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“Better Days”: the concision and elegance of song. Interview with Alex Pester

ByByDixonMay 26, 2023

A dazzling talent. When, among the scattered “editorial staff” of our blog, we took turns listening to 2021Lover’s Leap album we could not believe our ears… We were passing on…

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Richard Skelton – Selenodesy

ByByMasonApr 28, 2023

The music of Richard Skelton has always had roots deeply planted in the ground. It’s a kind of “dirty” ambient, which has the smell of soil and English moorlands on…

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The Necks – Travel

ByByMasonMar 31, 2023

It is surprising how The Necks have come only after almost 35 years of career to give a title like “Travel” to one of their albums, given that the journey…

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alex pester better days

“Better Days”: the concision and elegance of song. Interview with Alex Pester

ByByDixonMay 26, 2023

A dazzling talent. When, among the scattered “editorial staff” of our blog, we took turns listening to 2021Lover’s Leap album…

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Richard Skelton – Selenodesy

ByByMasonApr 28, 2023

The music of Richard Skelton has always had roots deeply planted in the ground. It’s a kind of “dirty” ambient,…

the necks travel

The Necks – Travel

ByByMasonMar 31, 2023

It is surprising how The Necks have come only after almost 35 years of career to give a title like…

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Sterbus – Solar Barbecue

ByByMasonMar 10, 2023

After the excellent “Let your garden sleep in” (2021), the Italian duo Sterbus, formed by Emanuele Sterbini and Dominique D’avanzo…

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“Memory Fool’s”: an interview with Fortunato Durutti Marinetti

ByByDixonJan 9, 2023

There are records that, more than for their revolutionary scope, attract you for their own peculiar personality. Despite presenting themselves…

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Farewell Mimi

ByByDixonNov 6, 2022

The last time we listened to Low was to see that, after “Double Negative”, they did it again: the band…


 

top ten 2021

  • FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – PROMISES
  • ADRIAN YOUNGE – AMERICAN NEGRO
  • LOW – HEY WHAT
  • AMERIGO VERARDI – UN SOGNO DI MAILA
  • SPACE AFRIKA – HONEST LABOUR
  • ALEX PESTER – LOVER’S LEAP
  • STARLIGHT ASSEMBLY – STARLIGHT & STILL AIR
  • Gary Lover – Songs Of Fortune, Songs Of Pain
  • ARAB STRAP – AS DAYS GET DARK
  • DAVID CHRISTIAN AND THE PINECONE ORCHESTRA – FOR THOSE WE MET ON THE WAY
  • FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – PROMISES
  • ADRIAN YOUNGE – AMERICAN NEGRO
  • LOW – HEY WHAT
  • AMERIGO VERARDI – UN SOGNO DI MAILA
  • SPACE AFRIKA – HONEST LABOUR
  • ALEX PESTER – LOVER’S LEAP
  • STARLIGHT ASSEMBLY – STARLIGHT & STILL AIR
  • Gary Lover – Songs Of Fortune, Songs Of Pain
  • ARAB STRAP – AS DAYS GET DARK
  • DAVID CHRISTIAN AND THE PINECONE ORCHESTRA – FOR THOSE WE MET ON THE WAY
  • IOSONOUNCANE – IRA
  • BLACK MIDI – CAVALCADE
  • LITTLE SIMZ – SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT
  • INJURY RESERVE – BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX
  • BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD – FOR THE FIRST TIME
  • LINGUA IGNOTA – SINNER GET READY
  • PARANNOUL/ASIAN GLOW/SONHOS TAMAM CONTA – DOWNFALL OF THE NEON YOUTH
  • TYLER THE CREATOR – CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
  • WESTSIDE GUNN – HITLER WEARS HERMES 8: SIDE B
  • LOW – HEY WHAT

 

top ten 2021

  • IOSONOUNCANE – IRA
  • LOW – HEY WHAT
  • FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – PROMISES
  • BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD – FOR THE FIRST TIME
  • SPRINGTIME – SPRINGTIME
  • DAMON ALBARN – THE NEARER THE FOUNTAIN
  • STARLIGHT ASSEMBLY – STARLIGHT & STILL AIR
  • MURCOF – THE ALIAS SESSIONS
  • SHEEP, DOG & WOLF – TWO-MINDS
  • ELBOW – FLYING DREAM #1
  • FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – PROMISES
  • ADRIAN YOUNGE – AMERICAN NEGRO
  • LOW – HEY WHAT
  • AMERIGO VERARDI – UN SOGNO DI MAILA
  • ALEX PESTER – LOVER’S LEAP
  • STARLIGHT ASSEMBLY – STARLIGHT & STILL AIR
  • SPACE AFRIKA – HONEST LABOUR
  • Gary Lover – Songs Of Fortune, Songs Of Pain
  • ARAB STRAP – AS DAYS GET DARK
  • DAVID CHRISTIAN AND THE PINECONE ORCHESTRA – FOR THOSE WE MET ON THE WAY

 

  • IOSONOUNCANE – IRA
  • BLACK MIDI – CAVALCADE
  • LITTLE SIMZ – SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT
  • INJURY RESERVE – BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX
  • BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD – FOR THE FIRST TIME
  • LINGUA IGNOTA – SINNER GET READY
  • PARANNOUL/ASIAN GLOW/SONHOS TAMAM CONTA – DOWNFALL OF THE NEON YOUTH
  • TYLER THE CREATOR – CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
  • WESTSIDE GUNN – HITLER WEARS HERMES 8: SIDE B
  • LOW – HEY WHAT

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Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed

ByByMasonJun 3, 2018

Damien Jurado’s career recalls his soft, whispered voice. He’s an author who has never raised the volume too much and…

The Art Of Fingerstyle Guitar in 2018

ByByMasonFeb 1, 2019

2018 has been a good year for fingerstyle guitar, very good year! For those who might not know what it…

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ByByMason & DixonNov 17, 2021

… In the end, two guys from Rome, Dominique D’Avanzo and Emanuele Sterbini,  under the Sterbus moniker, released one of…

An interview to DG Solaris: a psychedelic love story in a musical form

ByByDixonFeb 2, 2021

Love is a wonderful thing, married life is great, so is family and hot breakfasts in the morning. All banalities?…

Richard Skelton – Border Ballads

ByByMasonMay 1, 2019

Talking about Richard Skelton and his music is not an easy task. The risk is to gaze only at the…

Clinic: Fantasy Island

ByByDixonOct 22, 2021

Someone asks you what the new Clinic record looks like and you could answer “as usual …” if this does…