Various - Under The BridgeA compilation of new songs. An essential purchase for all fans of Sarah Records. The bands on this compilation were all on Sarah Records, or have key members whose bands were on that label. There are some names youll recognise: The Orchids, The Wake, Even As We Speak, where line ups have remained relatively unchanged. And there are newer groups: Jetstream Pony (ex Aberdeen), The Catenary Wires (ex Heavenly), Soundwire (ex The Sweetest Ache), where

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Head lip Wayne Coyne compounds the band's penchant for psychedelic freak-outs with a symphonic extravaganza

Perhaps the most puzzling aspect of Requiem comes with the closing track ‰ÛÏUbuntu‰۝

At The Border

The album’s centrepiece is undoubtedly the iconic

Those familiar with her harmonic counterpoint from her time in Thee Oh Sees or in OCS know she can belt as well as lullaby but there’s a fresh and smolderingly heavy swing in her step on display here that we mightily dig

The Black Angels

more prog-based sound and a true reflection of their much-praised live sound

Recorded in Stinson Beach

as did a short songwriting pause

Fields is proving yet again that he’s “still got it”

”Silver Apples… a beautiful and mysterious artifact