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This is easy to describe, more difficult to appreciate. Twenty vignettes of Asian music from Hong Kong, Korea, and other points along the Ring of Fire. The sound is that unique blend of Eastern tonalities and Western structures and instrumentation (and sometimes vice-versa) – it’s quite the cliché, and quite engaging if you have an open mind. Don’t know what I can say beyond that… exotic and intriguing.
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For the tenth straight year, Lily and Generoso proudly present their coverage of AFI Fest, Los Angeles’s premiere film festival which took place in Hollywood this October.
Featured photo courtesy of AFI Fest.
The Best of hackedepicciotto (Live in Napoli) (Mute). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Ink 19’s Randy Radic spoke with C.L. Turner of the band Arctic Wave to discuss the latest single, inspirations, and next directions.
Featured image courtesy of Present PR
Radiance Films resurrects a trio of ghostly mid-century Japanese films for their Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray box set.
Haunted Underground Classics (RockBeat Records). Review by Charles DJ Deppner.
