Author Matt Mason
Heavy. Or as Neil from the Young Ones would say Heaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey ! Doom/Death bands are not known for being prolific when it comes to output so the fact that this is the Florida bands third album in four years may have a… Continue Reading →
The folks at Birds Robe have been busy re-issuing their catalogue, meaning that gorgeous looking CD’s filled with big post rock sounds have been dropping through my letterbox. With each dull thud on the door mat comes another collection of songs by a band… Continue Reading →
“Music for night hours and sanguine addictions” I’ll be honest those words send shivers down my spine for all the wrong reasons. I spent some time amongst the Vampire fans of London in the 90’s in the middle of the… Continue Reading →
That is a lot of title in brackets eh especially for a band of few words. Arctic Sea Survivors are a quartet of Austrian instrumentalists named Survivor I through IV and these six tracks constitute their 2nd full length album, The Longest Dawn is… Continue Reading →
Chaotic deathgrind with proggy leanings from Buenos Aires. OK this is a bit different. From the get go this is not the stereotypical South American lo fi blast fest that my cynical and foolhardy ears expected. It’s a jumble of influences and a cut… Continue Reading →
Twenty two years. Eleven studio albums. These Japanese loons have had a long and hopefully lucrative career. I have dipped in and out of their eclectic sounds over the years – usually as part of playlists made by mates who were… Continue Reading →
The news today is filled with horrific pictures of the aftermath of Hurricane Ida which ripped through Louisiana and Mississippi over the last couple of days. New Orleans is once again ravaged by weather with more cultural and musical landmarks destroyed including Louis Armstrong’s… Continue Reading →
Expansive. Immersive and indeed panoramic. If we are doing nutshell descriptions then that would be it. Dumbsaint are an instrumental four piece from Sydney who create big, big soundscapes of what is known as post rock. Now “Panoram….” is not a new release. It was written… Continue Reading →
OK so as I write this I have succumbed to the plague. Covid has caught me in its putrefying clutches and I am quarantined and feeling like poop in a scoop. What is needed? Well, the rulebooks say plenty of fluids, rest and vitamin… Continue Reading →
The title sounds a lot like a 1980’s straight to video Kung Fu classic. I expect Bolo Yeung to guest somewhere and some bad dubbing. However, my Blockbuster nostalgia is damned. The 16 Deaths of My Master is in fact… Continue Reading →
It’s been over two years since I first listened to Sons of Alpha Centauri. That was on the quite formidable Buried Memories which was very much a game of two halves (well maybe three periods like in Ice Hockey). Side A saw… Continue Reading →
Finland’s Hooded Menace return after 3 and a half years with their sixth full length release, and what a sound for sore ears it is. It is easy to see why these guys are held in such high esteem around… Continue Reading →