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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

The Wolfgang Press – Asylum Variations freq.org.uk/reviews/wolfgang-asylum Asylum Variations shows no retread of the previous album, but a full-on evolution of what was laid down before, that familiar disaffected voice strung between the splashy synthesis and pedal-pawed bite. #musicreview

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Kristin Hersh – Sugar On Blackstone freq.org.uk/reviews/hersh-sugar patience reveals the record’s genuinely rewarding virtues via the divergent matrices of its aforementioned arrangements, even if its significance in the wider canon will take a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Resident Evil freq.org.uk/reviews/resident-evil Following the brilliant Barbarian and the even better Weapons, comedian-turned-filmmaker Zach Cregger completes a horror hat-trick by stamping his directorial personality all over this tense and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Kirsten Sym Undectet – Somehow It Will Be freq.org.uk/reviews/kirsten-sym-und… It is quite a brave thing to put together an eleven-piece ensemble for your first solo outing, but composer and accordionist Kirsten Symczycz has […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Windy and Carl With Optigan Conservatory – Windy And Carl Meet Optigan Conservatory / Grey Malkin – Our Eyes Are Filled With Moss / Water Damage – Repair / The Leaf Library – Library Music: Volume Two freq.org.uk/reviews/drones-2026 ...the artists […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The Leaf Library - Library Music: Volume Two

Grey Malkin - Our Eyes Are Filled With Moss

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Faust – Moi / Gugaruz / Fliegen Lernen / Ungebunden freq.org.uk/reviews/faust-four A groundbreaking entity which later fractured into its own versions of the original dream, never to be whole again, and now some fifty-plus years later, the scattered […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Faust - Ungebunden (curated by Hans-Joachim Irmler)

Faust - Moi (curated by Jean-Hervé Péron)

Faust - Gugaruz (curated by Zappi W Diermaier)

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Bibliotecha Hermetica – One / Go Hirano – The Habit / Rotting Telepathies – Rotting Tapes II / White Heaven – Next to Nothing / Nean – Doo Dah Nean freq.org.uk/reviews/black-editions-… @Hakarl Hopefully having garnered some interest from the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty – Impure Imagination freq.org.uk/reviews/al-swainger-imp… ..is perhaps the most personal yet, using the extraordinary mix of soundtrack vibes, funky jazz groove and introspective piano to explore what it means to love […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

The Necks (live at Strange Brew) freq.org.uk/reviews/the-necks-live-… It is an interesting spectacle, because although the crowd knows to look forward to two forty-five minute sets and a short intermission, what those two sets might […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Theory Of Ghosts – EP3 freq.org.uk/reviews/theory-of-ghost… ..this hybrid set-up of past Piano Magic players from different eras of the group gels succinctly through three freshly-cut pieces across fifteen minutes. The comparative brevity suits […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Everybody Digs Bill Evans freq.org.uk/reviews/everybody-digs-… The legendary #jazz pianist gets the #biopic treatment, albeit with far less crowd-pleasing flash and far more character-based introspection, very much in keeping with the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Jane Weaver – Like An Aspen Leaf / Seven Day Smile / Cherlokalate freq.org.uk/reviews/jane-weaver-trio Although more organically earthbound and less sonically expansive overall, this triumvirate of nascent offerings doesn’t simply dispense thin […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Bitter Christmas freq.org.uk/reviews/bitter-christmas [a] complex comedy-drama about a film-maker struggling with problems both professional and personal, and all the while another film-maker is figuring out how to tell her story in a way that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Prolapse – Mary Anne Hobbs Sessions 17.12.97 – 24.03.98 freq.org.uk/reviews/prolapse-bbc ..reassuringly sustaining a reputation for molten brilliance in the live arena, it’s arguable that Prolapse’s creative stock has never been higher. Which makes […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Late Fame freq.org.uk/reviews/late-fame Willem Dafoe is in quiet and self-effacing mode in this bittersweet comedy drama based on the Arthur Schnitzler novella about Ed, a long-retired poet rediscovered by a clique of young New York hipsters […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Richard Andersson with Rudi Mahall, Artur Tuznik and Kasper Tom – Monk And More / أحمد [Ahmed] – Play Monk freq.org.uk/reviews/monk-play-monk @Hakarl ..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Eric Random – Bone Of Contention freq.org.uk/reviews/eric-random-bon… An impressive set of tunes with real sonic depth, concluding with the soft plumage of “‘Concrete Conversation”‘s undulatory rhythmic with croaking robotics slowly […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Fushitsusha (live at l’Alhambra) freq.org.uk/reviews/fushitsusha-gen… It's kind of psychedelic music.. The reference for me is something like Les Rallizes Dénudés.. Fushitsusha use that as a kind of springboard.. Where most rock music -- most music […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fushitsusha live at l'Alhambra (photo: Agata Urbaniak)

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Joseph Branciforte and Jozef Dumoulin – ITERAE freq.org.uk/reviews/dumoulin-branci… @Hakarl ..the whole is a -- dare I say -- pretty but disconcerting melange of #electronic elements that veer between noise and rhythm. It's certainly not […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

H Is For Hawk freq.org.uk/reviews/h-is-for-hawk Claire Foy processes her grief over the death of her father through an obsessive commitment to a Eurasian goshawk in this middlebrow but emotionally affecting riff on Ken Loach’s Kes, which dramatises […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Ken Ueno and Wukir Suryadi – Earth Songhttps://freq.org.uk/reviews/ueno-suryadi-earth/ Slow ‘n’ steady, lulling mirroring sounds -- then just when you think it’s grasping towards some om-like union, a repetitive carpet of agitated frets throws things […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

The Name Of The Rose freq.org.uk/reviews/name-rose Like Werner Herzog before him and Robert Eggers today, Annaud makes great use of his locations, and the faces of those inhabiting them, creating a fourteenth century you can almost smell. It may be a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Lilja – Muna freq.org.uk/reviews/lilja-muna As a treatise on self discovery, the album works really well; the wide variety of songs, the welcoming closeness of the players and the willingness to attempt the road less travelled here and there makes […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma freq.org.uk/reviews/camp-miasma [a] metatextual #slasher movie about a young film-maker working on a reboot of a 1980s classic, while developing a penetrating relationship with the reclusive star of the original. #horror #filmreview

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma screengrab

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Keiron Phelan and Peace Signs – Hullabaloo freq.org.uk/reviews/keiron-phelan-a… ..arrives with the strong expectation of being another consistent concoction. Dutifully and rewardingly, Phelan and co. don’t abuse such […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Møster! – Bolts freq.org.uk/reviews/moster-bolts The blustering guitar, dirty, squalling sax and tumble-drier drums really bring to mind a drive through a desert that is alive with discordant debris.. this is a fantastically wilful and blistering collection. #jazz #noise #musicreview

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Polypores – Wildlife / Loner Deluxe – Living Room freq.org.uk/reviews/polypores-loner sounds and ideas that can sate listeners’ appetites on subliminal and intuitive levels, whilst also pushing them to sample new additions on the artistic menu. Enter […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Dead Man’s Shoes freq.org.uk/reviews/dead-mans-shoes An intoxicating mix of vigilante thriller and Poundland #superhero movie all set against a social realist backdrop, it not only works in many seemingly contradictory genres, it does it without […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Philosophy Of The World / Sarah Kane – Cleansed freq.org.uk/reviews/philosophy-of-t… @Hakarl ...having seen it, this is definitely what I should've wanted, and you should too ...Absolutely fucking horrendous but compelling […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Eclectic Maybe Band – Domestic Dragon freq.org.uk/reviews/eclectic-domest… bassist and composer Guy Segers returns with the ever-evolving hydra-headed Eclectic Maybe Band. It feels that each album is a push on from the previous, with the number of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Spider-Man: Brand New Day freq.org.uk/reviews/spider-man-bran… everyone’s favourite friendly neighbourhood superhero has to contend not only with colourful new villains (and a couple of colourful old allies) but also with body-wide mutagenic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

Charanjit Singh – Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat freq.org.uk/reviews/charanjit-singh… @Hakarl This is a fairly legendary record in the world of crate digging. It goes for eye-watering amounts on Discogs, so a re-issue is very welcome […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Popol Vuh – Affenstunde / Einsjäger Und Siebenjäger freq.org.uk/reviews/popol-vuh-affen… Cherry Red have gratifyingly decided to reissue Popol Vuh’s first and fifth albums though their Esoteric imprint, respectively Affenstunde and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come freq.org.uk/reviews/ready-or-not-2 The stakes are raised to even more diabolical levels in this sequel to the gleefully violent and acutely socially aware 2019 horror hit, in which Samara Weaving’s plucky bride evaded the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

faUSt / Richardchor Neukölln – By The Lake Festival freq.org.uk/reviews/faust-richardch… #faust .. porously pull at the framework, cursively hint to the heritage but flex fresh perspectives; this is a living thing after […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

faUSt / Richerdchor Neukölln - By The Lake Festival

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

SunnO))) (live at The Troxy) / SunnO))) freq.org.uk/reviews/sunno-troxy-st On record there are over a hundred guitar tracks on each track -- live, where I see them at The Troxy, there are just two hooded men, standing in front of a veritable […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

Uroboro – Outside freq.org.uk/reviews/uroboro-outside The bright-eyed yearning that all the players show throughout is what makes the album so listenable. Once again, Keith and the players have concocted a collection that is easy on the ear but with hidden depths. #jazz #musicreview

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Pixies – Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 freq.org.uk/reviews/pixies-b-sides .. #Pixies .. single and EP releases [were] unique works of art in their own right. The collection of the b-sides from their original six UK singles was originally released on CD […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

Evil Dead Burn freq.org.uk/reviews/evil-dead-burn Deadites roam the screen in search of a vicious game of psychological torture and an easy buck (as far as the proprietors of this venerable intellectual property are concerned), when a bereaved and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

Bjarke Falgren – Turkis freq.org.uk/reviews/bjarke-falgren-… The washed-out, sun-bleached image on the cover and the faraway look in his eyes conveys a lot of the aesthetic of the songs here which ..look into the distance, lifted by the desire […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

Cate Kennan – Shadows freq.org.uk/reviews/cate-kennan-sha… ..thirty-three minutes of subtly inventive instrumentals and warmly abstract songs. Loosely assembled in tech terms but not necessarily low in fidelity, the multi-skilled Kennan solitarily […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Michael Brook – Cobalt Blue / Live At The Aquarium freq.org.uk/reviews/michael-brook-c… he instrumental energy of these compositions is off the scale. Instinctively light and airy, their complexity playful, imaginative; everything […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

Mariam Wallentin and Vestnorsk Jazzensemble – Spring Flood freq.org.uk/reviews/mariam-wallenti… The group, rather like Mariam’s voice, has a mind of its own and the way the two interact is pretty special. They […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

Espen Berg Trio – Entropies freq.org.uk/reviews/espen-berg-trio… ..some four years after 2022's Fjære [Entropies] finds Berg plus bassist Bárður Reinert Poulsen and drummer Simon Albertsen sketching more #postjazz backdrops for Espen's vivid […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

Various Artists – Pet Sounds / Undulating Waters 10 freq.org.uk/reviews/pet-undulating-… ..there is still space for the defiantly valiant art of assembling thoughtful standalone #compilations... replete with choice contributors at their fingertips […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Fjall – Helt freq.org.uk/reviews/fjall-helt With flutes, harps, psalteries, melodica, organ, electronics, tabla, bells, drums, percussion and further assorted treats, you could be forgiven for thinking this would be an overwhelming barrage of noise […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

The Telescopes – Static Charge freq.org.uk/reviews/telescopes-stat… The constant evaluation and reworking of The Telescopes' sound is what keeps them relevant and yet oddly existing outside time. Nobody really sounds like them and hasn't done for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

Luke Bainbridge – Petstep freq.org.uk/reviews/luke-bainbridge… ..taking a crack at palindromic composition on Petstep for an assembled quartet that is a fascinating combination.. a delightful selection, brought vividly to life by musicians who […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

The Taps Of The Holy Trinity – Customs And Rituals Of The Taps Of The Holy Trinity freq.org.uk/reviews/taps-trinity-cu… Otherworldly and oblique in equal measures, this is a curiously compelling conception overall, that signifies either just the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Freq @freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Supergirl freq.org.uk/reviews/supergirl The uncluttered plot has a stronger throughline than in many such superhero epics, demonstrating commendable reluctance to pin the fate of the entire universe on her admittedly invulnerable shoulders. #supergirl #superhero #superheroine #filmreview

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