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Art of Fighting, "Second Storey"

Sunday, 19 June 2005

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The first time I put on this CD I turned it off shortly after. Ibelieve I grumbled something along the lines of "Radiohead tributeband." Listening back to it over the last few days I realise I wassorely mistaken, Second Storeyis a lovely piece of work.

EARTH, "LIVING IN THE GLEAM OF AN UNSHEATHED SWORD"

Sunday, 19 June 2005

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One of a recent clutch of new(er) releases by Earth, Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Swordcontains two live tracks, both recorded in 2002 as Dylan Carlson andAdrienne Davis reunited in for a series of live shows in the US andEurope. Earth's music has become something of an obsession for thosetuning into the current wave of imitators — Sunn O))), Black BonedAngel, Boris, etc. — but for those who were listening to Earth backduring early 1990s Sub Pop years, recordings like this seemanachronistic and retrograde.

Haino Keiji, "Black Blues"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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Haino's own homage to the blues begs the question of whether he hasalways burdened himself with a bluesman's ax to grind. Starkprimitivism is ubiquitous, even as the artist introduces new strategyor restraint in a work. In recent years, Haino has taken classicalguitar through the black-on-black, slow-utterance machine that is hisstyle, and this year also marked his first solo electronic album,instruments pushed not to their own limits, but to Haino's redefinedlimits of his own art.

CURRENT 93, "AT SUNSET BLACK SHIPS ATE THE SKY"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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This unassuming CDEP was made available at the recent Toronto shows,but the people working the merchandise table were mysteriouslytight-lipped about its contents. The packaging contains no informationother than arcane Coptic Greek text printed in gold on a blackbackground: "PSHOUO NMEHPSAITSHOMTE: NTNAU NH�TP MPR� AHENJ�U EUK�MOUEM TPE."

NURSE WITH WOUND, "ECHO POEME: SEQUENCE NO. 2"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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Echo Poeme: Sequence No. 2 is quite a surprise, even for anartist like Steven Stapleton, who has spent the past 25 yearsconfounding expectations. It is the second part of a series begun witha limited, Vienna show-only CD-R entitled The Little Dipper Minus Two: Echo Poeme Sequence No. 1.

CURRENT 93, "HOW I DEVOURED APOCALYPSE BALLOON"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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Currrent 93 live albums have always been a bit of a tricky proposition.There have been at least a dozen or so live albums released throughoutCurrent 93's long career, and they range from almost completelyunlistenable (Loony Runes and Hitler as Kalki), to pleasant but unremarkable (Halo and Live at St. Olave's Church).

SIMON FINN, "SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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Perhaps as a little addendum to his full-length, Simon Finnsimultaneously released this five-song CDEP, for sale at the recentToronto shows. It's very much in the same vein as Magic Moments,just Finn and his guitar, more musings about the frustrations attendantto love, human communication, sadness and joy, longing for life anddeath.

BABY DEE, "MADE FOR LOVE"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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This three-track CDEP follows closely on the tails of Baby Dee's recent A Book of Songs for Anne-Marie, which was her first full-length since the double-disc masterpiece Love's Small Song.

JOHN CONTRERAS/ROSE MCDOWALL/NURSE WITH WOUND, "AFRAID 1 & 2/GEOMETRIC HORSEHAIR CAVALCADE"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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This CDEP contains three tracks, all featuring the skillful playing ofJohn Contreras, the handsome young cellist and recent Current 93 andCyclobe collaborator. The first and third tracks on the disc areadaptations of Nico's beautiful song "Afraid" (from her classic 1970album Desertshore,one of several collaborations with John Cale), with the singular RoseMcDowall lending her sweet, lilting vocals to the song.

SIMON FINN, "MAGIC MOMENTS"

Sunday, 12 June 2005

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Magic Moments is the new album from Simon Finn. If someone wereto have asked me six years ago, when I first heard Simon Finn'slegendary 1970 album Pass the Distance, to assess the chancesthat such a thing would ever come to pass, I'd have rated theprobability a big fat zero. Simon Finn was one of the many late-60spsychedelic folk and progressive artists that released one obscurealbum and then seemingly disappeared into the aethyr, never to be heardfrom again.