Ceephax Acid Crew’s latest album is a whirlwind concoction of thumping technicolour sound layered with synthetic arpeggios that thunder through it like a Bull at Pamplona.
ReviewsAuthor Ash Akhtar
Imaginary Softwoods – S/T
Recorded by Emeralds’s John Elliott in 2007, originally released on cassette in 2008, and now re-released on extremely limited vinyl, Imaginary Softwoods is a concatenation of amorphous, atonal and arrhythmic pieces of ambient drone that shift from metallic dissonance through to soft analogue idling.
Paul McCartney – Good Evening New York City
McCartney’s talent has boundaries. This he has proved over and over again, and his live shows have merely become opportunity for fans to shriek at each attentive moment McCartney relinquishes.
Living Colour – The Garage, London 06/12/09
Ash Akhtar goes on a personal journey on a visit to the Garage to witness the legendary Living Colour.
Various Artists – Warp 20 Unheard
Initially released on triple 10″ vinyl as part of the financially crippling 20th anniversary box set from earlier this year, Warp have seen fit to unleash the more accessible CD format for both casual listeners and less well-off fans.
Red Fox Chasers – I’m Going Down To North Carolina: The Complete Recordings of The Red Fox Chasers [1928-31]
Perhaps not for every casual listener, The Red Fox Chasers’ anthology provides a fascinating insight into a past popular culture that proves incredibly charming.
Nitin Sawhney – London Undersound Remixes and Instrumentals
There doesn’t seem to be a reason for the release of this Remixes and Instrumentals album, but that doesn’t stop it from being an interesting listen.
TLOBF Interview :: Akira The Don
All set to release his gory new 7-track EP ‘I Am Not Dead (Yeah)’ (complete with compulsory dismemberment flick) it seemed an appropriate time to resurrect this dead lively interview.
Nirvana – Bleach
Perhaps the only way to appreciate “Classic” albums undergoing the reissuing treatment, is to roll up your sleeves and look at the technical details of what’s actually being remastered…
Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
Hold on, what’s this? Madness returning to write a concept album about lost London? Sounds bloody awful… but is it? Ash Akhtar gives it a listen.
