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Destroyer (Kiss album)
Do you remember the scene in Macbeth when he and Banquo meet the witches for the first time and Shakespeare makes Banquo speak words of utter bewilderment: What are these | So withered and so [more…]
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Allan Wachs – Mountain Roads and City Streets (1978)
A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]
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Smashing Pumpkins – Atum (Pt. 1) (2022)
A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]
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Iggy Pop – The Idiot (1977)
Listening for the first time to a bone fide legend of music comes with more than a small amount of trepidation and expectation. One expects to be immediately impressed, wowed, surprised and entertained; one expects [more…]
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High Vis – Blending (2022)
Music of the angry working class has not been commercially supported over the last fifteen years or so. I’ve nothing to back that point up other than anecdotal evidence from perusals of the genres in [more…]
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Crom’s Fav Albums of 2023
Below I present my five favourite albums of this year. They aren’t necessarily ‘the best’, (whatever that even means), just the ones that I am most likely to revisit over the ensuing years. Of the [more…]
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Doves – The Last Broadcast (2002)
Whilst the dark, brooding and somewhat claustrophobic atmosphere of debut album Lost Souls (2000) can be heard throughout Doves’ second offering, The Last Broadcast undeniably bursts through with a confidence and energy sounding everything like [more…]
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Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]
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Throbbing Gristle – DOA The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (1978)
In order to understand 1978’s DOA the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle (Yorkshire slang for, well, a pulsating male member) it’s important to have an understanding of TG and their [more…]