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Art Pop Classical Electronic 

Milk Chocolate Motorik and More

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Anna Lapwood, Dark Side of the Moon, EUROPOLIS, Firedove, Immersion, Maria Lettberg, Nanocluster, Roedelius, Swim, Wire

The aural luxury of new releases by Immersion, Anna Lapwood and Maria Lettberg

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Electronics Experimental jazz Post-Punk 

Essential, Magical New Albums from Immersion and Daniela Mars

April 3, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Colin Newman, Daniela Mars, Immersion, Malka Spiegel, Nanocluster Vol. 3, SUSS, Swim, VOCES8 Records, Wire

Two LPs that explore the fearlessness of beauty

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Electronic Experimental Post-Punk 

Immersion: Where the Seagull Meets the Autobahn

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2024, Colin Newman, Cuboza, Immersion, Malka Spigel, Nanocluster Vol. 2, Swim, Thor Harris, Wire

Some nutty and extreme words about the stunning new release(s) from Colin Newman and Malka Spigel

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Electronic New Wave 

Colin Newman on Bastard, Wire and the Business of Running a Profitable Record Label

January 15, 2024January 24, 2024 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 154, 1997, 2024, Bastard, Chairs Missing, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Pink Flag, Swim, Wire

“I have always been interested in things that have a very strong unique selling point”

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Electronic Electronics Punk Rock 

Wire’s Colin Newman to Reissue 1997 Solo LP

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1997, Bastard, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Swim, Wire

Bastard will be released on vinyl and deluxe CD on January 26th

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Hard Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Hawkwind’s New Album is Their Best in a Generation

May 23, 2023May 25, 2023 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2023, Coil, Dave Brock, England, Hawkwind, Julian Cope, Psychedelic Rock, Spiritualized, The Future Never Waits, Thighpaulsandra, Wire

Taking a deep dive into The Future Never Waits

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Art Pop Experimental Rock 

The Shimmer Shiver That Knows All

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2022, Colin Newman, Gliding and Hiding, Malka Spiegel, Swim, Wire

With Gliding and Hiding, Malka Spigel has made one of the most beautiful new/old albums of the decade

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Art Pop Electronic Experimental Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: Immersion Surrenders to Beauty, and Achieves Transcendence 

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2021, Colin Newman, Dennis Wilson, Immersion, Krautrock, Laetitia Sadier, Malka Spigel, Nanocluster, Nanocluster Vol. 1, Pet Sounds, Robin Rimbaud, Ronald Lippok and Bernd Jestram, Scanner, Stereolab, Swim, Tarwater, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The White Album, Ulrich Schnauss, Wire

With the help of such collaborators as Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss, Tarwater and Scanner, Nanolcuster Vol. 1 is so beautiful, exotic, immediate and compelling as to defy description

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Post-Punk Punk 

The Wire Miracle Continues with PF456 Deluxe

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2021, Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, PF456 Deluxe, Pink Flag, Post-Punk, Wire

This anticipated Record Store Day exclusive is the UK punk icons’ most feral and creative release

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Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: Exceptional Dry Cleaning Service

May 24, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 16 Lovers Lane, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, English Settlement, Fables of the Reconstruction, John Lydon, New Long Leg, Phoebe Waller Bridge, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Bends, The Go-Betweens, The Queen is Dead, The Suburbs, Wire, XTC

Believe the hype about New Long Leg, the debut album by this young and profoundly distinctive South London quartet

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Rock 

Why Billy Childish Matters

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments BILLY CHILDISH, Bob Dylan, Charles Ives, Louis Jordan, Moondog, Phil Ochs, Scott Muni, The Circle Jerks, The Kinks, The Lurkers, The Ramones, Thee Headcoats, Vini Reilly, Wilko Johnson, Wire

Like, more than anyone else in Rock & Roll

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Music Journalism 

Who Were The Best Artists of 2020?

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Chubby and the Gang, Deli Girls, Dry Cleaning, Lucidvox, Wire

Our cranky friend offers his review of the year in music

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Music Journalism Remembrance 

All You Need to Know About Van Halen by Someone Who Was an Actual Teenager in the 1970s

October 9, 2020October 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Billy Joel, Blondie, Bread, CHEAP TRICK, CSN, James Taylor, Kansas, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Little River Band, Neu!, Styx, The Ramones, Van Halen, Wilko Johnson, Wire

A remembrance of the era that gave us Eddie Van Halen from someone on the ground during their ascension to superstardom

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Indie Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk 

The Soft Boys: This Was Us

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 1980, I Wanna Destroy You, Insanely Jealous, Kemberley Rew, Robyn Hitchcock, The Soft Boys, The Stranglers, Underwater Moonlight, Wire

Underwater Moonlight offers the mentally unbalanced view of love

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New Wave Post-Punk 

On 10:20, The Wire Miracle Continues

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 4 Comments 10:20, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Margaret Fielder, Matthew Simms, Pink Flag, Robert Gotobed, Robert Grey, Wire

The English post-punk institution continues its latest hot streak with LP no. 18

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