HW: Mention in the albany metroland

Scruton, Jason Jason.Scruton at DFA.STATE.NY.US
Thu Feb 13 11:04:56 EST 2003


IN the record reviews:

"Those lovably, furry, science fiction addled English hippy rockers Hawkwind
have cas an impressively long shadow over contemporary rock, electronic, and
ritual trance music since their early-70s heydya, when they regularly
pplayed free shows under highway bridges and outside the gates of European
rock festivals, scoring an improbable UK hit with "Silver Machine"
(featuring none other than Lemmy Kilmister, later of Motorhead, on lead
vocals). While the current cultural impact of the Hawks' music starships's
wanderings have been diluted over the past five years or so by squabbling
between rival alumni camps (one headed by guitarist Dave Brock, one by
saxman Nik Turner), there's no shortage of guitar-and-ynthesizer wielding
groups stepping forward to fill the blanga-sphere with choice
smash-and-bash-flavoroed trance and space rock."
Review goes on to say "yay", in more words, about ST37's "Down on Us" ad
Southkill's self-titled disc. On the latter: "Southkill cut right to the
heart of Ahwakwind's seminal sound, distilling the grind and groove of a
lockstep-tight guitar-and-drum tandem into a fine, potent musical brew,
equally suitable for meditation or marauding, depending on your mood."

a lot of hyphens in this review. Odd.



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