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(52:29; Unifaun Productions) Track list: 1. Salon of the Senses 6:17 2. In My Next Life 5:18 3. When Chet Baker Sings 3:19 4. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane 2:33 5. She's a Mind-Reader 4:09 6. Voodoo Man 3:55 7. Joe Strummer Said 3:25 8. Another Ingmar Bergman Interlude 4:54 9. Little White Lies 3:41 10. Won't Go Surfin' No More 3:55 11. She's My Guru 4:08 12. Summer of Love 3:07 13. 1313 Mocking Bird Lane 3:48 Line-up: Paul Roland - vocals, guitars, piano, violin, saxophone, percussion Joshua Roland - bass Violet the Cannibal - drums Marco Colombo - guitars Mick Crossley - guitars Annie Barbazza - vocals Ella Callegari - vocals UK composer, author, journalist and musician Paul Roland has been an active creator of art for a number of decades, With a widespread catalogue of creations to his name in the world of the written word as well as the vast universe of music. A good while ago I was sent one of his albums, and after a way too long period of time I have now been abl...

(62:38; Guma Records) Track list: 1. Mile to Mile 6:14 2. Blood-Red Sky 6:15 3. Chaos 5:25 4. Falling Deep 4:27 5. Dreams and Nightmares 3:25 6. Fever 5:05 7. Seven Deadly Dreams 7:54 8. Guilty Conscience 4:14 9. Army of Darkness 6:45 10. Mechanics 4:24 11. Evil Awaits 4:43 12. Coming Home 3:47 Line-up: Frank Badenhop - guitars Mirko Gätje - bass Michael Wolpers - drums Becky Garber - vocals Dethy Borchardt - guitars with: Ally Storch - violin Tim Owens - vocals Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals Bobby Ellsworth - vocals Henning Basse - vocals Liv Jagrell - vocals Johnny Gioeli - vocals Ronnie Romero - vocals Lea Dieckmann - vocals David DeFeis - vocals Chris Boltendahl - vocals Brian Maillard - guitars Juliana Wilson - guitars Yiannis Papadopopoulos - guitars Jeff Loomis - guitars Julia Kosterova - guitars Sophie Lloyd - guitars Charlie Parra - guitars Thomas Witt - guitars Alex Häbell - guitars Iago Pedrosos - guitars Ugur Dariveren - guitars Dr. Viossy - guitars Andres Nunez - guitars ...

(51:55; Big Wolf Band) Track list: 1. Walk in My Shoes 3:20 2. Better Man 3:40 3. Nobody's Home 3:46 4. Be Free 3:50 5. Loving Like a Fool 4:32 6. Keep Fighting Back 4:06 7. Heavy Load 5:10 8. I Don't Live for Tomorrow 3:13 9. Never That Easy 3:49 10. Looking in Your Eyes 3:46 11. Sweet Talking 3:29 12. Super Animal 2:45 13. Just Can't Find You 6:29 Line-up: Zoe Green - vocals Jonathan Earp - guitars Tim Jones - drums Mick Jeynes - bass Paul Brambani - keyboards, Hammond UK group Big Wolf Band has been a going entity since 2014, and from what I can gather they are quite the active unit in the UK live scene too. Over the years they have also started to document their creative skills in the studio, with two albums to their name so far. "Be Free" is the second of those studio statements, and was self released by the band in 2019. Blues rock is the name of the game for this production, and the band have opted for a more US-sounding variety of the style here. The songs...

(43:53, Electrocuted Wilma Tunes) Track list: 1. Pay to be Famous 3:41 2. Walk Around 3:28 3. The Dust 3:35 4. No Feed 3:44 5. Not Alright 4:19 6. Further Away 3:32 7. Chickz 3:34 8. STD 3:36 9. Birdstrike 3:41 10. Ten Men 3:31 11. Timebomb 3:34 12. Where You Goin' Home 3:38 Line-up: Paul Hayworth - vocals, instruments UK artist Paul Hayworth has been a highly productive creator of music since 2010 or thereabouts, with a discography counting more than 30 releases all and sundry at the time of writing. Most of them, to my knowledge, with Hayworth himself doing everything himself on these productions. The album "Chicken Pants" dates back to 2019, and was released on Hayworth's own label Electrocuted Wilma Tunes. The greater majority of the songs on this album are creations I'd describe as garage rock, with rough vintage sounding dark toned guitars as a prominent feature throughout, played with a tone, sound and timbre that has a bit of a 60's and 70's feel t...

(22:48; Sanguinary Trance) Track list: 1. Wine, Song and Sacrifice 12:56 2. Carvings 5:34 3. The Dionysos Whip 4:18 Line-up: Sanguinary Trance - vocals, various instruments with: S. Spulak - drums Lanz - guitars Austrian band Sanguinary Trance is an entity of which little is known at this point, but the artist appeared in 2018 just prior to the release of the EP "Wine, Song and Sacrifice". This production is the sole output from this artist as of 2023. The music we get here has a solid footing inside the extreme metal spectrum, and the three songs on this EP explore landscapes of a similar nature but with a few subtle differences. The entire EP is made with a bit of a lo-fi approach it seems, with the sound being a bit closed in, the growl style vocals placed way down in the mix and the guitars having a bit of a buzzing and cutting sound to them. Opening cut 'Wine, Song and Sacrifice' play around with tight fluctuating and circulating patterns and harmony overlays, wi...

(51:39; RMN Classical) Track list: 1. Past Mistakes 2:09 2. Divided Man 0:44 3. The Five Ways 8:40 4. Four Brothers 0:51 5. Rejoice 2:46 6. Pompel & Pils 1:24 7. Stones from a Garage 3:58 8. The Second Way 9:31 9. Odessa Blue Pills 3:39 10. Moskva 5:03 11. Capetown 3:27 12. A Third Way (Not the Last) 8:42 13. Cliffhanger 0:45 Line-up: Roger Arve Vigulf - clarinet Per Christian Arnesen - bass Björn Norvall Hoemsnes - piano Norwegian threesome Giuffre Memorial Trio was formed in 2021, taking inspiration from the works of the late musician Jimmy Giuffre in general and his album "Free Fall" in particular. They released their debut album "The Five Ways" in the late fall of 2022 through the label RMN Music. Improvised music with a free form character and orientation is what this trio brings to the table, with around one half of the album covering material created by the aforementioned Giuffre and the other half being original material created by the trio. Reading up o...