In Depth by Abi Bliss
There may be other UK music festivals at which you can enjoy the sounds of violins and lutes, browse thoughtfully curated exhibitions and scoff carrot cake whilst keeping a running count of babies in cute neon-coloured ear defenders. But Capsule’s Supersonic festival continues to be in a field of one, in that the above comes bundled with a wonderfully diverse programme of bands who are nevertheless united by their abilities to skewer your eardrums, liquefy your brain and turn your viscera to a small pile of ash. And for both these things, we love it.»
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Vangelis has a lot to answer for.»
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by Abi Bliss
The main flaw with Brian Eno and Rick Holland’s collaboration is that the words frequently seem flattened by the music.»
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by Abi Bliss
Whatever grand plan Tim Hecker may or may not have had in mind here, let’s just say that much of Ravedeath, 1972 will put you in the position of a slack-jawed medieval peasant, floored by hearing the power and beauty of that organ for the first time. »
In Depth by Abi Bliss
There’s something pleasingly honest about Constellations, a new one-and-half-day festival seemingly built on nothing more than the notion that the people of Leeds could do with distraction from being slapped in the face by swirls of wet November leaves.»
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by Abi Bliss
A fully realised project in which the trio bring out the best in each other and in the songs.»
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by Abi Bliss
Things to Do and Make may not be propelling Ergo Phizmiz to the top festival slots anytime soon, but if it draws a few new followers back with him to a world where 15-hour sound collages and ukulele covers of ‘Voodoo People’ rule the airwaves, then that’s success.»
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by Abi Bliss
It’s not easy being good, but on this album at least, Cave and the Bad Seeds make it sound almost as alluring as being bad.»
In Depth by Abi Bliss
From their origins as b-boys making pause-button tape mixes in late-Eighties Rochdale, Autechre’s Sean Booth and Rob Brown have evolved into the quintessential Warp Records act. Over the years Autechre’s apparent wish to let the music speak for itself has earned them an undeserved reputation for reticence; certainly when DiS rang up Sean Booth he was happy to have a natter in a break from programming for the pair’s live shows.»
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by Abi Bliss
If Thao were to apply the same wise-beyond-her-years judgement to the music as to her lyrics, however, by the time a successor to Know Better, Learn Faster rolls around she might have no need of her own advice. »
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by Abi Bliss
Exorcism or invocation? That’s a question Broadcast are still asking in their own beguiling way.»
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by Abi Bliss
Many of Broadcast’s original reference points have nowadays lost their obscuring layer of dusty mystery. But with Witch Cults… Broadcast and House have fashioned an artefact that could well work similar magic on future generations of wide-eyed sonic archaeologists.»
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by Abi Bliss
As distinctive as their juxtaposition of crisp circuit and damp air once was, Múm’s broadening of their sound into a range of instruments has paid off.»
