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My latest review up on @freqzine.bsky.social ⤵️

Live at the Old Hairdresser's 2025, by Robert Dallas Gray 10 track album

A recommended new live recording of elemental exploration from @robertdallasgray.com ➡️ robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

Second Circle The Horizon, by Sally Anne Morgan 9 track album

Sublime Sunday listening... sallyannemorgan.bandcamp.com/album/second...

@thrilljockey.bsky.social

Italian trio She's Analog have an intriguing and atmospheric approach to instrumental #improv. With No Longer, Not Yet, their second album, they attempt to create a space that is liminal, somewhere that movement and creation intersect with sound and it has to be said it is pretty successful. #musicreview

Italian trio She's Analog have an intriguing and atmospheric approach to instrumental #improv. With No Longer, Not Yet .. they attempt to create a space that is liminal, somewhere that movement and creation intersect with sound and it has to be said it is pretty successful. #musicreview t.ly/BwozZ

ICYMI: my latest DIY electronic scene bundle for @freqzine.bsky.social, featuring @flcartographer.bsky.social and @bartholomusic.bsky.social. ⤵️

Amongst the pastoral birdcalls and wind rustling the leaves, the bass has retreated to a liminal throb, an ancient heartbeat its low tones giving a grounding to the natural sounds that move around our heads and open our eyes. We traverse the panorama slowly, with other elements introduced as we pass dreamlike carried on a bed of gossamer synth. The rush of water soothes as local bells toll gently. #musicreview #rothko #bass #ambient

Amongst the pastoral birdcalls and wind rustling the leaves, the bass has retreated to a liminal throb, an ancient heartbeat its low tones giving a grounding to the natural sounds that move around our heads and open our eyes. We traverse the panorama .. #musicreview #rothko #bass #ambient t.ly/sJB2l

ICYMI: My thoughts on the sublime new album from Sienna Thornton for @freqzine.bsky.social ⤵️

Lightheaded on stage at The Exchange in Bristol, 22 July 2025.

Jeanines on stage at The Exchange in Bristol, 22 July 2025.

The @jeanines-band.bsky.social and Lightheaded both happily lived up to expectations in Bristol a few days ago at @skepwax.bsky.social and @slumberlandrecords.com double-header, with fine balances of intricacy, melodicism and good humour.

My thoughts on a belated introduction to the wonderful world of @glenndonaldson.bsky.social's The Reds, Pinks & Purples for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

My takes on new and archival wares from @precrecs.bsky.social just up on @freqzine.bsky.social...👇

Another electronic bundle from me just up on @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

Featuring things from the A&R houses of @castlesinspace.bsky.social and @ianboddy.bsky.social.

Melvins / Redd Kross (live at The Exchange) Made me wish I was more familiar with what was being played, but to be honest it didn’t really matter, for now I was caught up in the muscled savagery of it all. That all-in passionate and sweat-drenc...

@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social @exchangebristol.bsky.social ..caught up in the muscled savagery of it all. That all-in passionate and sweat-drenched prism of sharded lyrics and tons of wah-waded and drone-coated interest.. this wedging might of double drums #melvins #reddkross #livemusic t.ly/i5HRK

Looking forward to catching a live @jeanines-band.bsky.social and Lightheaded double-bill this coming week in the UK, after their recent new LPs co-released on @skepwax.bsky.social and @slumberlandrecords.com. As reviewed previously by me for @freqzine.bsky.social here: freq.org.uk/reviews/jean...

The Devil, by Gwenno from the album Utopia

It was a genuine pleasure to catch @gwennosaunders.bsky.social's in-store at Rough Trade Bristol earlier week, whose new album on @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social is really stuffed with lush and imaginative ear worms. Just like this one... ⤵️

gwenno.bandcamp.com/track/the-de...

My thoughts on the sublime new album from Sienna Thornton at @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️

After Harvest, by Sienna Thornton from the album Birding Out

A stunning extract from Sienna Thornton's 'Birding Out' LP, to share ahead of my full review for @freqzine.bsky.social. ⤵️ siennathornton.bandcamp.com/track/after-...

The Least of Our Concerns, by The Penrose Web 15 track album

There's a LOT to love about the psychedelic-pop debut LP from The Penrose Web (AKA @ianbutton.bsky.social and Allan Crockford) on @spinoutnuggets.bsky.social.

RIYL: The Byrds, Syd-era Pink Floyd, Papernut Cambridge and Thee Oh Sees circa 'Putrifiers II'.

thepenroseweb.bandcamp.com/album/the-le...

Polypores - Cosmically A Shambles / Various Artists - Undulating Waters 9 / Pulselovers - Glass / Farmacia - Ellas / Hawksmoor - An Aesthetic: Experiments In Tape / Gordon Chapman-Fox - Very Quiet Mus... Once more on to the fertile fields of the DIY electronica scene we go, cutting a path to search for the most interesting of musical crops that grow and regenerate at exponential rates…

Thnx @acloudtotheback.bsky.social for this review in @freqzine.bsky.social "the results that are rather hard to pin down for points of obvious references, such is the bracing distinctiveness that Buckley displays with almost everything he sets his mind towards recently" freq.org.uk/reviews/june...

Ooh la! Thanks @freqzine.bsky.social & @acloudtotheback.bsky.social fir these lovely words on my album with @jolandamoletta.bsky.social on @quietdetails.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️✨🌊🌊

Another fresh @freqzine.bsky.social review from me just up to read...⤵️

ICYMI: my newest mammoth review bundling exercise for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

A Question of Angles, by Angèle David-Guillou 6 track album

Current re-listening: an album that has definitely become more potent yet more accessible with age. angeledavid-guillou.bandcamp.com/album/a-ques...

Polypores - Cosmically A Shambles / Various Artists - Undulating Waters 9 / Pulselovers - Glass / Farmacia - Ellas / Hawksmoor - An Aesthetic: Experiments In Tape / Gordon Chapman-Fox - Very Quiet Mus... Once more on to the fertile fields of the DIY electronica scene we go, cutting a path to search for the most interesting of musical crops that grow and regenerate at exponential rates…

First review for UW9 is in thanks to @acloudtotheback.bsky.social and @freqzine.bsky.social
Also nice words for my own tape reissue “Glass” and the forthcoming “Ellas” from Farmacia

freq.org.uk/reviews/june...

June's epic #diy #electronica #musicreview roundup from @acloudtotheback.bsky.social "the most interesting of musical crops that grow and regenerate at exponential rates…" (part 2 tagging!)

karenvogtmusic.bsky.social
claypipemusic.bsky.social
catebrooksmusic.bsky.social

freq.org.uk/reviews/june...

Epic Friday @freqzine.bsky.social review outpourings from me for some weekend reading... ⤵️

My take on the new @stevequeralt.bsky.social album on @soniccathedral.bsky.social for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

Two new @skepwax.bsky.social curated indie-pop delights reviewed by me on @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

A fresh 'twofer' review piece from me just up on @freqzine.bsky.social as below ⤵️ at freq.org.uk/reviews/dall...

Live Forever, by Sloan from the album Based on the Best Seller

Whilst summer might go too quickly once more, at least there will be a new Sloan album waiting at the end of it... sloanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/live-f...

A fresh @freqzine.bsky.social review bundle from me...⤵️