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No Fun At All – Mesh
Label: Feel It Records I’ve discovered almost by chance this new record by Philadelphia band Mesh. It’s a fresh, almost urgent but neatly produced, jangle pop/post-punk record, in which some elements of Bug Club (another contemporary band I’ve often recommended here) – for example, the encounters between two complementary voices – are mixed here, with… Continue reading
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The Machine (doesn’t) Stop (yet)
M’coll and I have read a short story by one of my favourite authors, E. M. Forster, which predicted the future: our present. The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story by the English writer E. M. Forster, initially published in 1909 (!) then republished in different editions collecting different sets of novellas by… Continue reading
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The world will listen…won’t it?
About a year ago, I wrote about my disillusionment with contemporary rock music (and pop in the broader sense), with the music industry and music journalism, and about my growing resentment toward modern listening habits and tastes. What has changed in these bleak twelve-odd months? Very little. My opinion has not improved; if anything, throughout… Continue reading
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Earworms
Some records and songs buzzing around in my head these days (I welcome their permanence in my brain). Train On The Island – Aldous Harding (2026) She seems to have a hundred different voices. Calming and refreshing at the same time. It also has clever, mind-boggling lyrics which are among those I’ve most enjoyed recently.… Continue reading
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Every Single Muscle – The Bug Club
We’re tired of being humans There are few humorous musicians able to convey their vision of the world with irony and intelligence through their music. And fewer even are musicians able to make you smile and laugh for the entirety of a record. The Bug Club are such musicians and their exuberance is enough to… Continue reading
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