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Review: Helen Money ‘Atomic’

30th March 20201st May 2020 Dave Bowes Experimental, Helen Money, Instrumental, Thrill Jockey Records

The use of classical instrumentation within metal is no longer what it used to be. Once, it was either the

Album & EP Reviews E

Review: Eye Flys ‘Tub Of Lard’

23rd March 20201st May 2020 Chris Wood Eye Flys, Noise-Rock, Thrill Jockey Records, Tub Of Lard

Feedback, when a guitar and amplifier are feeding each other so as to create noise spontaneously is a weird beast.

Album & EP Reviews W

Review: Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘We Love To Look At The Carnage’

10th March 20209th April 2020 Jeremy Moore Experimental, Pastoral Doom, Thrill Jockey Records, We Love To Look At The Carnage, Wrekmeister Harmonies

For some, great music is just a series of notes and beats, anonymously filling the background as an alternative to

Album & EP Reviews S

Sumac ‘What One Becomes’ CD/LP/DD 2016

4th April 201611th September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records, What One Becomes

Promotional snippets for Sumac’s latest full-length What One Becomes summarise the records’ tone and content more succinctly than should be

Album & EP Reviews T

The Body ‘No One Deserves Happiness’ CD/LP/DD 2016

23rd February 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, Avant-Garde, Heavy, Industrial, No One Deserves Happiness, Review, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

With an ever growing list of side projects and collaborations, it was beginning to look like The Body were never

Interviews R-Z

Wrekmeister Harmonies: Will Beatie Interviews JR Robinson

9th January 20162nd September 2019 Will Beattie Interview, JR Robinson, Night Of Your Ascension, Thrill Jockey Records, Will Beattie, Wrekmeister Harmonies

Often bleak, always beautiful, and perversely elevating, Night Of Your Ascension is the latest release by Wrekmeister Harmonies. If you’re

Album & EP Reviews W

Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘Night Of Your Ascension’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th December 20151st November 2019 Will Beattie 2015, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, JR Robinson, LP, Night Of Your Ascension, Review, Thrill Jockey Records, Will Beattie, Wrekmeister Harmonies

Critics and reviews have an irritating tendency to describe artwork as ‘transcendental.’ If a book encourages the reader to think

News

WREKMEISTER HARMONIES: New Album ‘Night Of Your Ascension’ Released 13th Nov; Video Trailer Now Available

18th September 201515th September 2019 Lee Edwards Bruce Lamont, Chip King, J.R. Robinson, Lee Buford, New Album Details, Night Of Your Ascension, Run Priest Run, Sanford Parker, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records, Video Trailer, Wrekmeister Harmonies

Nearly a year in the making and including a cast of 30 musicians, J.R. Robinson delivers his towering third album

Album & EP Reviews G

Golden Void ‘Berkana’ CD/LP/DD 2015

12th September 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Berkana, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Golden Void, Heavy Rock, LP, Pete Green, Psych, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

Way way back in the deepest darkest depths of 2012, Oakland, California’s Golden Void released their Self-Titled debut album. It

Album & EP Reviews W

White Hills ‘Walks For Motorists’ CD/LP/DD 2015

5th July 20153rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2015, Adam Stone, CD, Digital, Krautrock, LP, Psych, Review, Space Rock, Thrill Jockey Records, Walks For Motorists, White Hills

Let’s talk about love and let’s talk about music. I love White Hills because I suspect they love a lot

Album & EP Reviews T

The Body & Thou ‘You, Whom I Have Always Hated’ 12″/CD/DD 2015

8th February 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2014, CD, Collaboration, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Thrill Jockey Records, You Whom I Have Always Hated

Portland based sludgers The Body are certainly no strangers to mixing it up with other bands; in fact last year

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