The Five music thing yet again (and again) for whatever it still might be worth. Five? Five more? Do we need to do it again? A new editorial yet maybe? Is there a rhyme? Is there a reason? Was there ever? What do reasons make? Again and again and again (and again). Five more, same…
Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts (Charisma/UMC) – A newly remastered three disc version of the classic album, where to start? Actually four classic Van Der Graaf Generator albums reissued. If you already know the chances are you’ve treasured these albums for years, if you don’t know then where where where to start? Is…
Organ Thing of The Day: Abbey Road? GUM? I must admit I had almost forgotten about GUM, A lot of what we’ve done over the last 35 years of Organ (actually it will be 35 years ago tomorrw since the very first handmade hand painted photocopied edition Organ went on sale), a lot of Organ…
Michael J Sheehy – The Crooked Carthy Sings (Lightning Archive) – “Recorded over the spring and summer of 2021, this is a collection of bastardised folk songs, murder ballads, traveller tunes and sea songs. I am not an aficionado, traditionalist or collector of songs – there are many great singers and players who keep the…
The Five music thing yet again for whatever it still might be worth. Five? Five more? Maybe Six? Do we need a new editorial yet? Is there a rhyme? Is there an reason Was there ever? What do reasons make? Again and again and again (and again). Five more, same as last time (and the…
Yeah, I know, where has it all been? Does any of it matter? Does dancing around the architecture of art matter? This is to a what? The opening night was busy, that hum of a good opening night, those elbows and people standing in front of paintings talking, cheap wine or whatever happens to be…
Organ Thing of the Day: There’s a soul here we haven’t really heard from Black Country before, it sounds very much like a Black Country , New Road record, that wonderful story telling way of theirs, that drama, that touch of the theatrical, that build up of emotion, that clever detail, that more is more…
zzzz Android Trio – Other Worlds – (Cuneiform Records) – Now this is a serious set of shots fired, this is Turner firing his shot past Constable’s ear at that Academy hang, that’s a big viridian red splay of oil paint right there, this, without even trying to, puts all those math rock wannabes right…
‘old up, ‘ere you go, is this too good? Surely it can’t last? What a shame, here’s the latest piece of music from the album that we’re now told to expect in January next year, No doubt some people won’t be happy, it’ll be like that time Colin from Conflict was seen walking past a…
Organ Thing of the Day, for there is a need for a Thing. Today’s thing is the rather soothing new release from Stockholm-based pianist/composer Shida Shahab, you don’t really need us to add anything more tha nthe music…. here’s the press release or those who feel the need to know more Stockholm-based pianist/composer Shida Shahabi…
The Five music thing again for whatever it might be worth. Five? Five more? Maybe Six? Do we need a new editorial yet? Is there a point? Is there any point? Was there ever? What do points make? Again and again and again (and again). Five more, same as last time (and the time before)…
Organ Thing of the Day: NONEXISTENT – Astrud Steehouder (Opal X, Paper Dollhouse), Alex Tucker (MICROCORPS, Grumbling Fur) and Luke J Murray (Grimescapes, Iceman Junglist Kru, Stonecirclesampler) – have shared a new video for ‘UNTITED 3 (AUBURN VACUUM)’ from their self-titled debut, available now on Downwards Records. And that’s the thing about these Things, you don’t…
This year’s Art on a Postcard Winter auction has less than a week to go, it all ends this Thursday 25th November. As always, all proceeds from the auction that features the work of around 200 invited artists and just over rather diverse 500 pieces of art, goes to the Hepatitis C Trust (you can…
Organ Thing of The Day? Where have we been? Did you even notice? Lost in some kind of limbo land we haven’t quite escaped from yet? Something like that, the luminous green glow of the dials on the dashboard or the lights on the street, the numerous red men at every crossing. I doubt if…
The Five music thing again for whatever it might be worth. Five? Again? Already? Five more? Stats? Maybe Six? Do we need a new editorial yet? Is there a point? Is there any point? Was there ever? What do points make? Again and again and again (and again). Five more, same as last time (and…
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