California’s Upsilon Acrux may not be as intense as grindcore bands in tempo and noise, but it’s complex oddtimed riffage and polyrhythmic drumming (and silly album names?) is quite correctly labeled as “brutal prog“.

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We’re living in this silly little modern world, where indie is the new pop, folk is the new black and prog is the new alternative. The fact for instance, that an old song by Mogollar (Les Moguls) is the official Playstation 3 ad shows how people are returning to roots more and more each day. [...]

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While I listen to a lot of mood setting ambient & experimental stuff, I’m primarily a song guy. Whenever even a tiny bit of chorus or riff occupies my mind, I can’t stop repeat-listening the song. However it takes around 4-5 listens to memorize every aspect of the song, so the passion dies probably within [...]

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A few weeks ago I read about some new Cuneiform releases on the Wayside Music list. Cuneiform is one of the main suppliers of quality weird stuff that’s simply acquired taste. One of the new releases on the list was by Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores a 7-22 piece orchestral ensemble from Providence, Rhode [...]

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Back to intellectual music after a week or so of party music and easy listening now that the weather is a bleak gray again. It’s easy to classify me as an aspirant layman in avant jazz & rock & contemporary classic, that’s why I haven’t heard of Aka Moon, before a trio composed of [...]

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Ok, I admit I’m just over 25, and I haven’t watched / listened to any Gong stuff before, and if it weren’t for this remaster on Charly of the 1979 Daevid Allen classic, I probably wouldn’t have at all. You see, there’s so much shit on MTV/music mags etc. we tend to think good albums [...]

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