Dispatches from the Underground // October 2024 Pt. 4

New Music

Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice – Phantasy & Reality (Moon Glyph)

Błoto – Grzybnia / The Bandcamp blurb is: “Brutal Polish hip-hop about mushrooms and societal collapse” / Not sure any record could live up to my expectations on reading that, but nevertheless it’s very good – Anthony Gregory

Dogs Versus Shadows & Nicholas Langley – Salt Coast (Strategic Tape Reserve)  / Sinister drumless acid, creaking industrial drones, hazy early rave recollections and new-dawn pastorals

J.M. Hart – As We Know It

Mosquitas – Las Mosquitas (Guerssen) / This is fun. Sixties pop from “the first female beat band from Argentina – Mark Doyle

Polypores – Unlimited Lives (Aural Canyon)

Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project – Ghostbusting With Harry Price / Just in time for #Halloween #darkambient #hauntronica & #electronicmusic made from my field recordings. Based around the #paranormal investigations of Harry Price – David Soulscorch

Squawk / Of Clearance – A Friend at Hand / finally, in my shambolic way, I’m releasing a record of something like post-hardcore, even, emo music and yes, I was there listening to Jawbox in my 89 Blazer on cassette and I knew how to fast-forward the dead air to “Cornflake Girl” – Dustin Ragland

Stephen Simmons – Drink Ring Jesus (Unspun Heroes)

VA – Benefit Compilation for Agripunk (Total Liberation Records) / It is punk hardcore, black metal, metalcore, and ambient. It is about antispecism and self organized community, so support the project – Alex Ringess

VA – Horror Films 2024 /  This compilation benefits www.plantabillion.org / No idea what I’m in for to be honest! – florgoth

VA – Ghost Stories 4 (Dustopian Frequencies) / very good – Untidy Muic

VA – Landlines (Wayside & Woodland Recordings) 

VA – Listen with ME (Anticipating Nowhere Records) / One of the best compilations of hte last years. There are still CDs to get, I believe. Do not hesitate – DJ Space Terrapin

Listening Recommendations

Rumah Sakit – Wind & Wing (h/t ‪Goldheart Mountaintop Halloween Directory‬)

Upper Wilds – Jupiter / Revisiting Upper Wilds’ “Jupiter” from last year. Bout as fresh a rock record as you can make these days. So good – K. Liakos

Jaromil Sabor – The Sun Inside (Hidden Bay Records) / Jaromil Sabor’s sound evolved over the years, borrowing from garage, psych-influenced rock and lo-fi pop to hone his talent for bright melodies. ‘The Sun Inside’ is a collection of intimate draydreams, floating on a delicate and heartwarming folk orchestration, ideal for anyone looking for a place in the sun.

Nikmis – Depends on Much (Third Kind Records) / Classic of the Switched On genre…

Beat Radio – Real Love / Singer Songwriter Brian Sendrowitz has been crafting heartfelt, literate pop songs as Beat Radio since 2005

SAND Co. – Forever Laying Down / This was the first tape we ever put out. Our friend Ben’s soft and beautiful indie folk debut. Ben focuses on his miniatures now but I hope someday he will make more music – Friend Club Records

Locrian – Return To Annihilation / shout out to LOCRIAN to being one of my most listened to albums since I first started listening to them – Full of Helena

ahleuchatistas – The Same and the Other / In October 2004, Ahleuchatistas’ 2nd album, “The Same and the Other”, was released. That was 20 years ago! Time sure does fly! I’ve made the 2008 Tzadik re-issue CD available for mail order purchase on my Bandcamp for a limited time – Shane Parish

Misc

A crowdfunding campaign is underway for a new book titled “Sweaty Ceilings,” which celebrates London’s independent music venues. Each chapter is written by different music journalists, and part of the sales will support the Music Venue Trust charity – Quietus via Blair Millen

Pick of new releases by mmmmmmmmm – Amyl and the Sniffers, Fievel is Glaque, They Might Be Giants, Devin Townsend and more