Born Ruffians: JUICE

Ezekiel RodofiliNovember 8, 2021

Born Ruffians have been around for a while and so on and so forth. Anyway, last year they put out JUICE, the first in a trilogy of albums that are about... some...

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SUMAC: May You Be Held

Ezekiel RodofiliNovember 3, 2021

May You Be Held commences with a crawl. A low, deep and pressured crawl. In a way it's almost meditative and deconstructed, and perhaps that's the point of "A P...

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Callback: nenem: Deep Shape Blue

Ezekiel RodofiliOctober 9, 2021

The first nenem song I heard was "Oar". It was on Sunday whilst I was going through a playlist of math rock someone had put together. I'd been skimming throu...

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Karmel Jäger: Your Love

Ezekiel RodofiliOctober 4, 2021

Karmel Jäger's Your Love is the (currently) latest release from Karmel Jäger, and it features the song "Your Love". It also features three remixes of "Nowhere T...

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Mo•Louie: Body

Ezekiel RodofiliOctober 4, 2021

Mo•Louie makes music under the name Mo•Louie. Under the name of Mo•Louie, Mo•Louie has released "body", a song that doesn't spend much time being indirect about...

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A Conversation with b l u e s c r e e n

Ezekiel RodofiliSeptember 28, 2021

I had been meaning to interview Tyler, aka b l u e s c r e e n for a few months. Tyler co-runs Sunset Grid with ΔCID.rar, runs GumShoe and also puts out Death ...

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Napalm Death: Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Ezekiel RodofiliSeptember 23, 2021

Since somewhere around Words From the Exit Wound and Enemy of the Music Business Napalm Death have developed and furthered a particular sound. They're a band th...

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Quicksand: Distant Populations

Ezekiel RodofiliSeptember 14, 2021

Distant Populations starts with a quick, fitting burst of percussion, then kicks into some sort of gear featuring fuzzed guitar, loud drums, shouted vocals. "In...

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Hanin: Field Recordings in Syria 2008/2009

Ezekiel RodofiliSeptember 13, 2021

Whilst living in Syria Michel Gasco recorded music performed by Syrian Artists. Somewhat recently the recordings were released as Hanin: Field Recordings in Syr...

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Senyawa: Alkisah

Ezekiel RodofiliAugust 26, 2021

Through experimenting with decentralisaton Senyawa released Alkisah through a number of different labels. They allowed the labels to choose the artwork, mixes a...

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