Dave Shuffle Blog Party (#1)
This should be a weekly project of reviewing the first nine or ten songs that the Media Player will play, while the shuffle button was pressed. I cannot guaranty anything. I’m just full of good will. That was designed for the relaxed Sunday morning feeling, therefore the Stoners or deep and heavy Krautrocks were put aside. […]
Six Organs Of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash (2007)
Prolog, to clean up the mess before we start
Couple of days ago, I’ve mentioned Comets on Fire as one of my fav bands operating day. They were a great band from day one, their debut was a stunning psych album and they kept getting better and better from one album to the other. But the […]
(Jewlled) Crystal Antlers (Collective)
In one year time, I promise you, you won’t be able to avoid the name of Crystal Antlers, whom you’re gonna decalre as the world’s coolest band. Don’t forget where you first heared about them. I found their myspace page yesterday and got totally blown away by them. The Antlers are a 5 piece band from the […]
Es - Sateenkaarisuudelma (Fonal, 2005)
Sami Sanpakkila is the brain behind “Es“, A Finnish band released several of masterpieces so far.
Sami is also behind the fantastic Finnish label “Fonal’, the home for his previous releases. This time, Sateenkaarisuudelma is released in Kraak3 as well. It’s a great label. This album was released on an LP only, so far, and it’s a […]
The sounds of apocalypse #1 - (Issues with Hala Strana’s These Villages)
Hala Strana is the brainchild of the multi-instrumentalist Steven R. Smith, known for his membership in the fabulous band Mirza (The great, late 90’s neo-psych band).
In this project, Smith brings to life his passion for eastern Europe traditional folk music (Czech, Romanian, Hungarian), and using endless layers of bizarre instruments - the music is created.
In […]
The sounds of apocalypse #2 (but most of the time it’s beautiful)
James Blackshaw - The Cloud Of Unknowing (Tompkins Square, 2007)
Every now and then, there comes an album that makes you drop everything and find a different career as a shoemaker or whatever. That feeling of “at least when it comes down to shoelaces, I’m not compared to my colleagues” gets a reasonable and offending sense […]