31/01/2021

The Residents The Bunny Boy (2008) - Boxes of Armageddon

Meredith Monk - Sigh

Matmos - Polychords

The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)- Ouroborous

Free Kitten On the Mountain

CLINIC - Corpus Christi

CLINIC - Internal Wrangler

The Breeders - German Studies 2008

Firewater - Already Gone (The Golden Hour)

Die Tödliche Doris - Über-Mutti

Colin Newman Life On Deck (Remastered)

30/01/2021

R. Stevie Moore · Mark Cudnik Part of the Problem

Cloud Cult - You'll Be Bright

Clinton Hensley - Thrilly-dilly

Rock & Rule - "My Name is Mok" by Lou Reed - Movies That Deserve a Second Look

Movies That Deserve a Second Look... 'That'll Be the Day' (1973) and 'Stardust' (1974) are two mid-'70s films about the early days of rock 'n' roll. Starring David Essex 'Phantom of the Paradise' (1974) A wonderful rock parody directed by Brian De Palma 'Tommy' (1975) 'Tommy' was one of the first movies to tell a story with music and visuals rather than dialogue. The insane filmmaking talents of Ken Russell 'Velvet Goldmine' (1998) Todd Haynes ‘Velvet Goldmine’ is worth a second look because it covers an often-overlooked part of rock history, the glitter scene, and is loosely based on the story of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust era. (Look for Ewan MacGregor as a character clearly based on Iggy Pop.) "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1978) 'Rock & Rule' (1983) 'Fear of a Black Hat' (1993) There have been several films that have tried to recapture ‘This Is Spinal Tap’'s hilarious spirit a satire in 1984, by 1993 rap was begging for a parody like ‘Fear of a Black Hat,’ 'Mayor of the Sunset Strip' (2003) documentary about legendary L.A. DJ Rodney Bingenheimer profiles one of the scene's oddest ducks. At first, he comes off as pathetic, but as the documentary goes on, you grow empathetic and ultimately sympathetic toward him.

Swell - Sunshine Everyday

The Horse Flies - Live Where It's Gray

Drew McDowall - Agalma III (Beacon ft. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe) (Officia...

26/01/2021

Eimuntas Nekrosius (1952-2018

Eimuntas Nekrosius (1952-2018): the theater lost “a kind of genius” The celebrated Lithuanian director, whose repeated visits to Porto were seen as events, died on Tuesday, the day before he turned 66. Only an unusual intelligence, a paradoxical intelligence, both clinical and poetic, could ever imagine that the potency of the invariably postponed desires of Olga, Macha and Irina, the three sisters of Chekhov's homonymous play, fit the metaphor of a table top. spinning, fatal as fate, on stage, minutes on end. Eimuntas Nekrosius, the Lithuanian director who died this Tuesday of a heart attack, the day before he turned 66, had this intelligence. With its monumental version of “O Idiota”, by Fiódor Dostoievski, that TNSJ opened the season, 2009/2010 on September 11 and 12, 2009 with the return of the “gross and vital theater” of Lithuanian director Eimuntas Nekrosius. The theater director, Nuno Carinhas, describes the show Os Idiotas, with which Nekrosius returns to this stage for the fifth time since 1992, as “a pièce de resistence based on O Idiota”, by Dostoievski. There are five and a half hours of theater with two breaks for breathing. All Eimuntas Nekrosius' visits to Porto were events - since the first stop at PoNTI, in December 1997, the year in which the Lithuanian director left the audience of the Teatro Nacional S. João (TNSJ) completely under the influence with a prodigious montage of “The Three Sisters” - and there is one more event Eimuntas Nekrosius on the march. It is with him, and with his monumental version of “The Idiot”, by Fiódor Dostoievski. After throwing himself at practically all the monsters of Russian literature (Gogol, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Tchékhov) and one of the founding texts of the Lithuanian language (“Estações”, by Kristijonas Donelaitis, which had a world premiere in Porto, in January 2003), Nekrosius has just arrived at an author who has always considered "extremely dangerous". “We all have something of Prince Mishkin's soul and personality. His status as an idiot is an ideal state that any of us would like to achieve ”, explained the director days before the world premiere of the play, on June 17, at the International Festival of Villa Adriana, outside Rome. There were spectators who left in the middle, noted “Corriere della Sera”, but the overwhelming majority of the audience stood up at the end of the play, at 2:30 am (the full version of “Idiots” lasts five and a half hours), for a Standing ovation of five minutes. He still doesn't know how to do short shows ("I can't tell anything in less than four hours. The more intermittent the attention, the longer the shows must be long"), and, of course, he still doesn't know how to do bad shows. Like the previous Nekrosius events that the TNSJ showed (in addition to "The Three Sisters" and "Seasons", there was a "Macbeth" in 1999 and an "Othello" in 2001), "Idiots" lives on a singular deconstruction of the text - reduced to four nuclear characters - and a very strong score of objects - a mirror, a door, beds of bars - which become an autonomous narrative. The last time he was in Porto, Nekrosius agreed to show how he performs feats with almost nothing to a group of stage directors that included the current director of TNSJ, Nuno Carinhas. “Meno Fortas shows are said to be avant-garde objects, but it seems that we are seeing the end of something. It is as if that language came from the background of the times ”, he told PÚBLICO at the end of one of the work sessions. Lúcia Sigalho, who was also there, summed up the Nekrosius event to this: "A couple of snaps right on the face". In September, we turn the other cheek.

Steve Fisk - No 2nd Chance (full version)

If Germany had its sample demiurge in Holger Hiller in the 1980s, at the same time, in the USA, a native of the northwest coast, Steve Fisk, revolutionized the universe of digital cut paste, in an album that became a work of worship, “448 Deathless Days”, published on SST in 1987. In the same year, a participation in Negativland's “Escape from Noise” drew attention to his name again. The 90s saw him working alongside Nirvana and Soundgarden or producing the debut of Screaming Trees. “999 Levels of Undo” is the logical extension of “448 Deathless Days” and another work that will go down in history.

Happy Idiot

The Comsat Angels Under The Influence

Mike Watt Intense Song for Modonna to Sing

MIKE WATT Red Bluff

MINUTEMEN -Jesus and Tequila

JARV IS... SAVE THE WHALE - Jarvis Cocker

Arab Strap // Compersion Pt.1 (Censored Version)

Malcolm McLaren II Be Or Not II Be

PIL - Shoom

Shriekback Fish Below The Ice

23 Skidoo- Last Words (12" Version)

SHOCK HEADED PETERS parabola 1985

Judy Nylon - Jailhouse Rock

Scritti Politti - Skank Bloc Bologna

Band of Outsiders - Nervous

The Band of Outsiders is a reorganized version of the Limit, a late-'70s power pop group from New York, who released their debut single in 1981 and their first full-length album, Everything Takes Forever, in 1985. They broke up in 1987. The record is from 1984 (I have it on LP), recorded 1983 and 1984. Producers Ivan Kral of Patti Smith's band. He also played on some songs. Nightclub, Pyramid, CBGB. 1985. Played alot of bills with Certain General

CERTAIN GENERAL Dachau Now

another one of my favorite bands ever ... The New York band's first full-length album was originally released in France only on the L'Invitation au Suicide label in 1984; it finally came out in the United States in 1999. It's very much a record that's emblematic of the post-punk dark ages descending on the underground in the mid-1980s. Funky basslines and mannered vocals (by guitarist Parker Dulany) convey a muted anguish, somber and obtuse lyrics, and not a whole lot of melody.

HUGH HOPPER... - Crumble

Hugh Hopper Hopper Tunity Box, 1977 Member Of Bone Pip Pyle's Equip 'Out Soft Head Soft Machine Legacy Soft mountain Soft Works The Daevid Allen Trio The Wilde Flowers Hugh Hopper & Alan Gowen Isotope Soft Machine Gilgamesh Brainville Brainville 3 Caveman Hughscore Hughscore HUMI Soft Heap Stomu Yamashta's East Wind

Graham Central Station - Hair Larry Graham & Graham Central Station

Larry Graham's funky bass.. great bass player

23/01/2021

Doctor Nerve: Out To Bomb Fresh Kings (Fragmento)

"These are the first two albums (1984, '87), complete on one CD, that cemented Nerve's reputation as one of New York City's most fast 'n' furious bands. The first album is somewhat more in the vein of the early 80's punk/jazz scene (Massacre, Material) than later work, and with embryonic versions of the lineup, but it still smokes. Produced by Fred Frith, Armed Observation was their second, and the definitive Nerve sound is beginning to be cemented into place. Includes some of the very earliest recordings of trumpet star Dave Douglas. Hot NYC downtown fusion."

Stan Ridgway ‎– Anatomy susie before sunrise

Cul de Sac & Damo Suzuki Abhayamudra (2004) Belgrade 1

Carl Stone Gadberry's 1989

Carl Stone was one of the first contemporary composers to take a serious look at sampling technology and Mom's is his masterpiece. With an extremely wide range of musical interests, Stone generally employed one of two strategies: either he took diverse material from unrelated sources and stitched them together to create an entirely new and amazing fabric or he took the tiniest sliver of sound and investigated microscopically, peeling away layers and unearthing incredible and hitherto-unheard material. The former is in evidence on the title track, with music from numerous geographical areas (what sounds like -- but may not be -- Haitian guitars, South American brass bands, and Eastern European accordions, among many others) being made to cohere into an exciting, rhythmically alive soundtrack from everywhere. "Gadberry's," a live performance (all pieces are titled after eateries favored by the composer), has a generally gamelan feel, with metallic, percolating percussion augmented by guitar and bass sounds that inject an ever-so-slight funky element. "Shing Kee" is an example of the second approach and is a phenomenally beautiful piece of music. Using as its source a tiny slice of the Japanese pop singer Akiko Yano singing Schubert lieders in English, Stone very gradually stretches it out from around one second to several in looped fashion. As more and more of the fragments come into the range of aural perception, the listener has the impression of an impossibly vast landscape opening up before him or her. When, about halfway through, it reaches a turning point, the result is as dramatic and startling as anything in more traditional fields of composition. Recorded between 1986-1992, the art of sampling has come a long way since and there are aspects of Mom's that could come across as quaint to someone familiar, for example, with the work of Otomo Yoshihide (who collaborated with Stone on the fine Monogatari album), but Stone's musical ideas continue to carry the day. No one has covered this area of contemporary music with more grace and acumen. Very highly recommended.

Amorphous Androgynous -Tales of Ephidrina (1993) Swab

Named in displaced reference to a form of speed popular with late-night studio hounds, Tales of Ephidrina is probably the nearest Amorphous Androgynous have come to an even compromise between their ambient and dance pretensions, trading equally between lush, contemplative textures and upbeat, simplistic rhythmic structures. Enjoyable but by no means essential

Alan Licht · Loren Mazzacane-Connors, Wisdom Day

Circus Mort - S/T (Full EP)

Throwing Muses University

The Legendary Pink Dots - All About Control

Sunburned Hand Of The Man - album A Grand Tour Of Tunisia song The Ebb and Flow of a Dark Stain on the Hudson

The Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice - Buck Dharma

Annie Anxiety (Little Annie) - Sad Shadows

KING MISSILE - LOVE IS...

22/01/2021

Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub - Clean Eyes For Dirty Faces

Nina Hagen - Born In Xixax

Malcolm Mclaren - Obatala

born on this day 1947 Malcolm Mclaren, manager of the Sex Pistols and solo artist, (1983 UK No.3 single 'Double Dutch'). Died aged 64 from cancer on 8th April 2010.

Ryan Adams - This Is It

2004 Ryan Adams broke a wrist after falling during a gig at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool. Adam's fell from the stage and suffered a fractured wrist. A fan said, 'One minute he was on the stage and the next he had disappeared. He went down with a thud and we couldn't believe he was trying to continue singing'.

Oysterhead - Armys On Ecstasy

Oysterhead is: Trey Anastasio - Guitar/Vocals Les Claypool - Bass/Vocals Stewart Copeland - Drums/Vocals

DAF - El Que (Video)

Jürgen Engler mentions “I hadn’t bought a single KRAFTWERK album” while Gabi Delgado comments that “To me, KRAFTWERK were sounding too boring, too beautiful, too sedate and too sterile” and even adds “Sequencers and Moroder. That was more important for electronic music than the entire legacy of KRAFTWERK, NEU! and LA DÜSSELDORF”. DAF’s preference for a militaristic aesthetic caused controversy and confused observers, but from the off, they were out to shock. They attracted a following which Gabi Delgado hated; his parents had escaped from the Fascist Franco regime in Spain. However, their early sequencer guru Chrislo Haas was less bothered and flirted with the ideology as a fashion statement. Their manager Bob Giddens reckons “DAF kind of overdid it later on with their hyper-Germaness” and as they hit the peak of their success, Ralf Dörper reckons they disappeared in a haze of “Sex, drugs and sequencer”. Haas eventually left DAF and went on to form alternative club favourites LIAISONS DANGEREUSES in a charged partnership with Beate Bartel of MANIA D.

Karl Bartos: Without A Trace Of Emotion -- The Film (official)

Michael Rother live - SONNENRAD

Die Krupps - Zwei herzen, ein Rhythmus

OMD’s Andy McCluskey said: “Musically we are much more the sons of Düsseldorf than we are the sons of Liverpool. KRAFTWERK, NEU! and LA DÜSSELDORF were so much more influential on us than THE BEATLES”.

Mr. Bungle Quote Unquote

Mr. Bungle "Eracist" (Official Video)

Talking Heads With Our Love (2005 Remaster)

PIETER NOOTEN -Soothing Dust

happy birthday

16/01/2021

Chrystal Belle Scrodd - Dead Roads A Gothic Western 1986

Boldy James / Sterling Toles - Medusa

Unparalleled artistic therapy fusing sample-based production, a large ensemble, and vivid street nightmares, recorded from 2007 to 2018

Artémis by Diamanda Galás

From the album, The divine punishment saint of the pit, by Greek-American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, performance artist Diamanda Galás.

Popol Vuh Morgengruss II

Un Drame Musical Instantané M'enfin (The Phantom of Liberty)

Le temps des moissons by Ariel Kalma - From 1975 LP 'Le temps des moissons'

Taj Mahal - Stagger Lee

Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Belkacem - Montparnasse

Naked City - Catacombs

April 9, 1992 Marquee Club, NYC John Zorn-leader, sax, Bill Frisell - Guitar, Wayne Horvitz - Keyboards, Fred Frith - Bass, Joey Baron - Drums, Yamatsuka Eye - Vocals

Naked City - The Vault

Techno Animal - Flight Of The Hermaphrodite 1995

Chris & Cosey - Paralleladrill

T.A.G.C. - Ephemeral

Mick Harvey - La Ultima Spiaggia

Tony Wakeford – Steven Stapleton ‎– Walk The White Ghost

Steven Stapleton & David Tibet - The Dead Side Of The Moon

Nurse With Wound - Cooloorta Moon

Various Artists – Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991

Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe, 1980-1991 is the second multiple artist compilation on Music From Memory and is compiled by record connoisseur Raphael Top-Secret and label man Jamie Tiller. The compilation brings together twenty one tracks from across the continent; exploring the more unusual and unexpected sides of Pop music produced during that period. Drawing material from cult experimental artists such as Steve Beresford, Brenda Ray and Bill Nelson alongside one-off independent musical projects rescued from the fringes, ’Uneven Paths’ focuses on a selection of tracks that go beyond the confines of mainstream pop music but which also transcend expectations of much of the ’experimental’ music of the time. This is music with one foot in the avant-garde and another foot firmly rooted within the sensibilities of Pop; where Jazz musicians detour into Synth-Pop, Punk bands break into Boogie jams, and student doctors jam out on odd melodies with synthesizers and drum machines during their night shifts.

Pete Brandt's Method - What You Are (1980)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music For A Found Harmonium

Silver Jews - Random Rules

The Godz Soon The Moon (Classic)

Theoretical Girls - U. S. Millie

The Raincoats - Only Loved at Night

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Hell Rules

Pere Ubu - Horses

Albert Oehlen, Mayo Thompson - Disco Death

Mayo Thompson Albert Oehlen With Tilda Swinton - Disco Death Derek Jarman's The Last of England- film Soundtracks 1985-89

Marianne Faithful - Broken English (From "Live in Hollywood" DVD)

"Three things: memory, tiredness and my lungs are still not well," says Marianne Faithfull, 74, speaking to The Guardian. The singer was left with lung damage and still needs help breathing. "I may never be able to sing again. Maybe that's over," she says, based on the opinion of the doctors who follow her. "I would be extremely upset if that were the case, but on the other hand, I am 74 years old," she adds. Although the doctors told her that, most likely, her lungs will not recover, the artist is confident and says: "I believe in miracles". And in fact, even her recovery was a miracle since, according to herself, doctors did not expect her to survive when she was hospitalized. Marianne Faithfull managed to beat Covid-19 after being hospitalized in a serious condition in April 2020, but has not yet managed to get rid of the side effects left by the virus. Marianne Faithfull may not sing again due to Covid-19 effects

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Hair Pie Bake 2

Is there an album better than Trout Mask Replica after 50 years a wonderful and peculiar masterpiece? The album’s influence continues to rumble on down the ages: in the twisted Americana of The Birthday Party, the mainstream comfort of Tom Waits or the collages of John Zorn, The Residents, etc. 'I want it exactly the way I want it. Exactly. Any composer… would want it that way and I don’t deviate at all… somebody like Stravinsky for instance, don’t you think it would annoy him if somebody bent a note the wrong way? ’Don Van Vliet

11/01/2021

Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross - Fantastic Voyage/Fashion covered Bowie

Nine Inch Nails ’Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross covered David Bowie’s“ Fantastic Voyage ”and“ Fashion. ” The performance was part of the “A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day” livestream concert held last Saturday, January 9. Joining Ross and Reznor was their How to Destroy Angels band mate, vocalist (and Reznor’s wife) Mariqueen Maandig. Also participating was longtime Bowie collaborator, pianist Mike Garson. “A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day” was originally scheduled to coincide with what would have been Bowie's birthday on Friday, January 8 but was moved due to COVID-19 restrictions. Yesterday (Sunday, January 10) marked the anniversary of Bowie’s death in 2016 at age 69. Other performers included Billy Corgan, Boy George, Adam Lambert and Duran Duran. Bowie recorded “Fantastic Voyage” as the lead track for his 1979 album Lodger. "Fashion" appeared on Bowie’s 1980 album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). Watch Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ’“ A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day ”

Les Bonapartes - Welcome

David Bowie - 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore [Audio]

AMAZING ALBUM .... 2016 David Bowie topped the UK album chart with his latest release Blackstar less than 24 hours after his death. With sales of over 43,000 units the album outsold its nearest competitor, Elvis Presley's If I Can Dream, by 25,000.

10/01/2021

Donald Fagen - New Frontier (Video)

HAPY BIRTHDAY 1948 - Donald Fagen Donald Fagen, vocals, keyboards, Steely Dan, (1973 US No.11 single 'Reeling In The Years' and nine other US Top 30 hits). Steely Dan's 'Two Against Nature' won a Grammy in 2001 for Album of the year. He has also released four albums as a solo artist and in 2001 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Syrinx - Chant for Your Dragon King

mort garson ataraxia- Tarot

Priscilla Ermel - Americua

Emptifish - Party On The Beach

The Cramps - Aloha From Hell

Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire - Joe Strummer...

Giant Sand Chore of Enchantment (2000) - Temptation of Egg

Tarwater - The Trees 200

The Black Heart Procession - I Know Your Ways

SMOG - Bloodflow

PRAM - Bewitched

Tragic Mulatto - Not My Movie

Tragic Mulatto - Stop My Hand

bongwater - jimmy

Country Teasers - "Hitlers & Churchills"

Von Lmo - Be Yourself

Tragic Mulatto - I Say

Flatula Lee Roth (vocals, saxophone, tuba), Richard Skidmark [Tim Carroll] (guitar), Jack-Buh (guitar), Jehu (guitar), Reverend Elvister Shanksley (bass, vocals, banjo, harmonica), Bambi Nonymous (drums, bass, vocals), Jazzbo Smith (drums), Humpty Doody (drums)

Blind Idiot God - Subterranean Flight

Howard Devoto - Rainy Season

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - The closet

Magazine - Burst

Annette Peacock - Questions

08/01/2021

Captain Beefheart - Gimme Dat Harp Boy

The Ruts - Babylon's Burning

Wall of Voodoo - Joanne

Einstürzende Neubauten - Youme & Meyou

The Wedding Present - Blue Eyes (Video)

The Wedding Present - Gazebo

DAVID BOWIE primeior filme 13 minutos -The Image

Space Oddity, el segundo álbum de David Bowie (1947-2016), fue lanzado en 1969, año en el que el músico británico debutó como actor de cine en The Image, un cortometraje de Michael Armstrong, filmado en blanco y negro, que narra cómo la pintura de un artista cobra vida para comenzar una caza contra su creador. A finales de la década de los sesenta, el trabajo cinematográfico -filmado entre 1967 y 1968, pero estrenado hasta 1969- se dio a conocer porque tuvo una rara distinción en aquella época: recibió una clasificación X. “Creo que fue el primer corto en tener esa clasificación”, dice el escritor y director del filme, Michael Armstrong, “por su violencia, que en sí mismo era extraordinaria”. Michael Byrne interpreta a un artista que durante la tranquilidad de la noche, encerrado en su habitación, trabaja en el retrato de un hombre joven. Éste aparece con las manos extendidas, como si quisiera darle un abrazo a su creador. Mientras el pintor medita sobre su obra, atrás de la ventana aparece el mismo joven del retrato. A partir de ese momento, el artista, angustiado por lo que acaba de experimentar, busca la manera de deshacerse de su creación. El filme apareció recientemente en línea gracias al Wall Street Journal, que recibió el permiso del Archivo David Bowie para mostrarlo. A continuación puedes disfrutar The Image

Oxbow - Baby doll

Cheer-Accident - Camp O' Physique

Koenji Hyakkei - Rattims Friezz

HENRY COW - Living in the Heart of the Beast

Marc Ribot · Los Cubanos Y Los Cubanos Postizos- Aurora En Pekin

The Residents - For the Benefit of Mr. Kite - The Residents with the London Sinforietta

This was London Sinfonietta playing "Remembering The Beatles", a tribute to the Sgt. Pepper's album. For each song they had a different guest singing or playing. The Residents sung and "played" on "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", whereas other songs featured Peter Murphy, Marianne Faithfull, Beth Orton and Jarvis Cocker. It all happend in Milan, Italy, on the 21st September 2007

Black Tar And The Cry Babies (Chuck Bobuck) - TAR-Nation: The Best of Bl...

David Bowie – Space Oddity (Official Video)

left us almost 5 years ago, but the music is alive. On the day that David Bowie would celebrate his 74th birthday,

ARTO LINDSAY - Simply Are (feat. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Melvin Gibbs)

The Lounge Lizards - Voice of Chunk

Night Music N 22, season 1, 1989 John Lurie - saxophone Roy Nathanson - saxophone Curtis Fowlkes - trombone Evan Lurie - piano Marc Ribot - guitar Erik Sanko - bass E.J. Rodriguez - percussion Dougie Bowne - drums

The Lounge Lizards - Bob the Bob

The Lounge Lizards - Harlem nocturne

CINDY LEE - One Second to Toe the Line

The Fall - Dedication Not Medication AS MINHAS BANDAS FAVORITAS+OS MEUS GOSTOS PESSOAIS

WARNING : I'm just an addict ... addicted to music. There are people who are born to make music, o8 thers are born to hearing. Whenever was part of this second group. Maybe it's. a habit, I gotta use, even if it 's rock, jazz or the quiet storm. Great pictures of the things I love - music, painting, books, photography, architecture, design, women, and more. I love music more than lasagna. Better to burn out than fade away. The older you get, the better life gets. But time also seems to be accelerating, the clock running too fast. So, looking at those early days, everything is very slow, stretched, and great significance. The most recent time, I spent busy with simple things.People think rock and roll is only about teenage rebellion, but why can not exist old rebel too? THE RESIDENTS is my Biggest Addiction, and,THE RED KRAYOLA, FRANK ZAPPA, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, KING CRINSOM, OLD TIME RELIJUN - ARRINGTON DIONYSO, R. STEVIE MOORE, SHRIMP BOAT, MINIMAL COMPACT, THIS HEAT, COIL, SKELETON CREW, HARRY PARTCH, HOME and GARDEN, SMEGMA,THE SUN CITY GIRLS, WEEN, THE EX, LONG FIN KILLIE, VIRGIN PRUNES, AND ALSO THE TREES, MOONDOG,THE WORK, THE FIBONACCIS, LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, SACCHARINE TRUST, MODEST MOUSE, SCOTT WALKER, PROTOMARTYR, BONGWATER - (MARK KRAMER), SHOCKABILLY, RENALDO LOAF, BUTHOLE SURFERS, MISSION OF BURMA, DAVID THOMAS,THE GO-BETWEENS, WALL OF VOODO, THROBBING GRISTLE, THE MUSIC TAPES, THE BETTER BEATLES, FIFTY FOOT HOSE, OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL, THE LOS ANGELES FREE MUSIC SOCIETY ( Rick Potts, Joe Potts, Chip Chapman, Tom Recchion, who worked at the store, had formed Two Who Do Duets with Harold Schroeder in March of 1975, Ace Farren Ford and the Professor (who performed as the duo Ace Duce), Dennis Duck, and Richard Snyder), Doo-Doettes, Tom Recchion, John Wiese , Fredrik Nilsen, Godley Creme,Hybrid Kids,The Bill Jones Show, Blah Blah Blah, Blitzoids, Bomis Prendin, Cardiacs, The Cheepskates, Confusional Quartet, Jim Copp Ed Brown, Crawling Chaos, German Shepherds, Freshly Wrapped Candies, Gerry The Holograms, Ostrich Von Nipple - Nolan Cook, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Ptôse, Steaming Coils, HENRY FLINT, Robert Ashley, THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282, SWANS, CAN, FAUST, CASSIBER, TOM CORA,TELEVISION,THE MODERN LOVERS, SNAKEFINGER, MILES DAVIS, SUN RA, KRAFTWERK, ANAL MAGIC REV. DWIGHT FRIZZELL, MICHAEL YONKERS, RAYMOND SCOTT, SLAPPY HAPPY, ART BEARS, NAKED CITY, HENRY COW, JOHN ZORN, JOHN CAGE, THE DELTA NUDES, MARVIN PONTIAC, Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies,The Scene Is Now, FRED FRITH, Philip Perkins, JANDEK, Hybrid Kids, FRED LANE, DEEP FREEZE MICE, THE DEVIANTS, MONKS, THE SHAGS, THE SLITS,THEE Oh SEES, WOMEN, BLURT, PRAM, BAND OF SUSANS, THE BARK PSYCHOSIS, HUGO LARGO,THE PAINTEENS, STUMP, CERTAIN GENERAL, PINBACK, THE CHURCH,THE THREE JOHNS, CHROME, PRIMUS-LES CLAYPOOL, EUGENE CHADBOURNE, ESKIMO, HALF JAPANESE, MINUTEMEN, FUGAZI, GLAXO BABIES, THE SEA AND CAKE, SAVAGE REPUBLIC, TUXEDOMOON, XTC, U.S,MAPLE, THE PAPER CHASE, SULFUR, ARAB ON RADAR, THE CHINESE STARS, RUN ON, DON CABALLERO, SLEEP, OM, EARTH, EX MODELS, TORTOISE, NEW WET KOJAK, TOBY DAMMIT, NOLAN COOK, ERIC DREW FELDMAN, CHARLES BOBUCK,T Scissor Girls, TV On The Radio, Motherhead Bug, COP SHOOT COP, VAMPIRE RODENTS, JUNE OF 44,THE BOOKS, UI, HIM, JOAN OF ARC, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, FIREWATER, BLIND IDIOT GOD, CUL DE SAC, DANIEL SMITH - DANIELSON FAMILE ....... Other musical priorities are: THE FEELIES, PERE UBU, THE CLASH, JOY DIVISION, MEDIUM MEDIUM, PROTOMARTYR, THE CORAL, DANNY COHEN, CAR SEAT HEADREST, IDDLES, THE BETTER-BEATLES, DARKSIDE,THE MEMBRANES, THEATRE OF HATE, NOCTURNAL PROJECTIONS, THE LINES, CARDINAL, CLEANERS FROM VENUS,THE JAZZ BUTCHER, ELVIS COSTELLO,THE MONOCHROME SET, TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, ALTERNATIVE TV, GONG, THE DEL-BYZANTEENS, RICHARD DAWSON, MAC DeMARCO, WOVEN HAND-16 HORSEPOWER- DAVID EUGENE EDWARDS, SHELLAC, SLINT-PAPA M-DAVID PAJO, LUNGFISH, OM, EARTH,THE BOOK OF KNOTS, LOUNGE LIZARDS- JOHN LURIE, ANTON FIER- GOLDEN PALOMINOS, PETER BLEGVAD, PETER HAMMILL, TOMAHWAK, FANTOMAS, MR. BUNGLE, MIKE PATTON, SUICIDE-MARTIN REV+ALAN VEGA, AARON FREEMAN, JAPAN, STEREOLAB, SPACEMEN 3, SPECTRUM, SWELL MAPS, SILVER APPES, SWELL, MORPHINE, HAWKWIND, DEVO, FLYING LIZARDS, MAGAZINE, RALPH CARNEY, DANNY COHEN, ROBERT WYATT, JOHN WILKES BOOZE, KEVIN COYNE, DAEVID ALLEN, SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, MX-80 SOUND, SOPOR AETERNUS The ENSEMBLE of SHADOWS, MAN MAN, DAMIEN JURADO, DAVID DONDERO, CHAD VANGALLEN, MAGIC TRICK-TIN COHEN, CHRIS COHEN, DAVID BAZAN, JON WAYNE, PAVEMENT, PATTI SMITH, FUGS, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE -TOM RAP, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-JOSEPH BYRD, FAMILY, THE GODZ, BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND, Hapshash The Coloured Coat, PENTANGLE,THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, SLOVENLY, CHEER- ACCIDENT, TARWATER, SHAWN LEE, CLUTCHY HOPKINS, JURYMAN AKA IAN SIMMONDS AKA WISE IN TIME+SANDALS, ZOOGZ RIFT, THE BOOKS, NEW THRILL PARADE, CHRIS KNOX , DAVID KILGOUR, THE BATS,THE CLEAN, THE PIN GROUP, CRIME CITY SOLUTION, ROWLAND S. HOWARD,TOM WAITS, VIC CHESNUTT, JOE HENRY, ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO,THE TAPE BEATLES,THE GUN CLUB, MAGAZINE, THE DENGUE FEVER,THE PAPER CHASE,THE FIERY FURNACES, THE MICROPHONES-PHIL ELVRUM, GARY WAR, RAILROAD JERK, KARL BLACK- SOCK HEADDED PETERS-LEMON KITTENS, THE MUSIC TAPES, THE SHAGGS, BOBB TRIMBLE, FISH AND ROSES, DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ,POP D`ELL ARTE, MLER IF DADA,TOM ZÉ, WALTER FRANCO, OS MUTANTES, CAETANO VELOSO, MILTON NASCIMENTO, ARNALDO ANTUNES, VINICIUS CANTUARIA, JORGE BEN, CAZUZA, CEREBRO ELECTRONICO,CORDEL DE FOGO ENCANTADO, ROGERIO SKYLAB, OTTO, MOMBOJÓ, CRIOULO, MAX CASTRO, METÁ METÁ, ATALHOS, ROMULO FROES, WADO, ORQUESTRA IMPERIAL, LENINE, APANHADOR SÓ, MUNDO LIVRE SA, NAÇÃO ZUMBI, ALÇEU VALENÇA, ANT- BEE, BILL FAY, RON SEXSMITH, EL GUAPO, DAVID GRUBS, TORTOISE, SAM PREKOP, GASTR DEL SOL, HENRY KAISER, HOME GARDEN, BOB DRAKE, MY DEAD IS DEAD, AKRON FAMILY, THESE IMMORTAL SOULS, UNREST WORK PLAY, THE TAPE BEATLES, THIS KIND OF PUNISHMENT, SWOLLEN MONKEYS (Ralph Carney) LIARS, SNAPPED ANKLES, CAVERN ANTI-MATTER, GANG GANG DANCE, THE DAMAGE MANUAL,THE BLACK ANGELS, SCOUT NIBLET, DIE FORM, LONELADY, COME, WAR ON DRUGS, THE MONKS,TIM HUEY, TRACHTENBURG FAMILY, THE TRIFFIDS, THE CRUEL SEA, THE MEKONS, THE METOD ACTORS, THE SOFT BOYS, THE MISTAKES,THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE NEW CREATION, LOS ANGELES FREE MUSIC SOCIETY, ART ZOYD, NEW YORK GONG, UNIVERS ZERO, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE, MATERIAL, ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN, U TOTEM, 5uu's, Motor Totemist Guild, BRUCE HAACK, LOREN MAZZACANE CONNORS, GLEN BRANCA, DNA, MARS, ALBERT MARCOEUR, RHYS CHATHAM, RED TRANSISTOR, VON LMO, Weasel Walter's The Flying Luttenbachers, James Chance The Contortions, THE SLITS, LORA LOGIC, POLY STYRENE, LITTLE ANNIE aka ANNIE ANXIETY, DANIELLE DAX, SHIRLEY, GRACE JONES, SHIRLEY HERSCH, LYDIA LUNCH, JARBOE, DIAMANDA GALAS, LUCIA PAMELA, ANNE CLARK, MEREDITH MONK, ANNETTE PEACOCK, FATIMA MIRANDA, Strawberry Switchblade( Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall), SAFETY SCISSORS, RICHARD HELL VOIDOIDS, SACCHARINE TRUST, ADAM FORKNER of [[[[VVRSSNN]]] YUME BITSU, ROY MONTGOMERY, RUN ON, LOVELY LITTLE GIRLS, SAFETY SCISSORS, BRIDE OF NO NO,TONE DOGS,TREAT HER RIGHT, TRIPOD JIMMIE, LIFTER PULLER,THEY MIGHT BY GIANTS, LOVE, GANG OF FOUR, THE POP GROUP, WIRE, JOSEPH K, ORANGE JUICE, RAIN PARADE, THE GREEN ON REED,THE RENDERS, SOUL COUGHING-MIKE DOUGHTY, MAZARIN, KARATE- GEOFF FARINA, SECRET STARS, BLANK DOGS, FROG EYES, JOAN OF ARC, PURE X, YUNG WU,WAKE OOLOO, SPEED THE PLOUGH, DRIVE BY TRUCKERS, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, MARTIN NEWELL, ERLAND and The CARNIVAL, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, CALIFONE, RED RED MEAT, LOW, Eels, LOWER DENS, THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION, KING MISSILE, THE NOTWIST, CLINIC, QUICKSPACE, THE COMSAT ANGELS, THE ASSOCIATES, EZRA FURMAN and THE HARPOONS, EFF BARZELAY, BORN RUFIANS, FERGUS GERONIMO, PUSSY GALORE,CHAIN AND THE GANG-IAN SEVENONIOUS-WEIRD WAR-THE MAKE UP, ESCAPIST, MOONFACE, DEAN BLUNT, COLLEEN, ZERO 7,THREE MILE PILOT, LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS, CLOUD CULT, BLACKOUT BEACH, ARIEL PINK, MAGIC HOUR, MAJOR STARS, MAPS ATLASES, MEGAFAUN, MENOMENA,TAME IMPALA, AMPS FOR CHRIST, ARBOURETUM,TRUE WIDOW, NANA GRIZOL,TIMBER TIMBRE,THE, IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES, THE LOVE EVERYTHING,THE MAE SHI, DEAD SKELETONS, THE SHIPPING NEWS, GIRLS AGAINTS BOYS, LES SAVY FAV, GERMAN SHEPHERDS, SILKWORM, DIANOGAH, 31 KNOTS, 90 DAY MEN, 17 PYGMIES, PARENTHETICAL GIRLS, GUN OUTFIT, PUMA JAW-PINKIE MACLURE and JOHN WILLS, SLUG GUTS, DOG FACED HERMANS, GOD IS MY CO-PILOT, THE SKULL DEFEKTS, CUL de SAC, PELL MELL, FOR CARNATION, ARIEL PINK, FLAT WORMS, AMEN DUNES, IDDLES, WAXAHATCHEE, WOLF PARADE, SUN KILL MOON, NATALIE PRESS ,CHELSEA WOLFE, SHILPA RAY, INCA SILVER, IBEYI, ANGEL OLSEN,THE COMET IS COMING, SLEAFORD MODS, VAGABOND, SUUNS, MADONNATRON, BIG THIEF, FAT, SHAME, SAVAGES, ICEAGE, OMNI, PARQUET COURTS, WHITE FAMILY, LYDA HUSIK, SHARON VAN ETTEN, dEUS, MITSKI, LAUREL HALO,JULIA HOLTER, MARISSA NADLER, JOSEPHINE FOSTER,TRACY BRYANT, MALE GAZE, TY SEGALL,THEE OH SEES, TYVEK, GOAT, WAND, YUCK, THE MOONLANDINGZ, VIET CONG, OUGHT, ALLAH-LAS,THE FRESH ONLYS, WHITE FENCE, LAURA MARLING, EMA, PHAEDRA, LHASA, FIRST AID KIT, JANE WEAVER, WYE OAK, CAROLINER AKA CAROLINER RAIBOW ... E gosto de viajar, andar de bicicleta, de comboios, de animais.... não gosto de pessoas superficiais... sem cultura.Gosto de dança, de arte o que quer que isso seja!. Não gosto da monotonia. Gosto de criticar no sentido positivo. Não gosto de sonhar em ficar rico. Gosto do “Vive cada dia como se fosse o último “. Não gosto de despedidas. Gosto de pormenores.Gosto de perfumes. Não gosto de mentir nem que me mintam, não suporto hipócritas.Gosto do mar. Não gosto de quem não acredita em nada e não se importa com nada e tem a profundidade de uma colher... Gosto de viajar, gosto de ajudar e de saber que pude ser útil a alguém em qualquer coisa. Não gosto da efemeridade da vida e da constante lembrança da proximidade da morte. Não gosto de não perceber. Não gosto de atrasos e de quem não é capaz de cumprir as suas promessas, não gosto de quem volta atrás com a sua palavra e ainda menos que voltem atrás comigo. Não gosto da cusquice.Gosto de amigos e da camaradagem, não gosto das” amizades “que se perdem por coisas que no final das contas não significam nada... Gosto de palavras e de conversas sem fim... Gosto de pessoas originais, com humor,com ideias próprias... e com classe. Não gosto de carinho quando estou nervoso.Gosto do campo. Não gosto de seguir a onda.Gosto de coisas pouco claras, mas bem esclarecidas. Gosto de dominar. Não gosto de brincar com os sentimentos dos outros.Gosto de toques e de trocas de olhar, de demonstrações de carinho e de cenas sensuais. Não gosto de ficar bêbado até dizer a verdade. Gosto da grandeza das coisas simples, e gosto de coisas complicadas mas não gosto de complicações... O comum não me atrai, gosto normalmente de coisas que passam despercebidas... Gosto de gostar e de não gostar de tudo isto e muito mais

Big Black - Bad Houses

A. C. MARIAS - Our Dust

Rosa Yemen - Herpes Simplex

Wire ''A Touching Display''

Mc 900 Ft Jesus - Buried At Sea

03/01/2021

Dreamend So I Ate Myself, Bite by Bite (2010)- Where You Belong

Herb Diamante and Sun City Girls "Mr Lonely" - Herb Diamante with Alan & Richard Bishop, Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney

Tuxedomoon- Incubus (Blue Suit)

Bob Drake - Some Accursed Things (2001)

Big City Orchestra - Spidey Ubs Out

Big City Orchestra - Bobble

Only a Mother - Warped #24

Only A Mother - A Little Blackout

formed -1987, Detroit, MI, United States-Disbanded1994 Frank Pahl (vocals, guitar, [prepared] mandolin, balalaika, euphonium, whistling), Bobbi Benson (bass, trumpet, vocals), Marko Novachcoff (cello, saxophone, clarinet, harmonica), Mary Richards (violin, mandolin, vocals) , Doug Gourlay (percussion, drums)

David Greenberger by Shaking Ray Levis - The Seven Dwarfs

Steaming Coils - The Tarkington Table - 03 Four Tenths

Formed Los Angeles, CA, United States Members David Chrisman (lead vocals, keyboards, percussion), Brad Laner (guitar, bass, drums, vocals, synthesizer, keyboards, tape, percussion, concertina, effects), Joseph Hammer, Rick Potts, Spencer Savage [aka Grashtaht Schtant], Jeff Karlsen (guitar, synthesizer, vocals, percussion, clapping), James Grigsby (bass, keyboards, trumpet, organ, percussion), Lynn Johnston (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, oboe, percussion) Related Artists Dinosaurs With Horns, Earth Dies Burning, Motor Totemist Guild, Prostate Gland Massagers, Solid Eye Experimental Rock, Zolo

Sam Phipps - Elevation

Sam Phipps Played sax on various Residents recordings and thus may have influenced their sound to some extent.

Proof of Utah - Candlelight

Proof of Utah Formed 1984, Bowling Green, OH, United States Currently Champaign, IL, United States Mike Brosco (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Louie Simon (vocals, drums, percussion), Mark Rieke (keyboards, saxophone, flute), Steve Ward (guitar, harmonica, vocals, mandolin), Stan George (saxophone, clarinet) ), Ron Wagner (bass, guitar) Experimental Rock, Avant-Prog

Ostrich Von Nipple - Bug Sounds

Ostrich Von Nipple member NOLAN COOK (THE RESIDENTS guitar)- Upright Jerker

Culturcide - The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll (Is the Profit)

Gigs for an Imaginary Audience [archival] 2008 Formed Houston, TX, United States Plunderphonics, Satire, Musical Parody, Synth Punk, Noise

Freshly Wrapped Candies - Think

Formed Alhambra, CA, United States Members Roz, Chris, Wade Experimental Rock, Zolo

Gerry & The Holograms Gerry & the Holograms

Godley & Creme- Group Life

Formed November 1976, Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Disbanded 1988 Members Kevin Godley (vocals, drums), Lol Creme (vocals,

Bomis Prendin- Hell's Little Ransom

Bomis Prendin is Miles Anderson (lead guitar, vocals), Candeee (noise), Corvus Croson (noise), Hungry "Isaac" Hidden (bass, vocals), Bomis Prendin (keyboards, percussion, vocals, tapes manipulation)

Blitzoid - Stealing From Helpless Children - 03 Middle of Nowhere

Blitzoids - Stealing From Helpless Children - 01 The Beard of Percy

Chris DeChiara, Steve DeChiara, Jim Nickels

Blitzoids - Stealing From Helpless Children - 07 Left or Right?

Chris DeChiara, Steve DeChiara, Jim Nickels by The Blitzoids Experimental Rock

THE BILL JONES SHOW Family Tree 1990

The Cheepskates - Songs Vol. 2 - The Residents

Confusional Quartet- Paranoia

A unique and rather unlikely blend of new wave, Residents influence, and jazz fusion

PRIMUS - Here Come The Bastards (2013 Mix)

Zoogz Rift - Dinkle Dance

Zoogz Rift's Micro Mastodons - The Man Who Slugged Your Mother

Wooden Wand James and the Quiet (2007) - Delia

Spiritual Front Open Wounds (2013) - Autopsy of a Love

Tony Wakeford La croix (1993) - The Wheel of the Sun (La croix Version)

Michael Gira ‎– My Birth

King Dude - Death Won't Take Me

King Dude - In the Eyes of the Lord

Sol Invictus - Lonely Crawls the Night (King & Queen Version)

Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat - Feathers Of The Wings of The Angel Gabriel

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud ‎– Untitled 04

BRIAN ENO - Fractal Zoom

David Thomas & two pale boys - New Orleans Fuzz

Kevin Morby Dry Your Eyes

Nine Inch Nails ‎– The Fragile song The Wretched

TOOL - Schism

Black Midi- 953

IDLES - COLOSSUS (Official Video)

Ty Segall- Comfortable Home (A True Story)

Ty Segall & White Fence ‎- Easy Ryder

TY SEGALL - Would You Be My Love

Deerhunter - The Missing

Deerhunter - Dot Gain

Atlas Sound - The Shakes

Women - Flashlights

Ought- Passionate Turn

Preoccupations - Zodiac

Viet Cong- March of Progress

Parquet Courts- Master of My Craft

Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress

Future Islands- Back in the Tall Grass

Future Islands - Tin Man

Wild Nothing - Nocturne

DIIV - Past Lives

Oxbow - Letter Of Note

Real Estate - Easy

Beach House - Space Song

Grizzly Bear - About Face

Django Django - Firewater

02/01/2021

SPIRIT - Mechanical World

saccharine trust - the need

J. Marks · Shipen Lebzelter They're Through

Legendary Stardust Cowboy 1985 (3) - Who's knocking on my door

Legendary Stardust Cowboy / Fly Me to the Moon

Kim Fowley - Animal Man

Fifty Foot Hose - The Things That Concern You

Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies - Nightmare Train

Amon Düül II - Lady's Mimikri - 1973

Soft Machine "Slightly All The Time" (Part 2)

From Fifth album, Elton Dean monstrous sax and saxello and Jonh Marshall on drums

Beck - Harry Partch

Alice Phoebe Lou - Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side

The Pogues- Thousands Are Sailing

Pentangle - Jack Orion [fragment] - 1970

The Kaleidoscope "You Don't Love Me"

Jefferson Airplane Crown of Creation (1968) Star Track

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You

Dr. John, The Night Tripper Gris-Gris (1968) Right Place Wrong Time (2017 Remaster)

The Deviants Disposable (1968) Fire in the City

Elvis Costello & The Attractions Beyond Belief

Sleaford Mods 3voor12 Sessie op Le Guess Who? 2014

Billy Nomates Supermarket Sweep

with Sleaford Mods

Billy Nomates- Hippy Elite

The first release by this UK artist evokes lashings of Patti Smith, Captain Beefheart (Doc At The Radar Station),little Madonna, etc.

The Aeon - Hymn to Pan

The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus 01 Come Holy Spirit

The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus- Songs of Yearning/Nocturnes 2020 : Prayer

The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus- Songs of Yearning/Nocturnes. Not one, but two albums, released simultaneously by a band that have been ignoring fashions and occasionally delivering albums as and when the time is right. I was smitten by ‘Beauty Will Save the World’ their album from 2016 which set me on a trail to discover more of their music. Though I find these albums inseparable in terms of quality, it’s rare that I listen to them together, mood dictating which one I might want to listen to at any one time. Elements of folk, ambient music, Eastern European religious themes, chants, hymns and occasional bursts of (relatively speaking) turbulence weave together like very little else I’ve heard to produce music of rare transcendental beauty. Though they sound nothing like them, the feeling I get when listening to these albums is similar to when I first heard the likes of Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’, Nick Drake’s albums or Joni Mitchell’s ‘Hissing of Summer Lawns’- like hearing something unlike anything I’d heard before. For a much more eloquent and expansive review of the albums than my attempts, try the following piece by Dave Cantrell of Stereo Embers magazine:

Plantman - With the Human Race 2020

Plantman- Days of the Rocks 2020 By my reckoning, this is Plantman’s fourth album. It’s also my favourite, which is saying something as all the previous releases are excellent. Songwriter, singer and guitarist Matt Randall, along with some musician friends from the Southend area, has put together a set of songs that are so intimate and heart-warming in a squeeze-your-hand, tug-at-your-heart sense that they should come with a ‘Beware- Contains Human Emotions’ sticker. Listening to his vocals is like dipping in to a private conversation as he uses his present stage of life to reflect and better understand people and events from the past. He also has a real knack of setting his lyrics to a musical style that enriches and nourishes those words, adding further emotional heft as guitars are gently strummed with minimal adornments or as the sound is fleshed out with soaring lead guitar and heavenly harmonies. Maybe there’s something in the air around Southend way.

Aksak Maboul- Figures 1 & 2, 2020 song Taciturne

Aksak Maboul- Figures 1 & 2. This double album by a Belgian band who have been performing on and off for over 40 years is a revelation. An ever-changing line up (at one point featuring former members of Henry’s Cow) centred around founding member Marc Hollander has now settled with the addition of his wife, Veronique Vincent, on vocals. This magnificent, experimental double album requires multiple listens to even come close to revealing all its delights, despite the presence of some real ear worms. Compulsive rhythms from around the world are the back drop for a dizzying selection of jazzy, avant-garde and prog songs featuring the excellent guitar and keyboard playing of Marc. The lyrics, written and sung mainly in French by Veronique, deal with the dynamics between male and female and how things have perhaps not progressed as they should have over the years. Utterly wonderful

Tom Skelly - Inside

Tom Skelly - 'I'm Done'

Issac Navaro- album Nijua,2020 song Arie Haan

Issac Navaro- Nijua. Issac, based in Dumfries, has been a fixture on German Shepherd Records since they first started, with six releases during that period. The latest album, who’s title was apparently suggested by a 7 year old, is a heady and potent mix of post rock, ambient and electronic music which reference the likes of sci-fi writers, Dutch footballers and moon landings. In among the lush layers of synths and insistent beats there are some delicious piano melodies and, on one track, a rare vocal. I read somewhere that this could be the last album from Issac, which would be a crying shame.

Harold Nono- album We’re Nearly Home 2020 Shaking On An Iron Bed

Harold Nono- We’re Nearly Home. Harold Nono is one of several mysterious enigmas who release intriguing and interesting music through Bearsuit Records, based in Edinburgh. Difficult to pigeonhole, this album is a dynamic and experimental mix of imagined soundtracks, industrial noise, electronic and ambient music that challenges as much as it satisfies. Never less than interesting and frequently magnificent through it’s 40 odd minute roller coaster ride.

Rosie Abbott- album Magnified, 2020 song Magnified

Rosie Abbott- Magnified. The Nottingham based singer/song-writer/multi-instrumentalist/producer and sock puppet maker takes another leap forward with her third solo album. Her love of 60’s bands such as The Beatles and The Kinks shines through on her melodic songs which often take little unexpected twists and turns on their sonic journey. Lyrics that are clearly personal make her all the more loveable.

Santa Sprees - album Sum Total of Insolent Blank 2020 Sum Total of Insolent Blank

Santa Sprees- Sum Total of Insolent Blank. Here, the Anglo-Japanese duo present an album that is as epic in length as it is in scope. Full of lo fi gems with tracks that barely get started before cheerily waving goodbye to fully fledged folky pop songs which sweep you along with their infectiousness. And singer Anthony Dolphin sounds weirdly like a pre fame Tyrannosaurus Rex era Marc Bolan, which is clearly a good thing.

Lewsberg - album In This House 2020, song From Never to Once

Lewsberg- In This House. Another Dutch band with a debut album. Deceptive in that the strident guitars, which quickly settle into a groove on each song, and mainly spoken lyrics hide a quirky catchiness. Post punky in the main with hints of Lou Reed and Jonathan Richman.

Tidal Rave- album Heart Screams, 2020 song Leave It Alone

Tidal Rave- Heart Screams. Another debut from another NZ based band, this one a six-piece including three female songwriter/singer/guitarists. Densely interwoven guitars, an insistent rhythm section and organ battle constantly to produce a punchy garage rock sound which is lent variety by changes of pace and the use of four different vocalists.

Tim Holehouse album Lost, 2020 song Trapped

Tim Holehouse- Lost. Takes another left turn, introducing beats, rap, hip hop and electronica as he chronicles the struggles of coping without being on the road and gigging.

Steve Cobby - Vesica Pisces (Original Mix)

Steve Cobby- СТИВИ. The latest in a run of impressive albums mixing a variety of genres from the mix master himself. Jazzy, proggy, post rocky, trip hoppy, entirely Cobby.

Anton Barbeau - Across the Drama Pond [Audio]

Anton Barbeau - Savage Beak 2020

Anton Barbeau- Manbird. No-one does psych pop like Anton. This one comes across like a life’s travelogue with plenty of avian analogies.

Soft Fruit by Global Charming - Music from The state51 Conspiracy

Global Charming album Mediocre, Brutal, 2020 song Curveball

Global Charming- Mediocre, Brutal. Quirky post punk with Beefheartian guitars from Dutch band. Songs about the mundanity of life never sounded so good.

STUART MOXHAM WITH LOUIS PHILIPPE- manifesto

Stuart Moxham - Back To You

Stuart Moxham- Over The Sea (founded Young Marble Giants)

Savage Republic - Tabula Rasa

Savage Republic - Machinery