As is true of so many dungeon synth performers, the person behind Lord Bakartia also puts out music under a variety of other noms-de-musique – Grim Keep, Hiányzol, Sublime Solitude, Lord Orots, and others (as well as being the person behind the Dungeonlord Records label). About the only thing I do “know” is that they’re […]
Tag: 2024
Teenage Jesus And The Jerks – “Teenage Jesus And The Jerks” (1979 / 2024)
I just finished reading Adele Bertei’s No New York, a memoir of her time in the No Wave scene in the late 70s and into the early 80s. She was a keyboardist for The Contortions, and though she left the band prior to the recording of their debut album Buy, she did perform on the […]
Brian Eno – “Eno (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2024)
The name Brian Eno conjures up any number of ideas as to who, or what, Brian Eno is. The seminal Music For… series of ambient albums. Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy. Roxy Music. Collabing with David Byrne on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Nokia ringtones. Dude has been out front for so long it’s easy […]
R. M. Hendrix – “No Signal” Cassette (2024)
R. M. Hendrix is an American musician, designer, and artist who, per his Bandcamp page, is based in Iceland. His music wanders the land a bit, from dreampop to shoegaze to ambient electronica. No Signal was recorded during a live performance at Reykjavik’s Space Odyssey back in October 2024 and features Hendrix giving a primarily […]
Book Review – “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism – The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege” (2024)
I have always had an interest in subcultures, the fringier the better. In the pre-internet era it required a lot of effort, and more than a little luck sometimes, to find others “like you” if you had extreme interests or views. Often that journey took started with outsider magazines, titles that still had just enough […]