BAD RELIGION – Age Of Unreason – vinyl LP (Epitaph 2019)
It’s only fair that I declare a fairly strong bias before I proceed – At a time that I was elbowing my way through what was inspirational and what was …
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PETE JOHNSON – Screwball – CD (self released/not on label 2019)
Albums embodying, expressing or otherwise loosely interpreting fluctuations in mental health are certainly not unusual – Channeling brain turbulence through any form of art is a timeworn tradition, no doubt …
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WELCOME TO VENICE: Ric (RXCX) Clayton (Gingko Press/Kill Your Idols 2018)
The self-determination of underground culture is such that every fully formed tribe has its unique indigenous features, and as with the often self-taught nature of underground musicians, many of these …
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VARIOUS – LAMPAIGN – IRELAND – Irish Punk Compilation LP (Deadlamb Records 2019)
Deadlamb Records seems to have been lurking in the background for some time, with a steady output of Irish and international punk product including Nomatrix, Jobseekers, Disturbance, Greenland Whalefishers, Plan …
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THROBBING GRISTLE – Journey Through A Body – Vinyl Reissue (MUTE 2018)
Let us get pastoral for a minute – I have always had a love for the bright weak sunshine and shards of long shadow that break the lethargy of a …
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EXTRAVISION – DEMO cassette (Art For Blind Records 2018)
It has been a long time since I purchased a cassette. I wouldn’t exactly say I’m repellant to the format… from black shelled and orange-labeled BASF LH SMs to ubiquitous …
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THE NILZ – Kiss me, My Executioner (self released CD 2018)
In what can be construed as fitting move to represent equality in disfunction, the ubiquitous shot of Richard Ramirez that adorned 2016’s THE NILZ MADE ME DO IT is now …
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LAURIE ANDERSON & KRONOS QUARTET – Landfall (Nonesuch Records 2018)
This is an exciting prospect. Kronos Quartet was always one of those entities that just kept popping up on my radar, not because (at least initially) I went looking for …
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TURBONEGRO – ROCKNROLL MACHINE (2018 Burger Records)
Turbonegro has been lurking so long that it’s hard to believe this is only album number 9. The intoxicating brew of releases that straddled their first break-up seems like a …
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ALIEN SHE – FEELER ltd edition 12” Green Vinyl (Art For Blind Records 2018)
This is the limited edition vinyl release of FEELER, an album that was technically launched in early December 2017. Some manner of sleeve manufacturing woe held the physical product to …
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