Freq
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www.freq.org.uk - a magazine about music, film and more online since April 1998
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Trond Kallevåg – Minnesota https://freq.org.uk/reviews/trond-kallevag-minnesota/ ..ruminates in the relationship between Norway and the United States, particularly on the flow of migrants in the nineteenth century. Having spent some time on the remote island […]
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December 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Trond Kallevåg – Minnesota https://freq.org.uk/reviews/trond-kallevag-minnesota/ ..ruminates in the relationship between Norway and the United States, particularly on the flow of migrants in the nineteenth century. Having spent some time on the remote island […]
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Alex Marker and Ben Reed – Impostor Syndrome https://freq.org.uk/reviews/marker-reed-impostor/ Whilst the arrestingly cheesy-peculiar front cover .. is rather offputtingly redolent of something you might easily flick past in a car boot sale crate of […]
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December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Alex Marker and Ben Reed – Impostor Syndrome https://freq.org.uk/reviews/marker-reed-impostor/ Whilst the arrestingly cheesy-peculiar front cover .. is rather offputtingly redolent of something you might easily flick past in a car boot sale crate of […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Sondre Moshagen Lightning Trio – Lightning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sondre-moshagen-lightning-trio-lightning/ ...although ostensibly #jazz, the pieces recorded here run through a real mix of styles from light impressionism to dramatic rhythmic workouts. #musicreview
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sondre Moshagen Lightning Trio – Lightning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sondre-moshagen-lightning-trio-lightning/ ...although ostensibly #jazz, the pieces recorded here run through a real mix of styles from light impressionism to dramatic rhythmic workouts. #musicreview
Matt Pond PA interviewed and Several Arrows Later at twenty: “I wouldn’t trade lives with anyone — this is who I am” https://freq.org.uk/reviews/matt-pond-pa-interview/ Both a revolving door group and a single-minded mission, Matt Pond PA .. the […]
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December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Matt Pond PA interviewed and Several Arrows Later at twenty: “I wouldn’t trade lives with anyone — this is who I am” https://freq.org.uk/reviews/matt-pond-pa-interview/ Both a revolving door group and a single-minded mission, Matt Pond PA .. the […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Ivar Grydeland – Bøyning, Brytning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/ivar-grydeland-boyning-brytning/ Utilising, electric, #pedalsteel and Portuguese guitars along with electronics, his sparse, diffuse sounds evoke the lull of the surface and the mystery of the depths. #musicreview
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ivar Grydeland – Bøyning, Brytning https://freq.org.uk/reviews/ivar-grydeland-boyning-brytning/ Utilising, electric, #pedalsteel and Portuguese guitars along with electronics, his sparse, diffuse sounds evoke the lull of the surface and the mystery of the depths. #musicreview
Aksak Maboul – Before Aksak Maboul (Documents and Experiments 1969-1977) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/before-aksak-maboul/ It is absolutely great that these pieces have found the light of day after all these years and is an essential addition to what is a […]
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December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Aksak Maboul – Before Aksak Maboul (Documents and Experiments 1969-1977) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/before-aksak-maboul/ It is absolutely great that these pieces have found the light of day after all these years and is an essential addition to what is a […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Malpertuis https://freq.org.uk/reviews/malpertuis/ With #cosmichorror having made something of a sly comeback in recent years.. there’s never been a better time to immerse yourself in the secrets of this strange, physics-and-architecture-defying house and its […]
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December 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Malpertuis https://freq.org.uk/reviews/malpertuis/ With #cosmichorror having made something of a sly comeback in recent years.. there’s never been a better time to immerse yourself in the secrets of this strange, physics-and-architecture-defying house and its […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Wreckless Eric – England Screaming https://freq.org.uk/reviews/wreckless-eric-england-screaming/ ...an acute observation of a time in this country when things seemed remarkably bleak; but it doesn't jeer or harass, just observes and reports. It just so […]
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December 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Wreckless Eric – England Screaming https://freq.org.uk/reviews/wreckless-eric-england-screaming/ ...an acute observation of a time in this country when things seemed remarkably bleak; but it doesn't jeer or harass, just observes and reports. It just so […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Clock DVA – White Souls In Black Suits https://freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-white-souls-in-black-suits/ ... a solid slice of guitar / synth graze, psychologically skewered on Adi’s impassioned delivery ...White Souls In Black Suits is a welcome #clockdva […]
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December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Clock DVA – White Souls In Black Suits https://freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-white-souls-in-black-suits/ ... a solid slice of guitar / synth graze, psychologically skewered on Adi’s impassioned delivery ...White Souls In Black Suits is a welcome #clockdva […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Black Mound Sound Lab label showcase – Dark Star Light Star / Don Mandarin / Philip Gibbs / Tit Whistle and Broom (live at The Exchange) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/black-mound-sound-lab/ Paul Horlick has long been one of the of the most influential people on […]
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December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Black Mound Sound Lab label showcase – Dark Star Light Star / Don Mandarin / Philip Gibbs / Tit Whistle and Broom (live at The Exchange) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/black-mound-sound-lab/ Paul Horlick has long been one of the of the most influential people on […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Jay Kelly https://freq.org.uk/reviews/jay-kelly/ Noah Baumbach invokes the self-reflexive spirits of all the great directors who’ve made movies about making movies with this great-looking but languorous and elementally compromised comedy-drama that follows a […]
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December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Jay Kelly https://freq.org.uk/reviews/jay-kelly/ Noah Baumbach invokes the self-reflexive spirits of all the great directors who’ve made movies about making movies with this great-looking but languorous and elementally compromised comedy-drama that follows a […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Possession https://freq.org.uk/reviews/films/possession/ To be fair, you can see why this film would have been annoying / perplexing to reviewers back in 1981, and many of those issues remain. It is genre-(and gender-)bending in every way. Is it a […]
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December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Possession https://freq.org.uk/reviews/films/possession/ To be fair, you can see why this film would have been annoying / perplexing to reviewers back in 1981, and many of those issues remain. It is genre-(and gender-)bending in every way. Is it a […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Ghost Nation https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-besnard-lakes-the-besnard-lakes-are-the-ghost-nation/ ...really does come with a wave of enthusiasm as he and the band welcome you again into their dream-like world […]
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December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Ghost Nation https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-besnard-lakes-the-besnard-lakes-are-the-ghost-nation/ ...really does come with a wave of enthusiasm as he and the band welcome you again into their dream-like world […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Matt Howden and Keith Howden – Language For Stone https://freq.org.uk/reviews/matt-howden-and-keith-howden-language-for-stone/ Keith's voice is from that landscape, and his love of the outdoors comes through in the warm northern English tones; but the […]
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December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Matt Howden and Keith Howden – Language For Stone https://freq.org.uk/reviews/matt-howden-and-keith-howden-language-for-stone/ Keith's voice is from that landscape, and his love of the outdoors comes through in the warm northern English tones; but the […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Tulpa – Monster Of The Week https://freq.org.uk/reviews/tulpa-monster-of-the-week/ after a snaky Sebadoh-infused instrumental prologue to usher us in (“Theme”), we’re firmly thrust into a series of tune-stuffed songs, with Josie’s magnetic vocals pulling […]
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December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tulpa – Monster Of The Week https://freq.org.uk/reviews/tulpa-monster-of-the-week/ after a snaky Sebadoh-infused instrumental prologue to usher us in (“Theme”), we’re firmly thrust into a series of tune-stuffed songs, with Josie’s magnetic vocals pulling […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Ravage – Ravage https://freq.org.uk/reviews/ravage-ravage/ ...create their own soundworld that turns its back on classical and folk for the most part and beats the strings into gnarled new shapes. Momentum appears from nowhere and the soar of one #violin and […]
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December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ravage – Ravage https://freq.org.uk/reviews/ravage-ravage/ ...create their own soundworld that turns its back on classical and folk for the most part and beats the strings into gnarled new shapes. Momentum appears from nowhere and the soar of one #violin and […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Frostlake – Shattered Stone https://freq.org.uk/reviews/frostlake-shattered-stone/ Multi-instrumentalist Jan Todd's fourth album has Frostlake has her once again teaming up with Terry Todd to provide bass tones; but the addition of Andy Peake on piano has […]
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December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Frostlake – Shattered Stone https://freq.org.uk/reviews/frostlake-shattered-stone/ Multi-instrumentalist Jan Todd's fourth album has Frostlake has her once again teaming up with Terry Todd to provide bass tones; but the addition of Andy Peake on piano has […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Fuzzy Lights – Fen Creatures https://freq.org.uk/reviews/fuzzy-lights-fen-creatures/ Having recalibrated themselves somewhat with 2021’s towering epic Burials, Cambridge’s https://bsky.app/profile/fuzzylightsband.bsky.social return belatedly with the logical […]
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December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Fuzzy Lights – Fen Creatures https://freq.org.uk/reviews/fuzzy-lights-fen-creatures/ Having recalibrated themselves somewhat with 2021’s towering epic Burials, Cambridge’s https://bsky.app/profile/fuzzylightsband.bsky.social return belatedly with the logical […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Clock DVA / Ramleh (live at Signature Brew) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-ramleh-live-at-signature-brew/ There’s a falling spaceman on screen and you feel the helplessness in the sonic tumble of those sharpened melodics rush on over you. A […]
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December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Clock DVA / Ramleh (live at Signature Brew) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/clock-dva-ramleh-live-at-signature-brew/ There’s a falling spaceman on screen and you feel the helplessness in the sonic tumble of those sharpened melodics rush on over you. A […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Sven Wunder – Daybreak https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sven-wunder-daybreak/ Swedish composer Joel Danell has been trading under the name of Sven Wunder since 2019's Doğu Çiçekler (Eastern Flowers) and each release seems to refine his romantic take on widescreen […]
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November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sven Wunder – Daybreak https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sven-wunder-daybreak/ Swedish composer Joel Danell has been trading under the name of Sven Wunder since 2019's Doğu Çiçekler (Eastern Flowers) and each release seems to refine his romantic take on widescreen […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Isambard Khroustaliov and Ben Carey – Field Recordings From Other Constellations https://freq.org.uk/reviews/khroustaliov-carey/ An immediate ignition; a series of fluttering electronic sound signals arrival. The where is hard to spot as the constant chirrup […]
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November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Isambard Khroustaliov and Ben Carey – Field Recordings From Other Constellations https://freq.org.uk/reviews/khroustaliov-carey/ An immediate ignition; a series of fluttering electronic sound signals arrival. The where is hard to spot as the constant chirrup […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Will Glaser – Music Of The Terrazoku: Ethnographic Recordings From An Imagined Future https://freq.org.uk/reviews/will-glaser-music/ Terrazoku: an Earth tribe of the future brought into being by the climate apocalypse of the late twenty-first century; a […]
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November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Will Glaser – Music Of The Terrazoku: Ethnographic Recordings From An Imagined Future https://freq.org.uk/reviews/will-glaser-music/ Terrazoku: an Earth tribe of the future brought into being by the climate apocalypse of the late twenty-first century; a […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Tortoise / Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer (live at The Prospect Building) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/tortoise-live-2025/ ...those open-ended adventurers flew fiery from the start. Nevada(ry) soft focus they descend -- all desert twilights and snaky […]
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November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Tortoise / Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer (live at The Prospect Building) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/tortoise-live-2025/ ...those open-ended adventurers flew fiery from the start. Nevada(ry) soft focus they descend -- all desert twilights and snaky […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
The Sabres Of Paradise / Alex Knight (live at Strange Brew) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sabres-of-paradise-live-2025/ With four red lights and plenty of dry ice, the group in their sharp suits and nonchalant swagger looked like a dissolute Rat Pack, each […]
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November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Sabres Of Paradise / Alex Knight (live at Strange Brew) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sabres-of-paradise-live-2025/ With four red lights and plenty of dry ice, the group in their sharp suits and nonchalant swagger looked like a dissolute Rat Pack, each […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
Frankenstein https://freq.org.uk/reviews/frankenstein-2025/ Rather than shocking new life into a familiar legend, respectable horror nerd Guillermo del Toro pores over Mary Shelley’s seminal science fiction masterpiece with the studious attention of a […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Frankenstein https://freq.org.uk/reviews/frankenstein-2025/ Rather than shocking new life into a familiar legend, respectable horror nerd Guillermo del Toro pores over Mary Shelley’s seminal science fiction masterpiece with the studious attention of a […]
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[Original post on mastodon.social]