Music Reviews

These are reviews of albums from my own collection in a variety of styles. I'm a fairly big fan of more adventurous musical styles (e.g., Merzbow), but I also tackle more conventional sounds as well (e.g., Peter Gabriel). Expect a lot of diversity and, I hope, unexpected delights.

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Total entries in this category: 63

13 Japanese Birds, Vol. 2: Owl (Merzbow) [2009/06/29]
The 150 Murderous Passions (Nurse With Wound / Whitehouse) [2008/11/05]
3 (Final) [2007/02/02]
Amlux (Merzbow) [2006/09/09]
AQUA=MIZU (Toshiyuki Sasagawa) [2010/02/24]
Armed Audio Warfare (Meat Beat Manifesto) [2004/06/06]
Avalon (Roxy Music) [2007/08/08]
Bestial Machinery (Agoraphobic Nosebleed) [2008/04/21]
Boris At Last – Feedbacker (Boris) [2009/02/25]
Calypsos from Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue and Violence in the 1930s [2000/12/06]
Children of God (The Swans) [2002/03/03]
Collapse 12 Floors (Merzbow) [2008/05/01]
Crash Injury Trauma (Isolrubin BK) [2009/04/10]
Dharma (Merzbow) [2007/11/11]
Disconnected (Greymachine) [2009/10/18]
Door Open At 8 AM (Merzbow) [2008/10/06]
Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (George Russell) [2010/12/26]
Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (1980) (George Russell) [2011/03/11]
Fushitsusha [PSF 3/4] (Fushitsusha) [2006/10/10]
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Volume 1) (Yoko Kanno) [2006/10/10]
Gift (The Sisterhood) [2002/06/06]
Half Machine Lip Moves (Chrome) [2007/04/04]
Invisible Connections (Vangelis) [2006/12/12]
John Cage: Indeterminacy [2001/12/12]
Kind of Blue (Miles Davis / John Coltrane) [2012/02/01]
Kokkyō Junreika / 国境巡礼歌 (J.A. Seazer) [2008/11/17]
The Köln Concert (Keith Jarrett) [2006/06/06]
Kontakte (Karlheinz Stockhausen) [2008/11/19]
Last Date 8.28.1978 (Kaoru Abe) [2010/03/22]
Let's Play Domination (World Domination Enterprises) [2009/09/15]
Live at InRoads (Borbetomagus) [2007/10/22]
Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante ou Notre Nymphomanie Aureole (Masonna) [2006/12/12]
Mantra (Karlheinz Stockhausen) [2001/10/10]
Mark Pistel [2007/07/07]
Mark-Almond (Mark-Almond) [2002/01/01]
Merzbeat (Merzbow) [2007/02/02]
Merzbuddha (Merzbow) [2007/06/06]
Message at the Depth (DJ Krush) [2007/01/01]
Offering (Merzbow) [2011/03/11]
Onze Danses Por Combattre Le Migraine (Aksak Maboul) [2010/05/21]
Osorezan (Geinoh Yamashirogumi) [2010/12/28]
Pathétique (Hisou / 悲愴) (Fushitsusha) [2008/11/02]
Peter Gabriel ("Melt") (Peter Gabriel) [2008/03/03]
Pigs of the Roman Empire (Melvins / Lustmørd) [2006/06/06]
Pulverized Purple (Kikuri [Keiji Haino / Masami Akita]) [2009/01/01]
Pure (Godflesh) [2007/03/03]
Rays of Beauty (C.M. von Hausswolff) [2002/02/02]
So Far (Faust) [2000/11/29]
Some Deaths Take Forever (Bernad Szajner) [2000/11/17]
Spheres (Keith Jarrett) [2006/09/09]
Storm the Studio (Meat Beat Manifesto) [2005/07/06]
Suicide (Suicide) [2006/02/02]
Suzume: 13 Japanese Birds, Pt. 1 (Merzbow) [2009/04/26]
The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion (Nurse with Wound) [2003/11/11]
Tackhead Tape Time (((Gary Clail's) Tackhead (Sound System)) [2005/01/02]
This Heat (This Heat) [2007/10/10]
Tokyo Flashback 2: P.S.F. Psychedelic Sampler [2002/01/01]
Transparent (Zos Kia / Coil) [2008/03/23]
Unnatural History (Coil) [2008/04/02]
God and Hair (Ya Ho Wha 13) [2002/09/08]
Yoshinotsune (Merzbow) [2006/12/12]
You Love Chinese Food (Pablo's Eye) [2009/10/11]

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