Music
Earth - Primitive and Deadly: On first listen, I thought this wouldn't be getting too many listens, the sound is a kind of slow one paced instrumental heavy rock, it's a sound that hasn't done to much for me in the past. But surprisingly I did start to get into it, I don't love it, have to be in the mood and all that but it's reasonably good.
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature: A decent album, not one to listen to again and again , but to return to now and again, suits the winter months, I think.
Nine Black Alps - Candy for the Clowns: Manchesters next big thing from the mid noughties, it never happened for them after that promising debut album. This is a return to form, probably won't break them, but it's a very enjoyable slice of loud indie/slacker rock.
Robert Plant - Lullaby And The Ceaseless Roar: Who'd have have though when Led Zep split, that it would be the vocalist who'd go on to have the most successful, varied and critically acclaimed solo career. Another album that appeared in almost all the best album of the year lists and rightly so. This time back to his fascination with North African music plus the whole gamut of his past influences.
Sleaford Mods - Chubbed Up: Another album that graced those same lists, this is a very different beast indeed. Just as good, but in a totally different way, musically at times a lean programmed The Fall, lyrically it made Mark E. Smith sound like a pussycat, bonkers, very angry and fucking brilliant. It sounds new, but they've been going a bit apparently, awaiting their next effort with relish.
Sun Ra - The Heliocentric worlds of Sun Ra volume 1: I had read all about Sun Ra a couple of years back and expected that I would like his music, but the first album I did listen to, can't remember what it was now, didn't do that much for me. This album from the mid sixties is far more like it. Obviously from the out there school of jazz, it's a minority audience that appreciate this kind of stuff.
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream: He makes some of the best accesible electronic albums of the present time and this is no different. It does add a new dimension, a kind of soft rock guitar riff, notably on the opening track that works brilliantly. It's as good an album as he's put out to my mind.
The Pierces - Creation: The fifth album from the US Folk/indie rock sister duo continues the good work from the last album, there are some fine female du acts around aat the moment and they're up there with any of them. They're probably more radio friendly than the rest of them, not always a bad thing.
Earth - Primitive and Deadly: On first listen, I thought this wouldn't be getting too many listens, the sound is a kind of slow one paced instrumental heavy rock, it's a sound that hasn't done to much for me in the past. But surprisingly I did start to get into it, I don't love it, have to be in the mood and all that but it's reasonably good.
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature: A decent album, not one to listen to again and again , but to return to now and again, suits the winter months, I think.
Nine Black Alps - Candy for the Clowns: Manchesters next big thing from the mid noughties, it never happened for them after that promising debut album. This is a return to form, probably won't break them, but it's a very enjoyable slice of loud indie/slacker rock.
Robert Plant - Lullaby And The Ceaseless Roar: Who'd have have though when Led Zep split, that it would be the vocalist who'd go on to have the most successful, varied and critically acclaimed solo career. Another album that appeared in almost all the best album of the year lists and rightly so. This time back to his fascination with North African music plus the whole gamut of his past influences.
Sleaford Mods - Chubbed Up: Another album that graced those same lists, this is a very different beast indeed. Just as good, but in a totally different way, musically at times a lean programmed The Fall, lyrically it made Mark E. Smith sound like a pussycat, bonkers, very angry and fucking brilliant. It sounds new, but they've been going a bit apparently, awaiting their next effort with relish.
Sun Ra - The Heliocentric worlds of Sun Ra volume 1: I had read all about Sun Ra a couple of years back and expected that I would like his music, but the first album I did listen to, can't remember what it was now, didn't do that much for me. This album from the mid sixties is far more like it. Obviously from the out there school of jazz, it's a minority audience that appreciate this kind of stuff.
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream: He makes some of the best accesible electronic albums of the present time and this is no different. It does add a new dimension, a kind of soft rock guitar riff, notably on the opening track that works brilliantly. It's as good an album as he's put out to my mind.
The Pierces - Creation: The fifth album from the US Folk/indie rock sister duo continues the good work from the last album, there are some fine female du acts around aat the moment and they're up there with any of them. They're probably more radio friendly than the rest of them, not always a bad thing.
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