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March 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Captain Beefheart: Live in Vancouver 1981

Captain Beefheart Live in Vancouver 1981 Keyhole We’re being deluged with radio broadcasts – it’s a constant treat and here we have Captain Beefheart in one of his final shows. On tour to promote Doc At The Radar Station (from which we hear selected highlights: Hot Head, Ashtray Heart, A Carrot Is As Close As […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1981, Album Review, Arthur Jeffes, Bootleg, Canada, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart: Live in Vancouver 1981, Doc At The Radar Station, Don Van Vliet, Eric Drew Feldman, Jeff Moris Tepper, Keyhole, Live, Radio Broadcast, Richard Snyder, Vancouver, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Yu Su: Roll With The Punches (ep)

Yu Su  Roll With The Punches (ep)  /  泉出通川为谷  Second Circle  Vancouver-based composer Yu Su returns with her first full EP under her name since 2016 – there had been a split release in-between. Here she teams with fellow Vancouver musician Michelle Helene Mackenzie Little Birds, Moonbath – the opening track. It’s also the standout. Weird and wonderful bubbles of ambient house sit beneath Mackenzie’s indecipherable vocals […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Journey Into Ambient Groove, Album Review, Ambient-House, Cave Circles, China, EP, Instrumental, Kraftwerk, Little Birds, Moonbath, Moves in Motion, Roll With The Punches, Roll With The Punches (ep), Roll With The Punches (ep)  /  泉出通川为谷, S-Tone, Second Circle, Vancouver, Yu Su, Yu Su: Roll With The Punches (ep), Zion Train, 泉出通川为谷 ·

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July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Wendy Atkinson: The Last Fret

Wendy Atkinson The Last Fret (Independent/Bandcamp) Canadian bassist Wendy Atkinson returns with her third album of solo bass explorations – well, it’s not all “solo”, there’s guitar on three tracks from fellow Vancouver-based art-rock agitator and experimentalist, David Lester (he of Mecca Normal). There’s also some field recordings, toy piano and a few other elements, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Bass, Bassist, Canada, Canadian, David Lester, Independent, Mecca Normanl, Spoken Word, The Last Fret, Vancouver, Wendy Atkinson ·

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February 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Mecca Normal: Empathy For The Evil

Mecca Normal Empathy For The Evil M’lady’s Records/Mecca Normal Canadian duo Mecca Normal have continued on over three decades releasing records that are all cut from their minimalist palette, clean – and then a bit fuzzy – guitar, best served in shards and a passionate spoken/sung punk polemic. It’s business-as-usual then, in a sense, for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, David Lester, Empathy for the Evil, Jean Smith, Lenny Kaye, Mecca Normal, Patti Smith, Vancouver ·

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