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Himmelskip - Salongrifle (Die With Your Boots On)
"the boys get busy with some melancholic lone riding Americana, which then proceeds to flirt shamelessly between spaghetti western soundtrack and thinking rather than head banging rock."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 202 min read


Brandon De La Cruz - New Signs (Self Release)
"slightly more urgent acoustic guitar work threads its way through the impeccably detailed psychoactive electronica that melts just above the song and then drips through every note and word."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 162 min read


John Swanke - Horizon Lines (Bud Tapes)
insistent acoustic motifs twist in on themselves, hypnotising all those within earshot before fading out to let the drone have its moment in the sun and show off it's lysergic charm.
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 42 min read


Max Knouse - Chimpmunk'd Away (Jealous Butcher)
“Chrysanthemum” goes all suitably flower power, paving the way with petals for the title track’s creamy acid-folk
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 32 min read


Max Knouse - Chipmunk'd Away (Jealous Butcher)
Knouse adopts a similar laidback approach to his guitar playing, ambling along seemingly lost in thought most of the time, occasionally upping the intensity and form to accentuate his vocals when he feels like it.
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 41 min read


Various Artists - Les Caravanes (Self Release)
he’s just released this eye opening snapshot of the British folk underground, and when I say underground I mean it.
The Slow Music Movement
May 192 min read


there is only - there is only (Self Release)
Just as you think he might be laying his hat in more folky terrain he's off on an electroacoustic, voyage full of precision placed and played micro-sounds that gives folktronica a cosmic Americana injection
The Slow Music Movement
May 152 min read


Larum - The Music of Hildegard von Bingen Part Two (Puremagnetic)
Medieval abbess, theologian, mystic, polymath and 12th century composer Hildegard von Bingen, and highlight how timeless and useful her ideas and techniques still are
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 222 min read


The Slow Music Movement Radio Show #83
The Slow Music Movement Radio Show is back after a seven month hiatus, and about time too....
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 112 min read


Aux Meadows - Draw Near (Eiderdown)
drift off into deeper ambient reflection, lonesome six string laments, pleasantly distorted ambient guitar and genteel acoustic folk,
The Slow Music Movement
Mar 181 min read


Cr&m - Always sad in November (Crampersand)
The guitars lay down a good natured folk vibe which slowly gets consumed by the cosmic electronica on it's quest to reach a higher plain
The Slow Music Movement
Feb 261 min read


Trinelise Vaering - I've Outgrown Kandinsky (Word for Word)
On its own the lyrical content and vocal depths might have been enough, but fortuitously it's also the most psychedelic track on the LP.
The Slow Music Movement
Feb 52 min read


France, You're on Your Own - Focus on Me (Self Release)
Sounding like a Daily Mail headline or Faragian sound bite, the intriguingly named France, You're on Your Own are Liverpool based Mayan...
The Slow Music Movement
Jan 311 min read


Sam Amidon - Salt River (River Lea)
The three singles suggested the LP would be some sort of cosmic acid-folk affair, so I wasn’t anticipating this wild ride
The Slow Music Movement
Jan 281 min read


Steven R. Smith - Triecade (Worstward)
"hit play on this astrally inclined voyage into psychedelic folk rock realms."
The Slow Music Movement
Jan 141 min read


Blue John - Grain (Self Release)
if thoughtful folk rock is your thing then you need to get with the program. I'm certainly now following with interest.
The Slow Music Movement
Nov 23, 20241 min read


Rafters - Forza!
It's some freaky folk fusion that sounds like loads of things and not much at all.
The Slow Music Movement
Nov 23, 20241 min read


Various Artists - Everything Above The Sky, Astral Travelling w/ Luke Una (Warm)
acid-folk and cosmic minimal wonder.
The Slow Music Movement
Nov 19, 20242 min read


John Roseboro - Fools (Public Confession Art House)
Roseboro started popping out some pretty idiosyncratic singer songwriting in 2021, which on quick appraisal is remarkable for its lack...
The Slow Music Movement
Oct 11, 20241 min read


more eaze - lacuna and parlor (Mondoj) + Prairiewolf return
Ambient Americana jostles with post classical courtesy of more eaze, and your favourite schmaltzy stoner folk trio are back.
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 24, 20242 min read


maya ongaku - Electronic Phantoms (Guruguru Brain)
Dance music though, as with all things, is relative so don’t expect to be stage diving and staggering bloodied from a mosh pit at a show
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 1, 20241 min read


Elkhorn - The Red Valley (VHF)
Coming on strong at the start to sort out the heads from the chino wearers before gradually mellowing & becoming more mystical as it evolves
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 15, 20241 min read


Lyle de Vitry - Door Within A Dream (Self Release)
where he captures the sounds of the local landscape to add a bucolic dimension to his soft edged folk sound.
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 4, 20242 min read


Michael Morley - Pushed Streets (Thin Wrist)
he deconstructs & repurposes his influences into disjointed, dishevelled bedroom blues over which he holds court.
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 13, 20243 min read
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