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BMX Bandits – Duglas Stewart’s Frankenstein / Age Of Chance – BBC Sessions 85-87 / The Fizzbombs – Janice Long Session 01.07.87 https://freq.org.uk/reviews/precious-june-2026/ ...it’s back to core archival business once again with three further releases, albeit with a few novel twists in the tale. #archival #indierock #musicreview #rereleases #bbcsessions

Freq 5d ago

Butthole Surfers – After The Astronaut https://freq.org.uk/reviews/butthole-surfers-after-the-astronaut/
@REEL says: " because this record is the one they recorded after Electric Larryland. It is from the '90s and it is exactly the Butthole Surfers record I’d wanted them to release at the time.

I went back, took out all the crybaby ‘why did they do this?’ stuff, and re-listened. It’s a completely different record when you see it was supposed to come out in ‘97 and ‘98. "#buttholesurfers #musicreview

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Caktus x Ojkos – Øyeblikk https://freq.org.uk/reviews/caktus-x-ojkos-oyeblikk/ ..the Caktus sound is swollen to include four reeds players, two trumpets, three trombones, two bassists and two drummers; but although this may sound a lot, the overall effect is sleek and subtle. #jazz #musicreview

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The Testament Of Ann Lee https://freq.org.uk/reviews/testament-ann-lee/ ...this time their epic, sprawling mode of storytelling details a real life – that of Ann Lee, eighteenth-century founder of the #Shakers religious sect, whose dramatisation here borders on fundamentalist propaganda. #filmreview

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Sara Parkman – Aster, Atlas https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sara-parkman-aster-atlas/ ..effortlessly seems to draw from the last thousand years of musical progression, yet somehow manages to be its very own thing driven by her personal observations. #swedish #folk #musicreview

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The Early Years – Modern Moonlight / Pye Corner Audio – More Songs About The Sun https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-early-years-modern-moonlight-pye-corner-audio-more-songs-about-the-sun/ As some of Sonic Cathedral’s fledgling artists have left the fold of late.. it has fallen to two veteran enterprises to lead on the label’s mid-year release schedule and related activities. #musicreview

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Leverton Fox – Eternal Gong Bath Of The Sunbed Mind https://freq.org.uk/reviews/leverton-fox-eternal-gong-bath-of-the-sunbed-mind/ ...based on recordings that they had completely overlooked, so there is a feeling of reinvention here as well which -- along with the bizarre track titles, a sense of the absurd and a generous coating of humour -- only adds to the charm. #avantgarde #musicreview

Freq Jun 15

YHWH Nailgun – Magazine https://freq.org.uk/reviews/yhwh-nailgun-magazine/ A raucous revelry that burns solidly throughout, pokes the post-punk corpse, churns wildly industrial, sounds that hold well to that roughly-hued head of the cover that scars darkly primitive. Magazine really feels like a brooding wound of discontent that’s still wide open demanding to be prodded. #postpunk #musicreview

Freq Jun 15

Meatshell – The Elevator Child https://freq.org.uk/reviews/meatshell-elevator/ ..at about twenty-three minutes is over before you know it; but the ride is well worth the effort. Meatshell's ideas are varied and their vision limitless, and the fun they appear to be having is a large part of the charm. #jazz #electronica #musicreview

Freq Jun 15

Jan Bang and Arve Henriksen – After The Wildfire https://freq.org.uk/reviews/bang-henriksen-wildfire/ ..takes the familiar drifting folklore-influenced #soundscapes and merges them with strings and voices for an unexpected journey. The album uses the live recordings as a basis and then re-imagines them in the studio, the distant piano and drifting trumpet immediately sending the listener off into a world where edges are blunted and the things softly reverberate. #avantgarde #musicreview