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The current sound of Norway's Green Carnation is a marriage of classic prog rock and characteristically Scandinavian influences, from black metal and dark folk to art rock. The band are veterans in the truest sense, having formed in the 90's, and have arrived at this sound after decades of refinement. They are one of the shining stars of this scene, having never abandoned symphonic scope or technical depth of writing, even when straying far from their original sound
15 Sept 2026
A Julian Cope Primmer
Erupting into the mainstream on February 19th 1981, The Teardrop Explodes’ debut ‘Top of the Pops’ television performance featuring their brassy, bouncy hit ‘Reward’ is to this day probably the moment from which most people recall Julian Cope. If your image of Julian remains that of an earnest young budding pop star sporting a fleece-collared flying jacket and a shaggy bowlcut of shoulder-length tresses, if you failed to maintain pace with his entry into the cosmos, if you dismissively describe him (as I’ve seen thereabouts) as “a Smash Hits pin-up”, you have one hell of a lot of catching up to do. Musique Machine have tasked me with leading their readers through the psychedelic jungle and beyond, here, and I have to say that Julian probably merits the ‘beginners’ guide to’ / ‘recommended records’ treatment more than just about any other artist in the music sphere, at least in terms of how public perception and the ‘reality’ (if such a word is appropriate in this extreme case) have a near-unbridgeable gulf.
10 Sept 2026
From the early 1970s, The Double blends piecing-it-together mystery, romantic drama, and low-key Giallo, with moments of nudity & bloody death. It features a shifting back-and-forth-through-time structure and a steadily warping & paranoid unfolding that leaves you unsure what is real & what is not. Here from Radiance- both in the UK and Stateside- is a Blu-ray release of the film, with extras featuring input from respected genre experts Tim Lucas & Stephen Thrower.
Ten Women In Black is an early-1960s Japanese film that blends drama, crime plotting, dark-at-times satirical comedy, with a sprinkling of ghostly encounters. It regards a suave/ hansom TV producer who has nine mistresses and one wife, and when they become aware of each other, they plan murder, but it’s not as simple or easy as they thought it would be. Here from Radiance, both in the UK and stateside, is a Blu-ray featuring a 4k scan and a selection of new and archival extras.
6YPAH — Prozorno Mesto
11 Sept 2026Twelve Thousand Days — As The Moon Draws The Tide
11 Sept 2026Contrastate — Seven Flies Feeding Inside The Tears Of A Woman’s Eye
11 Sept 2026GAME — GAME( Blu- Ray)
10 Sept 2026TWO DOGS — People Do Strange Things
10 Sept 2026The War Game — The War Game( UHD, Blu Ray, & book set)
9 Sept 2026Støvfigur — Støvfigur
9 Sept 2026White Sun of the Desert — White Sun of the Desert( DVD)
8 Sept 2026
Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere Interview
Early this year, the band released their most recent album Theta 7, on Discus Music-which is sadly to be their last. Band leader Martin Archer kindly agreed to give us an email interview, discussing the project's history & why they’ve decided to call it a day.
Vacant Align Interview
Active since October 2025, Wisconsin’s Vacant Align is one of the more atmospheric and texturally inventive wall noise projects to appear in some time. It’s a project that takes its time in releasing work, and you can certainly hear it, as each of their releases so far is a perfectly crafted blend of expressive and engaging textures. Behind the project is John Engman, who very kindly agreed to give us an email interview
Jasper Sharp interview
In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.
King Futile Interview
King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.
