Can we really recommend a Hare Krishna rock band? Hell yes. Prince Rama are Brooklyn hippiester types who were raised on a Hare Krishna commune in Florida. These guys are the real deal but without too much of the real, chanty, repetitive deal (ahem, this stuff) that sticks in your head for days. Prince Rama’s music is drowned in so much delay and distortion that you forget which god they are clanging for anyway. Two gigs over twice nights: Tusk, Carbuncle and Salamander bring the Rama-lama-ding-dong to Mojo’s; whilst Usurpers of Modern Medicine, Gulls and Erasers deliver a lovin’ spoonful as Prince Rama’s city sidekicks.
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Uku Kuut, ‘Visions of Estonia’...On Visions of Estonia, Uku produces a mad blend of funk and soft jazz. Written and recorded at his home studio in Los Angeles and Stockholm between...
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Actress, ‘R.I.P’As rough as the sound of a thousand ladies having their nails filed and as warped as DJ Screw on a sizzurp-fuelled bender, Actress’ R.I.P....
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Happy New Year, ‘Happy New Year’...New York via Brisbane’s Happy New Year’s new self titled LP on French label Svn Sns fits tightly into the current wave of black-widow-esque...