Rats On Rafts - Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit PathsThe third album from Dutch punk laced noiseniks adds new maturity and a conceptual feel that pulls the extremes of their sound together. A psychefuelled journey into the id punctuated with rhythmic kabuki modal mood swings, thunderstorms, digital beeps, traffic noise, and just plain old beautiful cacophonous reverb drenched sound when needed. The third chapter refers to the last five years that the Dutch band have spent creating their difficult third

Producer/Engineer Jarvis Taveniere (Woods) was brought in to help polish it off

The Low Anthem are issuing a limited-edition vinyl pressing of Oh My God

with elements of both the earlier Kinks styles (heavily blues-influenced songs such as ‰Û÷Milk Cow Blues‰۪ and variations on the band‰۪s hits from 1964 - 65) and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies‰۪ songwriting styles (‰Û÷The World Keeps Going Round‰۪ and ‰Û÷I‰۪m On An Island‰۪)

the new album from Caribou

When it comes to living legends in the Texas and Latin Music pantheon

whilst retaining all the usual MSP finesse

playing a wide array of keyboards programmed by YMO synth wizard Hideki Matsutake

while AK/DK’s way of working is initially to build up ideas through improvised jams until there’s a structure to build on

” “I’m Sticking with You

despite a handful of flubs

close-up album cover and late-night sound

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