The Residents & Renaldo And The Loaf – Title In Limbo + 4 Daze
Two of the most charmingly weird bands, The Residents and Renaldo And The Loaf, paired up for two freaky albums which have been reissued as one album by Klanggalerie. The sound is brilliant, and you can tell a lot of…
Various Artists – Moochin’ About: Minnie The Moocher At The Morgue
What a shame that I didn’t find this release three weeks ago, as it would have been perfect party music for the Halloween party I attended! Artists on this creepy album include Bobby “Boris” Pickett, Bo Diddley, Spike Jones, Billie…
Sarathy Korwar – There Is Beauty, There Already
What a sublime work this is! I’m new to the work of Sarathy Korwar, a US-born, India-raised bandleader and master percussionist. This percussive gem is his latest work. From Sarathy’s Bandcamp site: “Playing as a 40-minute suite of hypnotic and…
El Michels Affair – Anticipate feat. Clairo b/w Indifference feat. Shintaro Sakamoto
The world is a hellhole at the moment. Everyone is suffering, hearts are burning. Perhaps a bit of soul from El Michels can give us a break. Both guest singers, Clairo and Shintaro Sakamoto, have voices dripping with sweet soul.
tigermonster – collected dreamories
I don’t run into many experimental ambient bands from Liechtenstein, but this, I have to say, turned out to be a pretty good listen. Dark and somewhat ritualistic, it’s a good sort of weird.
Various Artists – Antonovka Records: Young Flowers: Music of Kazakhs from Orenburg Region
The top ten albums of 2025 from the Russian World Music Chart will be announced soon, and this year has been exceptional for ethnic and world music. One standout album comes from Antonovka Records, a label that was originally based in…
Richard Leo Johnson – The Sleeping Porch
Thanks to the ever-wonderful Cuneiform Records for offering this album by the Georgia (USA)-based guitarist Richard Leo Johnson. You can hear flashes of John McLaughlin, Leo Kottke, Larry Coryell and Ralph Towner’s influence, but Richard has carved out his own…
Various Artists – Mutant Radio: Mutant Fundraising Compilation
I recently discovered Mutant Radio, which seems to be the hippest radio station in my new hometown of Tbilisi. Although I’m not familiar with most of the bands they play, the genres vary from techno to experimental, and the beats…
sevensy + Roberto Vodanović Čopor – refug3
First, a proper introduction to sevensy, who is a wonderful new name for me: “sevensy (aka Austin Brooks) creates music that facilitates imaginal sojourns; the message is the sound itself. sevensy mixes electronic and natural sounds with processed guitars and acoustic instruments….
Baeshi Bang 배씨방 – Baeshi Bang
From their Bandcamp site: “Baeshi Bang is a French quintet presenting an original and modern instrumental interpretation of songs by Bae Ho, famous Korean singer from the sixties.” Bae Ho was a stylish South Korean crooner who sang with so…