you want a more melancholy counterpart to the album Gladwemet by Knxwle » Continue Reading
Muriel Grossman, Birth Of The Mystery Genre: World Fusion Jazz Standout track: Patience An utterly unique spiritual jazz record from a Spanish saxophonist, where chaotic improvised moments give way to slower-tempo sections of magical warmth. » Continue Reading
Temple Mist, Ye Invocatioun Of Hys Kynge Genre: Experimental Black Metal Standout track: Mystic Spell Of The Temple Bells One of the myriad side-projects from the devil-tormented minds behind Gnaw Their Tongues. Chaotic and magically charged jazzy black metal brimming over with biz » Continue Reading
The next iteration of Phaidon's Vitamin D series, really nice contemporary art survey books with an emphasis on drawing as a medium. I've been rubbing my mitts together waiting for this beautiful book, seeing as the first two might of been the best things Phaidon have ever published. » Continue Reading
House of Harm, Vicious Pastimes Genre: Synth Pop Standout track: Against the Night Albums like this don't come along often. If I had known about this marvellously morose assemblage of anthems back in 2020, it'd have definitely made my "Top 10" of the year. » Continue Reading