★Eclectic Records
Don't Fuck With the Apocalypse
I love Sonic Youth. I’ll just get that out of the way to start with. And with said love comes a desire to delve in to the side projects, ideas and activities of each band member. I want to trawl record stores for their SYR releases, I want to try and pretend I understand Ranaldo’s Text of Light stuff, and I want to check out everything released by Ecstatic Peace! I first saw Black Helicopter back in March at SXSW. I enjoyed their set, but they didn’t blow me away. The band are from Boston. D…
Bill Fay
Bill Fay's first, originally released in 1970 on Deram Nova; this is presumably the same 2005 24-bit remaster from original tapes as Eclectic used, with 2 bonus tracks from his staggeringly great1967(!) single, new liner notes by Mark Powell , etc. Very well done. Bill Fay is an enigmatic UK based singer, songwriter and pianist whose work is impossible to categorise. His late '60s and early '70s work has a strong cult following, is highly regarded by many music journalists and is dark and haunti…