When they done coming for us they gonna come for you… Believer, a.k.a. The Last Shall Be the First by Ray Curenton The final line from the rap in No Empires! (feat. April Rucker & Civil) says all you need to know about some of the themes that Ray Curenton is trying to get out […]
Scrapyard Boyz: Ultra Despair Duo [2018] by Griizzly, Slogan The first thing that stands out is the lo fi crunch – the minimal production – if feels immediate, almost like the intention was to get shit down rather than get slowed down with getting everything perfect and it comes through. A disregard for genre […]
The Nirvana Fallacy (or, Mania and Her Sophomore Slump) by Saint Louie First thing’s first, I love this album. Everything left on the floor, on the walls, on the ceiling. More importantly on the recordings, which burst with an feeling of heart breaking melancholy. A payment for the beauty in the music. Saint Louie is […]
#FeatureFriday The Cocker Spaniels Are Still Alive, And So Are You Do you like your pop music quirky, fun, political, funny and a playfulness that belies it’s depth? Good. Come ‘ere… The Cocker Spaniels Are Still Alive, and So Are You by The Cocker Spaniels The first thing you are hit with on this collection […]
Everything’s a Crime : X by Everything’s a Crime I’m fading away I’m fading away I’ve been inside those eyes with the lights have faded I’ve been sat down in this town forever forever – Behind Those Eyes At first listen ‘X’ by Everything’s a Crime is a head scratcher. Not in a bad way […]
Take to The Streets by Eparapo Admittedly, my knowledge of Afrobeat is rather limited, despite me enjoying it very much whenever I heard it. The combination of intricate percussion and open, sweeping melodies has, in my opinion, a very universal appeal. The percussion is also the first element I really noticed in this piece by […]
Underground by Trina Chakrabarti Well it’s back around again, quick innit! #FeatureFriday on Bluesky social, which as always includes thoughts from Aaron Smith, Mortamar Kahn , Florgoth, Foxy HxC Macfly ♪🜏 and myself, Mark(untidymusic) I have to say it, I love honest music. I do, I love it. I also love it when I can feel […]
Happy New Year #Feature Friday So here we are, it’s 2025 and well well well. #FeatureFriday on bluesky is a little different this first Friday of yhe year what with the holidays and illness and…. This Friday we have chosen one artist each. Florgoth has chosen Feralman’s “Allegories and Allegories Trancended” , I have chosen […]
Adrift by Angry Blue Planet This is the first album by this supersonic indie duo located near Seattle. Some have said the album format is dead — owing to the culture of consuming singles as perpetuated by streaming services. Angry Blue Planet decidedly disagrees. Inspired by master-crafted albums that came before, ABP have put together […]
Dallas Orbiter’s – Spaceman Things There was a time, in the late 90s, early 2000s when music seemed to have inherited that ELO melancholy with the melodic uplift. Mixed it with some American College radio and arrived smack bang in the middle of a group of albums that I loved. I may be wrong in […]