This is the first time I’m hearing Boduf Songs (aka Mat Sweet). From what I can gather Selected Instrumental Works is a stylistic departure from his prior works, which lean more toward a sombre singer-songwriter feeling. His latest album retains a certain melancholy, but does so without vocals (OK… there’s a little singing on here, […]
Month: May 2026
Chainsaw – “Massacre” (1984)
I’ve written many times before that it’s often the cover of a record that makes me pick it up in the store, especially when I’m flipping through the used bins. In the case of Chainsaw’s record Massacre it wasn’t the front cover, but the back cover that really drew me in: There’s a lot to […]
SPK – “Auto-Da-Fé” (1983)
The Australian industrial band SPK took their name from the German Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv. The German SPK was founded in 1970 by a group of psychiatric patients and Dr. Wolfgang Huber, a movement and collective who viewed mental illness as being caused by the capitalist system. The SPK believed the doctor class of psychiatrists needed to […]
Space Art – “Play Back” (1980)
“Jeff! Don’t put that record back!” Admittedly I was startled when John over at Volver Records shouted this to me (he had to shout not due to the distance between us, but more out of sheer excitement). I’d only picked it up to look at it because the Roy Lichtenstein-esque cover caught my eye. “It’s […]
Pixel Grip – “Percepticide: The Death Of Reality” (2025)
When people find out I write a blog they often ask where I find new, or at least new-to-me music. The answer is sort of a generically disappointing “everywhere”. I hear about it from friends; connections in the liner notes; flipping through the new arrivals at record stores; and yes, even social media. Pixel Grip […]