Zea and Oscar Jan Hoogland - Summing
Great experimental songs by two figureheads of Amsterdam’s underground scene. Guitar, Clavichord, Percussion, Sampling. Nice!
Label: Makkum Records / MR29
Artist: Zea and Oscar Jan Hoogland
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Amsterdam, Avant-Rock, Vinyl.
Plan Kruutntoone and Reinier van Houdt - Pas maar op, want deze tas is van Zorro (en Zorro houdt van mij)
In their own contemporary version of “L’Histoire du Soldat” Plan Kruutntoone and Reinier van Houdt roam the rough edges of holes in plaster, at ho..(read more)
Label: esc.rec / 69
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, No Wave, Piano.
Richard Youngs - Endless Futures
“Imagine Richard Youngs as the junior member of a cabal of prolific and puritanical English musician-mystics, including The Fall’s Mark E Smith, Van..(read more)
Label: Glass Records / REDUXLP015
Artist: Richard Youngs
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Free-folk, UK, Vinyl.
Plan Kruutntoone and Reinier van Houdt - Pas maar op, want deze tas is van Zorro (en Zorro houdt van mij)
In their own contemporary version of “L’Histoire du Soldat” Plan Kruutntoone and Reinier van Houdt roam the rough edges of holes in plaster, at ho..(read more)
Label: esc.rec / 69LP
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Piano, Poetry, Vinyl.
Zoikle - Untitled
First new release after the Illusies 1 & 2 EP which sounded so promising in 2011. A collection of 14 songs bringing back the vibe of The (G.W.Sok era) Ex &a..(read more)
Label: Tractor Notown / NOT 11
Artist: Zoikle
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Cello, Vinyl.
Officer! - Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Officer! was founded by Londoner Mick Hobbs. His roots were in the Rock In Opposition scene of the late 70s and early 80s.
Label: Klanggalerie / gg316
Artist: Officer!
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '80s, Avant-Rock, Pop.
Benjamin Piekut - Henry Cow: The World is a Problem
British experimental band Henry Cow pushed rock music to its limits. Their open improvisations, lapidary lyrics, errant melodies, and relentless pursuit of spon..(read more)
Publisher: Duke University Press / ISBN: 9781478004660
Author: Benjamin Piekut
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '70s, Avant-Garde, Avant-Rock, UK.
Fitted - First Fits
Should we call it a Supergroup? In any case it’s a great line-up: Bob Lee (The Freeks), Edvard Graham Lewis (Wire), Matthew Simms (Wire), and Mike Watt (M..(read more)
Label: ORG Music / ORGM-2147
Artist: Fitted
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Post-Punk, Vinyl.
Perfect Vacuum - I Must Not Think Bleak Thoughts
Finally another release by the golden duo of Lukas Simonis and Dave Marsh – or was it Titi Tabarnac and Xentos “Fray” Bentos, who as a duo see..(read more)
Label: WORM.records / Blowpipe / BP125
Artist: Perfect Vacuum
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Experimental, Songwriters, Vinyl.
