I’ve got a soft spot for Sharon Van Etten. I’m a bit of a fan of these back seat rocker chicks with their soul pumping guitars and their independence. Sharon adds to this a kick ass voice and the kind of folk-sy thing I like (which is hard to find for me) which is true […]
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Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas – god bless the man who will not rest.
posted by lisathatcher
Ok! I’m a HUGE Leonard Cohen Fan. But I have to confess to being a little disappointed with the last few albums. I think there is a return to something from the old days here. With songs like Anyhow and Darkness and Going Home I hear the seeds of that old Leonard – the poet wrapped up […]
Creel Pone #3 : Journey through sound
posted by lisathatcher
This article is a continuation from the previous Creel Pone review. At the heart of my current journey through the most interesting music in the world, is the Creel Pone label. I have almost 100 downloads that I work my way through patiently, properly absorbing each and every one. The result is a breathtaking immersion into […]
Gavin Bryars: “The Sinking of the Titanic” and “Jesus Blood Never Failed me yet” – Pure beauty.
posted by lisathatcher
There are several versions of the extraordinary work of Gavin Bryars Sinking of the titanic. The latest (as far as I can see) came out in 2008, and I ‘only’ have the 1976 copy that is settled in with Jesus Blood Never Failed Me as track two. I have to get my hands on a copy of the […]
Kevin Drumm – Sheer Hellish Miasma:
posted by lisathatcher
It’s been hot this week in Sydney. Not that dry-grill heat we get when our front yards independently combust and we have to fight fires. It’s that filthy wet heat – it was 34 degrees close to midnight on Monday night here – that shuts everything down. Computers stop working, sweat runs in drips off […]
Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening. 26-30
posted by lisathatcher
The person who introduced me to this list told me later of their precision memory around the introduction. Except for other music he had ‘revealed’ this was the first time the part of one’s psyche that music reaches was tapped. To be honest, I always thought the “music thing” eluded me. I liked what I […]
Jason Kahn: Perception of the space through sound
posted by lisathatcher
I ordered my first Jason Kahn today. I have a copy of “On Metal Shore” coming my way. Imagine being a drummer in a rock band. You are playing many concerts, some of which go for many hours. You are touring all over the United States and Europe. Then, as you become more and more […]
Stefon Harris: Takes me to heaven on a cloud of Kindred beauty.
posted by lisathatcher
Nothing nothing nothing in the world has the effect on the psyche that music has. There is a certain kind of access to the internal machinations that lead to the outermost void of our deepest self that music stretches toward with a warm safe hand. I find no matter what mood I am in, music […]
Christian Vander Ẁurdah Ïtah: Prog Rock passion with a direction all of his own
posted by lisathatcher
One of the great pleasures i’ve had this week is listening to the Christian Vander soundtrack to tristan & yseult Ẁurdah Ïtah. It’s usually credited as a Magma creation, though only 4 of the Magma members worked on the album. It’s really a Vander creation – and I do think this comes through in the tracks. Ẁurdah […]
Eliane Radigue: The sound of thoughts
posted by lisathatcher
One of my plans this year (promises made to myself over a bottle of wine at the start of the year) is to move deeply into the work of Eliane Radigue with the intention of transforming my relationship to sound. I had an exciting year of sound and music discovery last year, but it was […]
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