July 2012

1. Creeps on Candy - Dr. O Alternative Tentacles?  Really?
2. Augustus Pablo - Memories Of The Ghetto Dub My melodica has been gathering dust for a while, but I think it's time for a change.
3. Jesu - Tiny Universes I am far too excited about the concept of Godflesh playing Pure in its entirety next year (at a festival that I won't be able to get to), so here's some Jesu to tide me over.  The last time I saw Jesu live, they had so much bass that their hard drive kept locking up.  Brilliant. 
4. Jean-Claude Deblais - Voix De l'Etrange Great French Library music.  Click the link and you'll know as much as I do.
5. Jefferson Airplane - The Last Wall Of The Castle I'm torn over Jefferson Airplane.  They never push all of the right buttons at once for me.  This song's not too bad.
6. Miasma And The Carousel Of Headless Horses - The Pale Staircase This is a great album of Victorian music hall prog.  Never call it Steampunk. It's too good for that.
7. Captain Beefheart - Sun Zoom Spark It seems that most people got into Beefheart via the Zappa connection.  I like him because he sounds like Island-era Tom Waits (or vice-versa, depending on your point of reference).
8. Venetian Snares - Nutimik Canadian avant-techno spazz.  Considering this man's last name is Funk, you can't go wrong.
9. King Tubby & Soul Syndicate - Ethiopian Version Not my favorite King Tubby album, but a great one nonetheless.
10. L'Infonie - J'Ai Perdu 15 Cents Dans Le Nez Froid D'Un Ange Bronze See Jean-Claude Deblais on my feelings about this track.
11. TwinSisterMoon - I Wish I Could Drown the World in Reverberation I love reverb and reverb-soaked drone.  Unfortunately TwinSisterMoon albums have a lot on non-reverb-soaked-drone tracks on them, which is perfectly nice, but doesn't always do it for me.
12. Steve Hillage - Meditation Of The Snake It probably shows my age that I first heard about Steve Hillage through System 7 and his affiliation with the Orb.  Or possibly my good taste. Nah, just my age.
13. Grails - Dead Vine Blues Grails are one of those bands that should be bigger than they are, especially with their drummer in the mighty Om.  Their new project sounds interesting.
14. Henry Mancini - Touch Of Evil Only a touch?