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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Adrian @acloudtotheback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's all about the drones in my freshest @freqzine.bsky.social review bundle...⤵️

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/drones-2026/ the artists.. draw their strength from such sonic æther funnelling, both consciously and subliminally. @krankyltd.bsky.social @woodfordhalse.bandcamp.com @12xurecs.bsky.social @theleaflibrary.bsky.social @wiaiwya.bsky.social #musicreview

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 ...the artists behind the three new long-form releases and one archival set ...

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/faus... #faust has always been a fluid exploration.. now some fifty+ years later, the scattered survivors have penned four independent albums that celebrate what each brings to the unfathomable sum of its parts #musicreview @bureaub.bsky.social

$A groundbreaking entity which later fractured into its own versions of the original dream, never to be whole again, and now some fifty-plus years later, the scattered survivors have penned four independent albums that celebrate what each brings to the unfathomable sum of its parts.$

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/black-editions-2026-2/ Hopefully having garnered some interest from the Japanese psych-ly inclined hordes, Black Editions are here probably more about the business of shedding light on the weirder and less legendary pieces. #japanese #underground #psychedelic #musicreview

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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 @freqzine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

..although the crowd knows to look forward to two forty-five minute sets.. what those two sets might entail is anyone's guess.. further heightened by the lack of a support slot, so nothing interferes with the trio's planned or unplanned journeys t.ly/AYCR1 #thenecks #live #jazz #improv #musicreview

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 entail is anyone's guess. The air of anticipation is further heightened by the lack of a support slot, so nothing interferes with the trio's planned or unplanned journeys. #thenecks #live #jazz #improv #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/theo... ... this hybrid set-up of past Piano Magic players from different eras of the group gels ... focusing proceedings even more tightly on the ensemble’s pop-noir smarts on the two bookend tracks fronted by @glenjohnson.bsky.social #musicreview

https://freq.org.uk/reviews/theory-of-ghosts-ep3/ ..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 them well, particularly when focusing proceedings even more tightly on the ensemble’s pop-noir smarts on the two bookend tracks fronted by Johnson. #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/everybody-digs-bill-evans/ legendary #jazz pianist gets the #biopic treatment, albeit with far less crowd-pleasing flash & far more character-based introspection, very much in keeping with the playing style of the subject and the musical idiom in which he flourished. #filmreview

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Everybody Digs Bill Evans – Freq

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Adrian @acloudtotheback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My takes on the latest three Jane Weaver reissues for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social writes: "Although more organically earthbound and less sonically expansive overall, this triumvirate of nascent offerings doesn’t simply dispense thin sketchy outlines for Weaver’s latter-day Technicolored presentations." #indie #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/jane...

Although more organically earthbound and less sonically expansive overall, this triumvirate of nascent offerings doesn’t simply dispense thin sketchy outlines for Weaver’s latter-day Technicolored presentations. #musicreview

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Adrian @acloudtotheback.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My newest review piece for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

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Precious Recordings of London @precrecs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

'An essential aural archaeological find' – thanks @acloudtotheback.bsky.social for a great review of our new @prolapseband.bsky.social sessions album at @freqzine.bsky.social ... still copies here at prolapse2.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-...

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/bitt... [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 reflects his own equally difficult life. #almodovar #filmreview

https://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 reflects his own equally difficult life. #filmreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/prol... ..sustaining a reputation for molten brilliance in the live arena .. @prolapseband.bsky.social creative stock has never been higher.. another dive into their.. relationship with BBC #musicreview @precrecs.bsky.social @derrymick.bsky.social

.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 another dive into the group’s historically healthy working relationship with BBC radio producers and DJs suitably enticing. #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/late... 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 #filmreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

..these records, finally, are perhaps two sides of the Monk coin -- one a stretching and contortion of what was already there, one pinning #theloniusmonk to the mast of improvised music and sailing off into the whorling void. Big up yourselves, everyone concerned #jazz #freejazz #improv #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/eric-random-bone-of-contention/ An impressive set of tunes with real sonic depth, concluding with the soft plumage of .. [an] .. undulatory rhythmic with croaking robotics slowly frequency combed to silence #avantgarde #electronics #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Anyway yeah. #fushitsusha are the best band in the world and you’re a fucking idiot for missing this." #livemusic #musicreview pix: @polycamerous.bsky.social

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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 @freqzine.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/ueno-suryadi-earth/ @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social Slow ‘n’ steady, lulling mirroring sounds .. just when you think it’s grasping towards some om-like union, a repetitive carpet of agitated frets throws things splendidly off-piste @bluetapes.bsky.social #avantgarde #musicreview

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 splendidly off-piste, the canvas suddenly gripped in an overfed rebound and answering recoil. #javanese #avantgarde #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@stoatie.bsky.social t.ly/B6c1V Annaud makes great use of his locations & the faces of those inhabiting them, creating a 14th century you can almost smell..a cracking adventure..but you really wouldn’t want to live there #filmreview #mediaeval #detective #nameoftherose @secondsightfilms.bsky.social

Annaud makes great use of his locations & the faces of those inhabiting them, creating a 14th century you can almost smell..a cracking adventure..but you really wouldn’t want to live there

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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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Adrian @acloudtotheback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My freshest review thoughts for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/camp... [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

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social ... the honourable Hullabaloo.. benevolently plunders from and reflects on the past, whilst forging its distinctive band-mapped paths for Keiron Phelan’s nimble narratives and comforting croon. t.ly/Vqltl #indie #musicreview

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Keiron Phelan and Peace Signs – Hullabaloo – Freq

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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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Adrian @acloudtotheback.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My freshest review takes for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

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Rusted Rail @rustedrailrecords.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Kind words from @freqzine.bsky.social about the new Loner Deluxe album! "...the kind of woozy keyboard and primitive drum machine fusions that Jason Lytle might have cooked up in a basement with the late Mark Linkous..." Check out the album here - rustedrail.bandcamp.com/album/living...

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Polypores – Wildlife / Loner Deluxe – Living Room – Freq

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The Ronettes Pickering @stoatie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thing wot I wrote about Dead Man’s Shoes.

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : "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." #musicreview @polypores.bsky.social @auralcanyon.bsky.social @rustedrailrecords.bsky.social

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@stoatie.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/dead... 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 .. an exhilarating weekend in Hell. @secondsightfilms.bsky.social #filmreview

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Dead Man’s Shoes – Freq

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/philosophy-of-the-world-sarah-kane-cleansed/ ..having seen it, this is definitely what I should've wanted, and you should too @theyardtheatre.bsky.social ...beautifully and intricately set, sound is overbearing and violent like industrial concerts of yore. #theatrereview

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Philosophy Of The World / Sarah Kane – Cleansed – Freq

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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 @freqzine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@lightintheattic.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/char... This is a fairly legendary record in the world of crate digging.. a re-issue is very welcome. It's absolutely a weird record that everyone should hear.. it bears a resemblance to #acidhouse #raga #musicreview #rerelease

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Charanjit Singh – Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat – Freq

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

@cherryredrecords.bsky.social have gratifyingly decided to reissue Popol Vuh’s first and fifth albums though their Esoteric imprint, respectively Affenstunde and Einsjäger und Siebenjäger.. and so... I will here provide some little written devotion. freq.org.uk/reviews/popo... #popolvuh #musicreview

Cherry Red have gratifyingly decided to reissue Popol Vuh’s first and fifth albums though their Esoteric imprint, respectively Affenstunde and Einsjäger und Siebenjäger. Divine providence was surely at work here, and so, at the Editor’s request, I will here provide some little written devotion.

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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 @freqzine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/faust-richardchor-neukolln-by-the-lake-festival/ #faust .. porously pull at the framework, cursively hint to the heritage but flex fresh perspectives; this is a living thing after all - museums can wait #avantgarde #musicreview @dirter.bsky.social

freq.org.uk/reviews/faust-richardchor-neukolln-by-the-lake-festival/ #faust .. porously pull at the framework, cursively hint to the heritage but flex fresh perspectives; this is a living thing after all -- museums can wait. #avantgarde #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

@stoatie.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/sunno-troxy-st/ @subpop.bsky.social On record there are over a 100 guitar tracks on each track ..live .. just 2 hooded men, standing in front of a veritable Stonehenge of amps.. straining under the force of the sound. Pix @davepettit.bsky.social #musicreview

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 Stonehenge of amps, all labouring and straining under the force of the sound. Which is where the true music comes from. #doom #musicreview

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

freq.org.uk/reviews/urob... 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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Uroboro – Outside – Freq

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@4ad.com @pixiesofficial.bsky.social ... unique works of art ... This collection of b-sides from their original six UK singles was originally released on CD in 2001, but here they have been remastered and augmented by live tracks #indie #rerelease #musicreview freq.org.uk/reviews/pixi...

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Adrian @acloudtotheback.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My latest review for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

..a bereaved and dysfunctional family finds itself stuck in a house in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to do but go insane and try and kill each other as disgustingly and spectacularly as they can. #evildead #horror #filmreview freq.org.uk/reviews/evil...

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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 dy...

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The washed-out, sun-bleached image on the cover and the faraway look.. conveys a lot of the aesthetic of the songs here which ..look into the distance, lifted by the desire to go beyond, blurring distance, time and style into one fluid whole. freq.org.uk/reviews/bjar... #jazz #musicreview

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Bjarke Falgren - Turkis

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, ably assisted by Heine Hansen on piano, Anders Holm Jensen on d...

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