Beak>- Beak> 6.5/10 FIRST PUBLISHED AT THE LINE OF BEST FIT Subterranean bass throbs, some cod-ghostly wailing and vaguely arabesque improvisations on a rusty sounding organ … ’Backwell’ is the opener of the self-titled debut album by Beak>, a new band including Portishead’s Geoff Barrow. With its slighty nauseating retro synths fanning out mechanically over chugging [...]
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Caught in the Beak>
October 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Alt-rock, Alternative, Music, post-rock, Prog, Psychedelia, Psychedelic
Tags:Alt-rock·Billy Fuller·Electro·Electronica·Geoff Barrow·krautrock·Matt Williams·motorik·Portishead·post-punk·post-rock·Prog·psych·Psychedelia·Psychedelic
Dengue Fever – Venus on Earth
February 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Music, Pop/Rock, Prog, Psychedelic, World music
Oceans of Venus 7/10 Dengue Fever are a group of eclectic LA hipsters fronted by a bona fide Cambodian pop star (Chhom Nimol), who make a heady brew informed by retro spy-movie soundtracks, psychedelia, lounge jazz and rock and roll. Apparently influenced by organist Ethan Holtzman’s trips to Cambodia in 1997 when a unique local [...]
Tags:Broken Flowers·Cambodia·Ethiopian Jazz·Ethiopiques·Holly Golightly·jazz·Jim Jarmusch·Khmer·Lounge·psychedlia·Quentin Tarrantino·Retro·rock and roll·surf guitar