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    Category: Folk

    kariti on dark-folk release ‘Covered Mirrors’, words and music, the first person in lower case, Soviet composers, modern tragedies, and cats.

    kariti released the dark-folk LP ‘Covered Mirrors’ a while back and we really liked it: nine tracks that are slow, deliberate – perhaps you could even say… Read more “kariti on dark-folk release ‘Covered Mirrors’, words and music, the first person in lower case, Soviet composers, modern tragedies, and cats.”

    7th Apr 20227th Apr 2022 by oldmansmettle

    TOBIAS of GRENDEL’S SŸSTER on Jungian archetypes, New World culinary schisms, placing ‘Myrtle Wreath’ EP in the heavy metal canon, and why it’s never too late to be what you are, or to do what you love.

    Grendel’s Sÿster released Myrtle Wreath only a couple of years back – yes, just before everything started to go wrong – here at OMM we heard it… Read more “TOBIAS of GRENDEL’S SŸSTER on Jungian archetypes, New World culinary schisms, placing ‘Myrtle Wreath’ EP in the heavy metal canon, and why it’s never too late to be what you are, or to do what you love.”

    1st Jan 20221st Jan 2022 by oldmansmettle

    MATT HOWDEN of SIEBEN talks loop pedals, the power of nature, and the power of the live stream…

    Autumn, or the Fall, is here, and for those particularly connected with nature then you’ll no doubt be relishing the melancholia that the darker seasons foist upon… Read more “MATT HOWDEN of SIEBEN talks loop pedals, the power of nature, and the power of the live stream…”

    6th Oct 20217th Oct 2021 by oldmansmettle

    Midgaars of LUGUBRUM TRIO on home-brew carrot beer, maintaining artistic naivety, outsider-ism, clawhammer banjo, monumental toilet rituals, and recording new album ‘BRUYNE KROON’.

    If you like the work of artists who have either a healthy disdain for their instruments, or wade into them in the same way as would an… Read more “Midgaars of LUGUBRUM TRIO on home-brew carrot beer, maintaining artistic naivety, outsider-ism, clawhammer banjo, monumental toilet rituals, and recording new album ‘BRUYNE KROON’.”

    1st May 202130th Jan 2022 by oldmansmettle

    COUNT BEETLE on playing the Dark Folk of the Ozarks…

    Count Beetle have been knocking out dark, weird folk for two and a half decades. And yes we know that ‘weird folk’ is an actual genre –… Read more “COUNT BEETLE on playing the Dark Folk of the Ozarks…”

    1st Apr 202127th May 2021 by oldmansmettle

    TONY WAKEFORD of CRISIS and SOL INVICTUS sticks the boot into 2020.

    Neofolk, the European musical genre of dark, romantic melancholic folk, has been around since the 80s, and Tony Wakeford is prolific across many of its interconnected bands… Read more “TONY WAKEFORD of CRISIS and SOL INVICTUS sticks the boot into 2020.”

    14th Oct 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    NICK SALOMAN of BEVIS FROND talks lockdown, songwriting, QPR and Br*x*t

    Cult psyche / spacerock / folk / acoustic songwriting genius Nick Saloman talks to lifelong fan Swag about his very English lockdown, some of his favourite bands,… Read more “NICK SALOMAN of BEVIS FROND talks lockdown, songwriting, QPR and Br*x*t”

    6th Oct 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    Farewell Tim Smith of THE CARDIACS

    Yesterday I had a text from an old mate to tell me that Tim Smith, lead singer and genius composer for English nutcases The Cardiacs had sadly… Read more “Farewell Tim Smith of THE CARDIACS”

    23rd Jul 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle
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