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A magazine about music, film and more online since 1998 at https://www.freq.org.uk Where once there was music, now let there be noise. Also at https://mastodon.social/@Freq
Eclectic Maybe Band – Domestic Dragon https://freq.org.uk/reviews/eclectic-domestic/ bassist and composer Guy Segers returns with the ever-evolving hydra-headed Eclectic Maybe Band. It feels that each album is a push on from the previous, with the number of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day https://freq.org.uk/reviews/spider-man-brand-new-day/ everyone’s favourite friendly neighbourhood superhero has to contend not only with colourful new villains (and a couple of colourful old allies) but also with body-wide mutagenic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@lightintheattic.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/char... This is a fairly legendary record in the world of crate digging.. a re-issue is very welcome. It's absolutely a weird record that everyone should hear.. it bears a resemblance to #acidhouse #raga #musicreview #rerelease
Charanjit Singh – Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat – Freq
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d agoCharanjit Singh – Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat https://freq.org.uk/reviews/charanjit-singh-disco/ @Hakarl This is a fairly legendary record in the world of crate digging. It goes for eye-watering amounts on Discogs, so a re-issue is very welcome […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@cherryredrecords.bsky.social have gratifyingly decided to reissue Popol Vuh’s first and fifth albums though their Esoteric imprint, respectively Affenstunde and Einsjäger und Siebenjäger.. and so... I will here provide some little written devotion. freq.org.uk/reviews/popo... #popolvuh #musicreview
Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last wk.Popol Vuh – Affenstunde / Einsjäger Und Siebenjäger https://freq.org.uk/reviews/popol-vuh-affenstunde-einsjager/ Cherry Red have gratifyingly decided to reissue Popol Vuh’s first and fifth albums though their Esoteric imprint, respectively Affenstunde and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come https://freq.org.uk/reviews/ready-or-not-2/ The stakes are raised to even more diabolical levels in this sequel to the gleefully violent and acutely socially aware 2019 horror hit, in which Samara Weaving’s plucky bride evaded the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/faust-richardchor-neukolln-by-the-lake-festival/ #faust .. porously pull at the framework, cursively hint to the heritage but flex fresh perspectives; this is a living thing after all - museums can wait #avantgarde #musicreview @dirter.bsky.social
Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2w agofaUSt / Richardchor Neukölln – By The Lake Festival https://freq.org.uk/reviews/faust-richardchor-neukolln-by-the-lake-festival/ #faust .. porously pull at the framework, cursively hint to the heritage but flex fresh perspectives; this is a living thing after […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@stoatie.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/sunno-troxy-st/ @subpop.bsky.social On record there are over a 100 guitar tracks on each track ..live .. just 2 hooded men, standing in front of a veritable Stonehenge of amps.. straining under the force of the sound. Pix @davepettit.bsky.social #musicreview
Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2w agoSunnO))) (live at The Troxy) / SunnO))) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sunno-troxy-st/ On record there are over a hundred guitar tracks on each track -- live, where I see them at The Troxy, there are just two hooded men, standing in front of a veritable […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
freq.org.uk/reviews/urob... The bright-eyed yearning that all the players show throughout is what makes the album so listenable. Once again, Keith and the players have concocted a collection that is easy on the ear but with hidden depths. #jazz #musicreview
Uroboro – Outside – Freq
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2w agoUroboro – Outside https://freq.org.uk/reviews/uroboro-outside/ The bright-eyed yearning that all the players show throughout is what makes the album so listenable. Once again, Keith and the players have concocted a collection that is easy on the ear but with hidden depths. #jazz #musicreview
@4ad.com @pixiesofficial.bsky.social ... unique works of art ... This collection of b-sides from their original six UK singles was originally released on CD in 2001, but here they have been remastered and augmented by live tracks #indie #rerelease #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/pixi...
Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2w agoPixies – Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 https://freq.org.uk/reviews/pixies-b-sides/ .. #Pixies .. single and EP releases [were] unique works of art in their own right. The collection of the b-sides from their original six UK singles was originally released on CD […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
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Freq@freqzine.bsky.social · 3w ago@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : subtly inventive instrumentals & warmly abstract songs. .. the multi-skilled @catekennan.bsky.social solitarily forges ..varying combinations of keyboards, electronics, strings, guitars & her own reverb-wrapped vocals @krankyltd.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/cate...
..a bereaved and dysfunctional family finds itself stuck in a house in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to do but go insane and try and kill each other as disgustingly and spectacularly as they can. #evildead #horror #filmreview freq.org.uk/reviews/evil...
Evil Dead Burn
Deadites roam the screen in search of a vicious game of psychological torture and an easy buck (as far as the proprietors of this venerable intellectual property are concerned), when a bereaved and dy...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3w agoEvil Dead Burn https://freq.org.uk/reviews/evil-dead-burn/ Deadites roam the screen in search of a vicious game of psychological torture and an easy buck (as far as the proprietors of this venerable intellectual property are concerned), when a bereaved and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
The washed-out, sun-bleached image on the cover and the faraway look.. conveys a lot of the aesthetic of the songs here which ..look into the distance, lifted by the desire to go beyond, blurring distance, time and style into one fluid whole. freq.org.uk/reviews/bjar... #jazz #musicreview
Bjarke Falgren - Turkis
The washed-out, sun-bleached image on the cover and the faraway look in his eyes conveys a lot of the aesthetic of the songs here which, ably assisted by Heine Hansen on piano, Anders Holm Jensen on d...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3w agoBjarke Falgren – Turkis https://freq.org.uk/reviews/bjarke-falgren-turkis/ The washed-out, sun-bleached image on the cover and the faraway look in his eyes conveys a lot of the aesthetic of the songs here which ..look into the distance, lifted by the desire […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : subtly inventive instrumentals & warmly abstract songs. .. the multi-skilled @catekennan.bsky.social solitarily forges ..varying combinations of keyboards, electronics, strings, guitars & her own reverb-wrapped vocals @krankyltd.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/cate...
Cate Kennan - Shadows
..thirty-three minutes of subtly inventive instrumentals and warmly abstract songs. Loosely assembled in tech terms but not necessarily low in fidelity, the multi-skilled Kennan solitarily forges thes...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3w agoCate Kennan – Shadows https://freq.org.uk/reviews/cate-kennan-shadows/ ..thirty-three minutes of subtly inventive instrumentals and warmly abstract songs. Loosely assembled in tech terms but not necessarily low in fidelity, the multi-skilled Kennan solitarily […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
From @4ad.com comes a re-issue and a bonus live album freq.org.uk/reviews/mich... @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social "Instinctively light and airy, their complexity playful, imaginative; everything vibrantly falls into place, spiralling plenty of intriguing pyrotechnics.." #rerelease #musicreview
Michael Brook – Cobalt Blue / Live At The Aquarium
he instrumental energy of these compositions is off the scale. Instinctively light and airy, their complexity playful, imaginative; everything vibrantly falls into place, spiralling plenty of intrigui...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4w agoMichael Brook – Cobalt Blue / Live At The Aquarium https://freq.org.uk/reviews/michael-brook-cobalt-blue-aquarium/ he instrumental energy of these compositions is off the scale. Instinctively light and airy, their complexity playful, imaginative; everything […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
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Freq@freqzine.bsky.social · last mo.@acloudtotheback.bsky.social on #compilations from @woodfordhalse.bandcamp.com & @skepwax.bsky.social with @brianbilston.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @polypores.bsky.social @ryanshirlow.bsky.social @flcartographer.bsky.social and many many more #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/pet-...
Mariam Wallentin and Vestnorsk Jazzensemble – Spring Flood https://freq.org.uk/reviews/mariam-wallentin-and-vestnorsk-jazzensemble-spring-flood/ The group, rather like Mariam’s voice, has a mind of its own and the way the two interact is pretty special. They […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Espen Berg Trio – Entropies https://freq.org.uk/reviews/espen-berg-trio-entropies/ ..some four years after 2022's Fjære [Entropies] finds Berg plus bassist Bárður Reinert Poulsen and drummer Simon Albertsen sketching more #postjazz backdrops for Espen's vivid […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social on #compilations from @woodfordhalse.bandcamp.com & @skepwax.bsky.social with @brianbilston.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @polypores.bsky.social @ryanshirlow.bsky.social @flcartographer.bsky.social and many many more #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/pet-...
Various Artists - Pet Sounds / Undulating Waters 10
Whilst streaming playlists have become somewhat of a leviathan bestriding the world of multi-artist showcasing and taste-making, there is still space for the defiantly valiant art of assembling though...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last mo.Various Artists – Pet Sounds / Undulating Waters 10 https://freq.org.uk/reviews/pet-undulating-10/ ..there is still space for the defiantly valiant art of assembling thoughtful standalone #compilations... replete with choice contributors at their fingertips […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Fjall – Helt https://freq.org.uk/reviews/fjall-helt/ With flutes, harps, psalteries, melodica, organ, electronics, tabla, bells, drums, percussion and further assorted treats, you could be forgiven for thinking this would be an overwhelming barrage of noise […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@tapeterecords.bsky.social Nobody really sounds like them and hasn't done for years; and for all the flow of '80s and '90s bands reforming and reiterating, The Telescopes continue on their outward trajectory, still searching and rewardingly still discovering. #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/tele...
The Telescopes - Static Charge
The constant evaluation and reworking of The Telescopes' sound is what keeps them relevant and yet oddly existing outside time. Nobody really sounds like them and hasn't done for years; and for all th...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last mo.The Telescopes – Static Charge https://freq.org.uk/reviews/telescopes-static/ The constant evaluation and reworking of The Telescopes' sound is what keeps them relevant and yet oddly existing outside time. Nobody really sounds like them and hasn't done for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Luke Bainbridge – Petstep https://freq.org.uk/reviews/luke-bainbridge-petstep/ ..taking a crack at palindromic composition on Petstep for an assembled quartet that is a fascinating combination.. a delightful selection, brought vividly to life by musicians who […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Thanks to Adrian at @freqzine.bsky.social for this fantastically descriptive review of Customs and rituals of the Taps of the Holy Trinity! 🌞🙏 @mplater.bsky.social
Freq@freqzine.bsky.social · last mo.@acloudtotheback.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/taps-trinity-customs Otherworldly and oblique in equal measures, this is a curiously compelling conception overall that signifies ..a longer epic journey or a fleeting collaborative detour #musicreview @woodfordhalse.bandcamp.com @mplater.bsky.social
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/taps-trinity-customs Otherworldly and oblique in equal measures, this is a curiously compelling conception overall that signifies ..a longer epic journey or a fleeting collaborative detour #musicreview @woodfordhalse.bandcamp.com @mplater.bsky.social
The Taps Of The Holy Trinity - Customs And Rituals Of The Taps Of The Holy Trinity
Otherworldly and oblique in equal measures, this is a curiously compelling conception overall, that signifies either just the start of longer epic journey or a fleeting collaborative detour. Whichever...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last mo.The Taps Of The Holy Trinity – Customs And Rituals Of The Taps Of The Holy Trinity https://freq.org.uk/reviews/taps-trinity-customs/ Otherworldly and oblique in equal measures, this is a curiously compelling conception overall, that signifies either just the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Supergirl https://freq.org.uk/reviews/supergirl/ The uncluttered plot has a stronger throughline than in many such superhero epics, demonstrating commendable reluctance to pin the fate of the entire universe on her admittedly invulnerable shoulders. #supergirl #superhero #superheroine #filmreview
freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-thirst/ @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social ..Adi Newton’s voice a looming vulture shadow-brambled in ambiguity. This album is still a keeper some forty plus years later, typified by the joy-shaped Molotov that is "Sensorium" #postpunk #musicreview @muterecords.bsky.social
Clock DVA - Thirst
The noir-flushed disquiet of "Uncertain" limping into a scattering post-rock pulmonary, Adi Newton’s voice a looming vulture shadow brambled in ambiguity. This album is still a keeper some forty plus ...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last mo.Clock DVA – Thirst https://freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-thirst/ The noir-flushed disquiet of "Uncertain" limping into a scattering post-rock pulmonary, Adi Newton’s voice a looming vulture shadow-brambled in ambiguity. This album is still a keeper some forty […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
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Freq@freqzine.bsky.social · last mo.@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : "...it’s back to core archival business once again with three further releases from @precrecs.bsky.social , albeit with a few novel twists in the tale.." @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social @ageofchance.bsky.social #archival #indierock #musicreview #bbcsessions t.ly/Bc1dH
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Freq@freqzine.bsky.social · last mo.@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : "...it’s back to core archival business once again with three further releases from @precrecs.bsky.social , albeit with a few novel twists in the tale.." @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social @ageofchance.bsky.social #archival #indierock #musicreview #bbcsessions t.ly/Bc1dH
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : "...it’s back to core archival business once again with three further releases from @precrecs.bsky.social , albeit with a few novel twists in the tale.." @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social @ageofchance.bsky.social #archival #indierock #musicreview #bbcsessions t.ly/Bc1dH
BMX Bandits - Duglas Stewart's Frankenstein / Age Of Chance - BBC Sessions 85-87 / The Fizzbombs - Janice Long Session 01.07.87
...it’s back to core archival business once again with three further releases, albeit with a few novel twists in the tale.
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last mo.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 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
@rapideyeelectro.bsky.social says ".. this record is the one they recorded after Electric Larryland. It is from the ’90s and it is exactly the #ButtholeSurfers record I’d wanted them to release at the time." freq.org.uk/reviews/butt... #psychedelic #alternative #rock #musicreview
Butthole Surfers - After The Astronaut
...everything changed 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. ...
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Freq@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2mo agoButthole Surfers – After The Astronaut https://freq.org.uk/reviews/butthole-surfers-after-the-astronaut/ ..everything changed because this record is the one they recorded after Electric Larryland. It is from the '90s and it is exactly the Butthole Surfers […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
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Freq@freqzine.bsky.social · 2mo ago@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : As some.. @soniccathedral.bsky.social 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. With @headtech.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/earl... #musicreview