Melt Banana - 3+5Presenting 3+5, the long awaited eighth album from Tokyo based noise rockers Melt Banana on their own A Zap label! The album showcases the duos visionary musical approach and extraordinary abilities as performers: Yasuko Onukis giddy, hyperactive vocalizing and Ichiro Agatas glitchy, cyberpunk guitar, delivered at dizzying speed, bathed in aggressive electronic sounds. Their aesthetic approach is exultantly experimental, fusing diverse genres imbued

‘Moondust For My Diamond’ moves into a more natural visual and sonic palette

Available on indies-only metallic blue vinyl and as a Dinked Edition

'Life In The Jungle' is a fever dream of imperialist wartime fantasy projection

These sessions found Monk in a relaxed mood that led to some of his most thoughtful and moving playing

Rock had nothing higher to offer

where soundscapes bleed into vocals and songs take you on journeys into roads unexplored

but the full-blown blue-eyed soul of Young Americans came as a shock

Paul Rosenberg

Blues For Baby And Me5

‘Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You’ presents simply

Harry Beckett’s Flare Up (1970) is a much talked about and sought-after album from an artist and composer who had a six-decade career in jazz

vocalist Cynthia Sley deploys a shuddering power over the album’s careening five tracks