XQUI – ‘Twenties’
❉ A carefully constructed, intelligent and mature work from a musician very much in control of his art…
Articles by Stuart Douglas
‘Half Dove – Half Pigeon’: Track by Track with Micko Westmoreland
❉ Micko & The Mellotronics’ head honcho gives us a song-by-song breakdown of their new album.
Fantastic Voyage: Kieran Mahon – ‘Eternal Return’
❉ This is a fascinating evolution of the Sussex-based electronica musician’s sound, writes Stuart Douglas.
Byzantium: ‘Halfway Dreaming’
❉ Stuart Douglas on Cherry Red’s definitive document of the forgotten English prog pop band.
J Mascis: ‘Fed Up and Feeling Strange (Live and in Person, 1993-1998)’
❉ A trio of live sets where the Dinosaur Jr frontman successfully tripped familiar songs to their bare bones.
Salvatore Mercatante: ‘The Foundations Of Eternal Sin’
❉ New York synth maestro takes the listener on a series of gentle slides into the darkness…
Micko and the Mellotronics – ‘½ Dove ½ Pigeon’
❉ The redoubtable Mr Westmoreland has constructed a series of arty, spiky, clever songs.
‘A Year In The Country: The Quietened Dream Palace’
❉ A set of tracks rooted in real world experience, but which still manage to reach out and touch the unreal and the ethereal.