Jazz

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Review: Swami Lateplate ‘Doom Jazz’

15th June 202121st July 2021 Reza Mills Doom, Jazz, Subsound Records, Swami Lateplate

Subsound Records have dipped their toe into the world of jazz before with albums by Last Call at Nightowls and

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Review: Neptunian Maximalism ‘Solar Drone Ceremony’

21st April 202124th May 2021 Jamie Grimes Drone, I Voidhanger Records, Jazz, Neptunian Maximalism, Solar Drone Ceremony

Releasing a debut triple (!) album was a ballsy statement of intent from a new band but Belgian collective Neptunian

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Review: Dead Neanderthals ‘Rat Licker’ EP

2nd April 20216th May 2021 Reza Mills Burning World Records, Consouling Sounds, Dead Neanderthals, EveryDayHate, God Unknown Records, Jazz, Moving Furniture Records, Noise, Rat Licker, Restraining Order, Saw-Whet Distro, Sentencia Records, Utech Records

As Twin Sister‘s S/T debut made number one in my Shaman Top Ten of 2020, it made sense for me

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Streams 

Premiere: Dead Neanderthals ‘Restraining Order’

27th March 202128th April 2021 Lee Edwards Burning World Records, Consouling Sounds, Dead Neanderthals, EveryDayHate, God Unknown Records, Jazz, Moving Furniture Records, Noise, Rat Licker, Restraining Order, Saw-Whet Distro, Sentencia Records, Utech Records

You often see two, three, sometimes more labels collaborating on a release to help spread expenses and increase exposure, but

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Review: Titan To Tachyons ‘Cactides’

6th August 202014th September 2020 Jeremy Moore Cactides, Jazz, Metal, Nefarious Industries, Titan To Tachyons

NYC’s Titans To Tachyons is a new instrumental progressive jazz power trio featuring guitarist Sally Gates (ex-Orbweaver, ex-Gigan), with Kenny

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Review: Sly & The Family Drone ‘Walk It Dry’

8th July 202027th August 2020 Reza Mills Drone, Feeding Tube Records, Jazz, Love Love Records, Sly & The Family Drone, Walk It Dry

I first encountered London outfit Sly & the Family Drone via the two split singles that were released on the

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Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin ‘Nomadic’ CD/LP/DD 2014

12th November 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, CD, Digital, Guido Segers, Heavy, Improv, Jazz, LP, Moksha Samnyasin, Nomadic, Sonny Simmons, Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin, Svart Records

If I’d be wearing a hat, I’d tip mine to Sonny Simmons. Sonny is 82 years old and felt it

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DNMF – S/T – LP/DD 2014

8th November 20143rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2014, Avant-Garde, Dead Neanderthals, Digital, DNMF, Drone, Experimental, Jazz, Jorge Miguel, LP, Machinefabriek, Moving Furniture Records, Review, Self Titled

DNMF is the final result of a collaboration between a group of strange but creative minds: Dutch heavy jazz act

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The Thing With Five Eyes ‘Glory’ 12″/Digital EP 2014

7th July 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 12", 2014, Ambient, Dark, Dave Bowes, Digital EP, Experimental, Glory, Jason Köhnen, Jazz, Review, Svart Lava, The Thing With Five Eyes, نور

Calling your project The Thing With Five Eyes conjures images of drive-in ‘creature features’ and, consequently, MST3K. What it doesn’t

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Mope – S/T – CD/DD 2014

25th March 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Guido Segers, Heavy, Jazz, Mope, Review, Self Titled, Taxi Driver Records

The band Mope is from the right country for the romantic concept they strive for with the jazz infused sound

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Bohren & Der Club Of Gore ‘Piano Nights’ CD/LP/DD 2014

12th March 20143rd September 2019 Michael Collins 2014, Atmospheric, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Ipecac Recordings, Jazz, LP, Michael Collins, Piano Nights, PIAS Recordings, Review

“The dame in the black dress took a last drag against her rouged red lips, finished her drink, took the

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