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by Swans (CD £21.99)
I was fortunate enough to see Swans live twice on their last tour and they totally blew me away. I don’t think I’ve seen such an intense, powerful, absorbing band in my life. In short they had you by the balls until the end of show (then you had to waddle home all mind blown). Truly amaz …read full review.
by Bi (7" £4.89)
While Black Dice goes from strength to strength (and many critics continue to fail to “get” it), Eric Copeland’s non-BD output has been becoming increasingly intriguing of late as well, as he delves into weird submerged wonky ‘60s-inspired pop. His last 7” was totall …read full review.
by Padang Food Tigers (LP £14.49)
Ah, this is too lovely and fragile a record to be reviewing in the office with the clacking of keyboards and the skkkkrking of tape guns and the roar of knives against corrugated cardboard to accompany it, but sadly that’s what I must attempt right now.What’s happening here is a spa …read full review.
by Windy & Carl (12" £16.49)
Get your drone on! Windy & Carl are back in the house with a new very limited RSD 12” featuring four tracks of their marvellously deep, melodic swells of tone and hiss. These two do this kind of stuff consistently wonderfully and this long EP/mini-album/12” gets straight to the po …read full review.
by Ariel Pink & R. Stevie Moore (Tape £5.89)
Not too long ago we got in a 7” from this inter-generational oddball pairing of Ariel Pink and R Stevie Moore and it was much more accessible than expected, but I still wasn’t sure how this would translate to a 20-song album, and whether their experimental sides would get the better of t …read full review.
by Heidi Harris (CD £6.59)
Another Female Brooklyn resident and prodigy here, the lovely Heidi Harris. Her last UK-released collection was only a few weeks ago and now Reverb Worship unleash a second long playing instalment of her little-known work from last year, previously only seen online as far as I’m aware.This …read full review.
by Tropical Trash (7" £5.89)
Holy shit, where did these guys appear from? On this 7” Tropical Trash are here to fuck with your mind with some amazing psychotic slow punk jams. On the first side there’s a single lengthy track, ‘Baltimore’, with a lean, crunchy, Shellac-esque riff rubbing awkwardly ag …read full review.
by Taskerlands (CD £9.99)
Time Released Sound are known for the sheer attention to detail they put into their limited CD releases, and this one has been put out in a mega-limited “chocolate box” 2x3” CD edition which we’re still not sure if we’ll be able to even get a hold of. We’ve def …read full review.
by Dope Body (CD £10.69, LP £12.09)
Ooh, I’m not familiar with Dope Body but one track in and this CD has already reminded me of Floor, Shellac and Bitch Magnet with intro ‘Shook’’s malevolent doomy vibes. They do a bit of a u-turn after that, though, switching to lively, visceral dance punk styles in the sec …read full review.
by The See See (CD £7.69, LP £8.99)
The See See are one of those psych-pop bands who are totally in thrall to bands of the ‘60s like The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Who, 13th Floor Elevators, and just about anything from the Nuggets compilations …read full review.
by Led Er Est (10" £12.39)
I have to admit my ignorance here and say this is the first Led Er Est record I’m aware of listening to. Yeah, I know they’ve been going for a while but it’s hard to listen to everything. The opening track’s totally awesome techno-leaning electronic type stuff. There’ …read full review.
by White Fence (7" £3.49)
The wildly prolific White Fence are back with a new 7”, since a double album of their own and a collab LP with Ty Segall just wasn’t enough for one month. Anyway, on the first side of this single they’re rocking a couple of tracks of tinny ‘60s-style psych-garage-pop type s …read full review.
by Lungfish (LP £9.79, CD £9.09)
Lungfish are a band who never really fit into any kind of “scene”. Locking into their sensuous repeato grooves with pagan psych vibes over which Dan Higgs would recite his wizardy rants, they always seemed kind of out of place on Dischord with all those spiky, exuberant punk kids, but t …read full review.
by Geese (LP £10.89)
The covers from this new Geese record are pretty sweet two-coloured screenprinted affairs with a kind of “Are you OK?” plaque on the back cover. On the record we’ve got some weird psychedelic pop from reliable weirdos Geese, with summery grooves, occasional nice high gain guitar …read full review.
by Laurel Halo (LP £10.29, CD £11.19)
Once again Hyperdub prove they're leading the charge against mediocrity both in contemporary club music and the softer, more introspective sounds of the underground. The rippling calm and strange spacious aural cosmos this talented Brooklyn songstress evokes is nothing less that breathtaking on …read full review.
by Bong (CD £9.39)
Well, this is about as doomy as they come, as you might imagine from a band called Bong. If this wasn’t slow music made by people who smoke a shitload of weed then you would be disappointed and want your money back, right? Weirdly enough, I’m almost certain I’ve seen these guys …read full review.
by Mac Demarco (LP £11.69, CD £9.59)
Firstly get the boy some make up lessons. What a state he’s got himself in on the sleeve of his debut 12”. Titles like ‘Rock and Roll Night Club’ and ‘Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans’ suggest some kind of ‘70s denim nightmare but this is really good. He …read full review.
by The Trypes (LP £14.69)
Dear God, from which deep dark recess did this spring from? I had this on a scratty tape someone kindly did for me right in the midst of my Feelies obsession back in ‘80-something-or-other. More truthfully, I had 4 of these tracks plus the unbelievable ‘A Plan, Revised’ on some …read full review.
by Volcano The Bear (LP £15.59, CD £11.89)
My unique selling point here at Norman Towers is my ability and willingness to review records nonstop for indefinite periods of time, and yet sometimes a band is so uncategorisable that it’s pretty much impossible to encapsulate their essence in a couple of paragraphs of pearly prose.Volc …read full review.
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