This time Richard has me listening to The Seer by Swans released in 2012, another one that is completely new to me. I clearly haven’t been paying attention! Essentially this album is two hours of gruelling noise lurching between churning cacophonic dirge and tortuous ecstatic drone. I really enjoyed it. It comes from a place … Continue reading
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Roxy & Elsewhere
Roxy & Elsewhere by Zappa / Mothers (released 10th September 1974 on DiscReet) To put this review in context, one of my all-time favourite records is We’re Only In It For The Money by The Mothers of Invention, I’ve got a lot of time for a lot of Frank Zappa’s solo releases and I can … Continue reading
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Remission
Remission by Mastodon (released 28th May 2002 on Relapse Records) The cover of Remission is muscular and frenzied – and fits so neatly into Metal record cover lineage that it makes me want to laugh. It made me think I was in for a The Darkness-style parody of 80s rock. Nope. Instead, uncharted territory. The … Continue reading