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@acloudtotheback.bsky.socialReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialSome weekend review reading from me on @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialBad Apples https://freq.org.uk/reviews/bad-apples/ In a moment of darkly comic madness, a primary school teacher gets so frustrated with the one endlessly disruptive pupil in her class that she decides to lock him up in her basement until either he calms down […]
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialVerity https://freq.org.uk/reviews/verity/ In this hackneyed psychological thriller, a struggling writer (Dakota Johnson) is contracted to complete the latest novel by a reclusive bestselling author (Anne Hathaway) following her mysterious accident. But when […]
@freqzine.bsky.social@acloudtotheback.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/antietam-counting/ Stitched together with lots of intricate instrumental details and vocal layers.. reveals its shrewdly crafted strengths over successive spins, to make it one of Antietam’s most adventurous.. LPs @taralkey.bsky.social #musicreview
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialOther Mommy https://freq.org.uk/reviews/other-mommy/ Jessica Chastain plucks malevolently on her apron strings in a dual role as both goodie and baddie in this one-line pitch of a horror movie about a mother fighting off a supernatural being who competes for […]
@freqzine.bsky.social@stoatie.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/creep-tapes-season-two/ After a long, hot year of Other Months, Spooptober is finally upon us, and what better way to celebrate this spoopiest of seasons than with season two of The Creep Tapes via @shudder.com #horror #bluray #tvreview
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialSplitsville https://freq.org.uk/reviews/films/splitsville/ An open marriage turns out to be more closed than its participants thought when a third wheel screws himself on to their conjoined chassis in this refreshingly sophisticated sex comedy. With gleefully […]
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialRothko – Have Tea-Clean Room-Leave https://freq.org.uk/reviews/rothko-have-tea/ ..thanks to the enthusiasm of Rothko's Mark Beazley, a collection of the poems has been given suitable soundscape backings and with that the opportunity to escape back into the […]
@acloudtotheback.bsky.socialReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialMy thoughts on the latest @kristinhersh.bsky.social solo album for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
@freqzine.bsky.social@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/wolf... Asylum Variations shows no retread of the previous album, but a full-on evolution of what was laid down before, that familiar disaffected voice strung between the splashy synthesis and pedal-pawed bite. #wolfgangpress #musicreview
@freqzine.bsky.socialfreq.org.uk/reviews/hersh-sugar/ @acloudtotheback.bsky.social ...patience reveals the record’s genuinely rewarding virtues via the divergent matrices of its aforementioned arrangements, even if its significance in the wider canon will take a little longer... @kristinhersh.bsky.social #musicreview
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialResident Evil https://freq.org.uk/reviews/resident-evil/ Following the brilliant Barbarian and the even better Weapons, comedian-turned-filmmaker Zach Cregger completes a horror hat-trick by stamping his directorial personality all over this tense and […]
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialKirsten Sym Undectet – Somehow It Will Be https://freq.org.uk/reviews/kirsten-sym-undectet-somehow-it-will-be/ It is quite a brave thing to put together an eleven-piece ensemble for your first solo outing, but composer and accordionist Kirsten Symczycz has […]
@woodfordhalse.bandcamp.comReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialThanks @freqzine.bsky.social and @acloudtotheback.bsky.social for this lovely review of Grey Maplin’s Our Eyes Are Filled with Moss. Name checks for TMC, DCD and TG sounds good to me!
@acloudtotheback.bsky.socialReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialICYMI: My still-fresh drone-themed review bundle for @freqzine.bsky.social⤵️
@acloudtotheback.bsky.socialReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialIt's all about the drones in my freshest @freqzine.bsky.social review bundle...⤵️
@freqzine.bsky.social@acloudtotheback.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/drones-2026/ the artists.. draw their strength from such sonic æther funnelling, both consciously and subliminally. @krankyltd.bsky.social @woodfordhalse.bandcamp.com @12xurecs.bsky.social @theleaflibrary.bsky.social @wiaiwya.bsky.social #musicreview
@freqzine.bsky.social@michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/faus... #faust has always been a fluid exploration.. now some fifty+ years later, the scattered survivors have penned four independent albums that celebrate what each brings to the unfathomable sum of its parts #musicreview @bureaub.bsky.social
@freqzine.bsky.socialfreq.org.uk/reviews/black-editions-2026-2/ Hopefully having garnered some interest from the Japanese psych-ly inclined hordes, Black Editions are here probably more about the business of shedding light on the weirder and less legendary pieces. #japanese #underground #psychedelic #musicreview
@freq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @freqzine.bsky.socialAl Swainger’s Pointless Beauty – Impure Imagination https://freq.org.uk/reviews/al-swainger-impure/ ..is perhaps the most personal yet, using the extraordinary mix of soundtrack vibes, funky jazz groove and introspective piano to explore what it means to love […]
