Thursday, January 22, 2026

Steppin’ Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963–1965

Various – Steppin’ Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963–1965 Rock ’n’ roll was still a toddler when the kids on ‘Steppin’ Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963–1965’ started treating it like a battlefield. That’s the image that kept coming back to me while listening to this sprawling, 94‑track set: one of those World […]

Analog 2025 and the Case for Wobble

Various – ‘Analog 2025’ – Unexplained Sounds Group ‘Analog 2025’ arrives with tape flutter, slow pitch wobble, spring reverb that sounds like a corridor, and the soft, humanised clipping that turns a tone into an animated corpse. It’s not nostalgic in the cosy sense; it’s in the same world as hauntology, a catalogue of misremembered […]

A Cautionary Tale in Toothless Horror

The R.I.P Man – Dir. Jamie Langlands The Terrifier franchise, three films which range from surprisingly good to not surprising, has reminded filmmakers that there is always room for a new horror icon. Just now, I have come up with Seagull Man, a deranged psychopath who ‘pecks’ out the eyes of holidaymakers to compensate for […]