1967

Currently in the shops there is a special issue of Mojo covering the 40th anniversary of the ‘Summer Of Love’. Interesting stuff, even though much of it is familiar. Here for no particular reason are my top 20 albums of 1967:
20 MOBY GRAPE – Moby Grape (Columbia)
19 RED CRAYOLA – The Parable Of Arable Land [...]

Album: VIC CHESNUTT - North Star Deserter (Constellation CST046 2007)

When I first saw this in the Constellation release schedules, I thought “yeah, that would work”. But I wasn’t exactly sure how the balance would be struck between the epic avant-folk of the Hotel2Tango crew and Vic Chesnutt’s sad/funny, slightly wonky songwriting genius. The project was the brainchild of Vic’s long-time associate, film-maker Jem Cohen, [...]

Album: μ-ziq - Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique (Planet Mu ZIQ190CD 2007)

Planet Mu has established itself as one of the top electronic music labels over recent years, with a particularly strong reputation in the field of dubstep with Vex’d and Boxcutter among others. This all stems from what is basically a one man operation. If that weren’t enough, label-boss Mike Paradinas still finds the time to [...]