monthly revelations (july)

album Ingo J Biermann und Jan Bang on two hot contenders for your year’s end lists: Ed O’Briens „Blue Morpho“ and „Mattias de Craene & Black Koyo“ film „16, Lovers Lane“ (a Go-Betweens documentary) prose Graeme Thomson: In Another World – The Four Seasons of Talk Talk talk Ingo J Biermann und Stephan Schoenholtz im Gespräch mit Dag Johan Haugerud radio „Die ECM-Jahre von Steve Tibbetts und die „Klanghorizonte“ vom Mai 2026“ television Sarah Dempster on „Criminal Record (2)“ archive Tom Pinnock on a timeless, oracular milestone from 1979: „This Heat“ („This Heat ended up being called post-punk for lack of any better options, and though their music has many of the now-familiar hallmarks of that genre — a heavy dub influence, a fascination with the streamlined metaphysics of German kosmische bands, particularly Can, and complex, heady concepts communicated via primeval methods – it still stands apart, with something alien and unnamable at its core.“ (R. Jackson, Aquarium Drunkard)