For the love of music
Hellish nightmares, tender dreams and all that’s in between are dramatically evoked in this collaboration between Italian composer Teho Teardo and German musician Blixa Bargeld. The two originally worked together on a song for a film soundtrack and went on to produce a whole album over two years. It’s an album that encapsulates qualities of … [Read more...]
Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy – You Are Everything Call it music and words; call it magic. Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy’s third and final album together is everything their collaboration stands for. The alchemy that exists between the two artists is palpable, and where separately each is mighty (re)fine(d), when combined, their … [Read more...]
KaRIN and Statik have had a long and active career as the DIY electro-industrial dream machine Collide, releasing their latest album Counting To Zero last autumn. They hit a high point with the single “Bending and Floating” and its accompanying dreamily dystopian video directed by Edward Mavskegg. The video seems like it comes from a lost … [Read more...]
Seemingly pulled out of an antique china case after years of shelf life, Willis Earl Beal dusts the shelves off and emerges with a poignant yet simple batch of tunes with his debut anthem, Acousmatic Sorcery. Throughout the album a few characteristics stand out, but out of its many blues like qualities the one that I see potentially defining the … [Read more...]
In today’s music scene, uniqueness seems harder and harder to find. Whether good or bad, most new music isn’t very original, and that’s sad. Luckily, industrial/prog/electronic outfit Coeus the Boxing Titan (what a name!) is an exception to the rule. On its debut LP, The Boxing Titan Spawns, the group manages to combine several drastically … [Read more...]
There Is Light (But It's Not For Me) is the tenth studio album from Danish death metalers Illdisposed, who started way back in the dark days of 1991. And, with that knowledge, my first thought as a newcomer to the band is how fresh they sound, as their tracks on the album have a vibrancy that is found more often within new bands, rather than … [Read more...]
One does not exactly sit and listen to Anaal Nathrakh but rather allows a complete and thorough violation upon the senses. The band's aural assault is all consuming and blatantly violent. The group from Birmingham, UK bring their own brand of black and death metal, with infusions of many other genres such as grindcore and industrial, stripping it … [Read more...]
Batwings Catwings – Peacock Collection EP Indian Gold Records http://claytv.blogspot.com/ L.A.-based Batwings Catwings recently released this EP on Indian Gold Records and the band throws down 4 energetic and enticing tracks where dance-pop pep and melody mixes equally with punk rock menace and noise. The urge is great to shout along … [Read more...]
Commentary and attacks on society, politics, and the human disease have never been strangers to music, but rarely has an artist delivered their message with such brutality, directness, and quality as Circus Of Dead Squirrels. The Arizona band sits loosely in the industrial metal genre, but suck in numerous flavours from elsewhere to make them not … [Read more...]
As one who is not particularly keen on instrumental songs let alone albums, always feeling I am being short changed without vocals and only being given a partial track, I have to say Melbourne sound painters Heirs has me reassessing that flaw on my part. The Australians not only paint pictures with their music but create images, memories and worlds … [Read more...]