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September 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Andrew Fagan: it was always going to be like this

Andrew Fagan it was always going to be like this (Independent/Bandcamp) / Plus1 Andrew Fagan is a poet. Has always been a poet. In and around the albums by the Mockers and his solo fare there were books. And readings. Performance poet. Poet for the page. Taking poems to the people, putting poems on the […]

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June 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois: Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois Timesig/Planet Mu This surprise collaboration features two Canadian wunderkind musicians that push and pull in very different directions. It might be a head-scratch (or indeed a head-fuck) for many, particularly if you are arriving at this as a Lanois fan unaware of Venetian Snares. But there’s gold […]

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July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Chuck Johnson: Balsams

Chuck Johnson Balsams Vdsq Californian-based guitarist and soundtrack composer Chuck Johnson has used the pedal steel (and other guitars) across a couple of very fine albums, but where, then, they were one component of the sound here they’re centre-stage; so much so that it’s almost as if he took the idea of Daniel Lanois’ treated […]

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April 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Soundwalk Collective: Killer Road

Soundwalk Collective and Jesse Paris Smith feat. Patti Smith Killer Road Sacred Bones Records Here’s a genius movie in terms of collaboration – the perfect fit here as Soundwalk Collective (Simone Merli, Kamran Sadeghi and Stephan Carsneanski) chose the perfect subject to honour, the perfect way and the perfect person to help them realise this. […]

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October 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Gaps Between: Theatre

The Gaps Between Direction: Sebastian Morgan-Lynch Circa Theatre; Circa Two (October 11 – 15) An ambitious set of soundscapes married to time-lapse photography and narrated short stories; that’s the premise and execution of The Gaps Between. Sebastian Morgan-Lynch is on stage with cello. The composer/performer is armed also with an impressive range of nods, winks […]

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June 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

E N T: P.T.T.V (Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision)

E N T P.T.T.V – Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision (Independent/Bandcamp) E/N/T is Nathan Taare – and this, his latest, is a follow-up/continuation of the work on Central Complex. He’s as much sound-artist as musician, and the creeping/creepy, menacing works here are trans-genre in nature and approach, in fact post-genre, they trudge slowly, beat-less, through punk, noise and lo-fi […]