Before visiting a city for the first time I always make a point of looking up the local record shops so I can find a few (or a bunch in cities like London and Berlin) that fit my interests. When traveling I try to focus on finding and buying music from local artists, which serves […]
Month: September 2024
Úlfur Úlfur – “Hamfarapopp” (2023 / 2024)
Úlfur Úlfur have been one of my favorite Icelandic hip hop artists since the duo put out their seminal “Tarantula” video a decade ago, a video featuring two of my favorite things – burnouts and hot dogs. If you’ve never seen it, I’m just gonna put it right here for your viewing enjoyment. Consider it […]
Record Shopping – Faroe Islands Style
Tórshavn, the capital city of the Faroe Islands, is probably the remotest place I’ve ever been record shopping. I may have been to a store in a smaller town (estimated 2024 population – 14,099; the nation as a whole comes in at around 55,000), but considering how off-the-beaten-path it is, sitting in the Atlantic roughly […]
Psychic Hood – “Warp Ritual” (2024)
There is only the Emperor, and he is our Shield and Protector.— Second Book Of Chantings Death to the false Emperor!— Chaos Space Marine War Cry The astropathic message screamed into the warp. When it arrived the image was of a space marine librarian clad in red Mark VII armor, a golden warp-eye staff in […]