Brief reviews

(Noise Appeal Records/Bite It Promotion) 2022.
Cassette/digital
Post new wave/grunge/power pop – AUSTRIA

Out of Wien, Austria comes a quartet named Baits, whose career is actual a few years. Their debut album from 2021. “Never Enough” has received important national and international attention, as same as worldwide airplay.

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(HIFI Mantra Records) 2022.
LP/CD/digital
Coldwave/darkwave/post new wave/synth wave – POLAND

Ekko The Strange is serious Polish artist,active some period very intensively. He has released his first LP “Haunting Me” during the 2020. and has receives attention of genre’s followers and listeners, who are deeply in electronic world of music.
Actual release “Mystique” with 8 tracks in, is step further in his career, and judging by musical views, this is an album, where we can find many newer electronic tendencies as same as many so call retro visions, but with strong artistic realizations and clever  presenting ideas.

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(Zoharum) 2002.
CD/digital
Electronic/dark ambient/dark wave/industrial – RUSSIAN FEDERATION

One of the fresh and newer releases of established Polish label “Zoharum” is release ORD – “Withered Bones”. The man who stands behind album, project and music is Russian artist is Alexey Shipilov, whose experience is well-known for the followers of actual electronic/industrial tendencies.

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(Self-released) 2022.
CD/digital
Hard rock/rock/classic rock/garage rock/stoner – USA

Mos Generator are frantic trio from Port Orchard, WA, and in celebration of the 20 year anniversary of their debut album (released April 2002) they put up the the audio for the original CD release show from April 2002.

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(Self-released) 2022.
CD/digital
Progressive/crossover – USA

Temple Of Switches as a band is alter ego of composer/multi-instrumentalist Tenk Van Dool, who is responsible  for all the things around the projects, albums and music as well. Back in 2015. he has recorded his first album, and showed how the things are going on in his body and soul, and his pretty rich musical knowledge.

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(Label Bleu/Table Pounding Records/L’Autre Distribution/Veevcom) 2022.
CD/LP/digital
World music/various genres – USA

David Krakauer is well-known and established clarinetist, composer, Grammy and Juno nominated soloist, band leader, praised internationally as a key innovator in modern klezmer. His interesting spheres as a musician touches many  different genre’s elements and variants, and his experience is huge, as same as his knowledge.

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(Paraply Records/Hemifran) 2022.
EP CD/digital
Various genres – SWEDEN

Henrik Af Ugglas is well-known name under the Swedish music sky. He had played with everyone from Maryland Cookies to Thåström, as well as  with Weeping Willows and his brother Peder af Ugglas, among many others. And now, the time for his first release, an EP with 7 tracks in, is finally here.

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(St.Cait Recordings/Hemifran) 2020.
CD/LP/digital
Rock/alter rock/various rock genres – USA

Texas based musician, songwriter, guitarist, Johnny Beauford has been in the saddle during the previous years. He has released a dozen successful studio albums with previous projects. The founder of Americana project Jack Kerowax (2013-2018), and long time Dallas rock band Bravo, Max! (2008-2020), has released work under his own name before, albeit minimally, with a pair of home recorded EP’s originally tracked as demos.

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(Self-released/Hemifran) 2022.
1 track single CD/digital
Rock/Americana/various rock genres- USA

Michael Ward is a singer/songwriter, practically in the saddle nearly  45 years, with huge experience, and great status in the world of American music.

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(Self-released) 2021.
CD/digital
Progressive/progressive rock/art rock – CZECH REPUBLIC

Oxhole are newer act under the progressive/progressive rock sky, and as they said they are ” the pioneers of the new wave of bombastic art-rock from Sokolov and Prague, Czechia “

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(Musique est Equilibre/In Ouie Distribution/VeevCom) 2022.
CD/digital
Jazz/fusion/world music – FRANCE

Guillaume Dettmar is well-known violinist/composer, not only on worldwide jazz music scene. His works and performing technical supremacy  have been evident during entire career.
With his Dettmar Quartet he is these days and months again up with actuality, cos’ newer release “Escales” is practically here. The world premier of mentioned album will be on 6th of May, 2022. Also, this new work will be presented on stage on May 3rd, 2022. at “Le Studio de L’Ermitage in Paris.

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(Bervatim Music) 2021.
CD/digital
Indie rock/pop/alter rock/90’s rock – USA

Few days ago, I have received a whole   opus/  solo works of Birmingham, Alabama, USA based artist – Jaco. He has been pretty active last years, and with actual one, he has released a three albums.
Preciously, he worked with  the Vulture Whale band, and he was a drummer. Now, as a singer/songwriter, he has offered something different , and in the same time interesting.

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