Actionfredag – Turist i eget liv (Expanded Edition)

This was an absolutely pleasant surprise! Our friends at áMARXE have published a Swedish band called Actionfredag who keep the spirit of the Canterbury Sound alive in the modern age.  The rhythms are tight, time changes about, and the production is punchy.  This is a good day to be a Continue Reading

Tidiane Thiam – Africa Yontii

From Tidiane Thiam‘s Bandcamp site: “Hailing from the sleepy fishing Senegalese fishing town of Podor, home of the great Baaba Maal, Thiam taught himself guitar by playing along to late-night radio broadcasts of Manding music. He soon developed his style, often reworking Pulaar folk themes into his compositions. On Africa Continue Reading

Musala nan Eilan – Glossolalia

This is a charmingly freakish album from the French band Musala nan Eilan which has the audacity to combine post-rock with Celtic music, among other genres.  From the band’s Bandcamp site: “Five musicians who don’t know each other, coming from different musical worlds, finding themselves under the same roof for Continue Reading

Jonathan Sharp – Divided Time

Castles In Space are a label whom I just stumbled into over the past few days, and I’m liking what I’m hearing from them a lot.  This particular piece of hauntology comes from Jonathan Sharp, a composer who is, like me, a child of the 70’s.  He split his time Continue Reading