The newest offering from Brooklyn’s hardest-working psychedelic garage noise punk band ICE BALLOONS features guest noise-makers DANI MILLER (SURFBORT) and GISELLE REIBER
1974’s Up For The Down Stroke was where Parliament’s career really took off
seemingly on metal bowls before upping the tempo with a danceable snare patter which allows Simms to deploy some grotty guitar licks over a mass of unhappy electronics from Lewis and Thighpaulsandra
and the use of sampler and voice samplings are maybe slightly more dominant here than on Ministry´s releases (which of course also feature heavy use of samplings)
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JACKSON C. FRANK - s/t LP prog The newest offering from Brooklyn’sHighly recommended. Jackson C. Franks eponymous album is the embodiment of folk legend. Issued in late 1965 on the UK Columbia label, it was for many years more famous for its producer (Paul Simon) and the musicians who would go on to cover its songs (Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Sandy Denny) than for the hauntingly beautiful music contained inside. Franks backstory certainly adds to the legacy: born in Buffalo, New York, he used the settlement from a