Here is a piece of unsolicited advice: don’t wait 20 years to get hooked on this band. The time is now. Continue reading
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Low – HEY WHAT
People are running out of superlatives when talking about Low’s latest and hey, you know what, we agree because it’s pretty… pretty…. pretty good.
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Wrekmeister Harmonies – We Love to Look at the Carnage
Wrekmeister Harmonies returns with a brand new album full of doom and gloom. Continue reading
Album Year Lists (2018)
We’re almost there! Another year gone, another about to begin. As we start to look forward to what 2019 might bring us, we also take a traditional look back at everything 2018 had in store for us. We listened to things, we saw things and we wrote about them. Here’s our look at what we liked best.
Low – Double Negative
If your looking for a commentary on human cruelty and terror, stop looking right now. Low’s 12th album Double Negative is just what you need. Continue reading
Heron Oblivion – Heron Oblivion
It’s inevitable; with autumn comes melancholy. As cold winds and rain spells take over the northern hemisphere people like me usually look for a piece of sad bastard music to watch and see the leaves turn red and gold by. Luckily there is enough of that to goes around nowadays, so between all those different shades of grey I chose the psychedelic folk of Heron Oblivion to be my annual soundtrack for autumn-gazing. Continue reading
Low – Ones and Sixes
Honestly, I don’t know if Ones and Sixes, the title for Low’s eleventh album, stands for comparing two things that are the same. However, what I do know is that the slowcore grandmasters Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker have been going at it for quite some time now. Since the 90s they have been building up a mesmerizing repertoire that never reached the mainstreams. Low’s tranquil orbit indeed isn’t for everyone but it’s also never too late to get acquainted, though.
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