Charles Franklin

Charles Franklin lives in the southern United States and is currently investigating group psychology, pro-art living, collective unconscious, the unison of experience, and possible dream worlds.

latest reviews by Charles Franklin....
Charles' lifetime average review-rating is an optimistic 8.11
Various Artists "Comfusões 1: From Angola to Brasil" An extremely fun & unique collection... rated 8/10 (2 February, 2010)
Black Skies "Hexagon" It's alright... rated 6/10 (26 January, 2010)
Golden Oaks Three Billion "Weekend Picnic" Damn fine drones... rated 8/10 (19 January, 2010)
Forbes Graham "Brave Grave #1: Trumpet" An exercise in dexterity... rated 5/10 (13 January, 2010)
Mika Vainio "Black Telephone Of Matter" An exquisite record... rated 10/10 (16 December, 2009)
The Shitty Listener "Crying Sweater" Great album from this Jewelled Antler-related project... rated 8/10 (8 December, 2009)
The Driftwood Manor "Every Light Goes Out Eventually" A stunning return from this Deserted Village group... rated 9/10 (2 December, 2009)
Transcendent Device "The Hopelessness of Logic" A stunning cassetete... rated 8/10 (18 November, 2009)
Nudge "As Good as Gone" Excellent album on Kranky... rated 9/10 (10 November, 2009)
Slaughtering Dolphins "The Tropics" Nice little tape... rated 7/10 (3 November, 2009)
Soloing Over Alanis Morissette Awesome and terrible... rated 3/10 (27 October, 2009)
Dean McPhee "Brown Bear" Arguably the best solo guitar record in the past few years... rated 10/10 (20 October, 2009)
Sarah's Charity "Logic of Collapse" As awesome as you would expect... rated 8/10 (20 October, 2009)
Richard Youngs "Like a Neuron" Truly a contender for album of the year... rated 9/10 (13 October, 2009)
Tempera Very well done... rated 9/10 (13 October, 2009)
latest features by Charles Franklin....
Pink Priest Pink Priest is creating some truly unique introspective drone music that floats somewhere between melody and pure texture... (6 October, 2009)

latest blogposts by Charles Franklin....
new kimdawn batch! (Inhibitionists, Endless Endless Endless) ordering info and sound samples at http... (27 January, 2010)
new kimdawn batch! (SWP, snma, Cruudeuces) This is one of the more diverse batches I've put out... (5 December, 2009)
new kimdawn batch! (Eagle Altar, Pink Priest, Scott Cloud) Amazing new batch of tiny cdrs for you to sink into... (19 September, 2009)
Kimberly Dawn Recordings Really excited about this update- Some things that you might expect, and some that seem more unexpected (at first)... (15 July, 2009)
Tennessee Experimental Music Concert Series- Call for Artists I'm part of a small group that's going to be producing a series of concerts at the Murfreesboro Center for the Arts in Murfreesboro,... (27 August, 2008)
 
 

2 February, 2010
Bill Orcutt After more than ten years of silence, ex-Harry Pussy guitar player Bill Orcutt released ‘An New Way To Pay Old Debts’, an acoustic hardcore blues record that sounds heavier than all the eclectic guitar records in your collection. It was the best album of 2009... feature :: by Joeri Bruyninckx

Utech Records Utech Records is a label out of Milwaukee that puts out some of the most cutting edge releases in avant-garde music today... feature :: by Dave Miller

26 January, 2010
Usurper The first thing that makes a Usurper show such a thrilling experience is the sudden and palpable sense of self-awareness..... feature :: by Joe Luna

13 January, 2010
Year End 2009 It's hard to believe that 2009 was only ONE year .. feature :: by Brad Rose

The Long Decline #10: 2009 Alright, 2009... a total motherfucker of a year with so much happening, where to start and where to end... yeah, I don't even know. But let's take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?.. feature :: by Brad Rose
6 October, 2009
O. S. T. Mining the fertile fields of film soundtrack music for ours and your aural pleasure... podcast :: by Jani Hellén

8 September, 2009
Pododocast Lots of stuff from V/A compilations this time around... podcast :: by Jani Hellén

11 August, 2009
basketweaves and merrows Summer is the time to swim in texture... podcast :: by Vanessa Rossetto

28 July, 2009
Summerdrool Part 3, Ephemera The Recently Reviewed, Old Classics, and Cryptic Debuts.. podcast :: by John Ganiard

23 July, 2009
Digitalis Preview 2009 A preview of forthcoming Digitalis & Digi Ltd biz.... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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2 February, 2010
Le Syndicat "Timespace Losses 1982/1987" Essential listening... review :: by Michael Tau

Blue Sabbath Black Fiji "Gemini" CD-r Prepare to get your face buzzed off... review :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Head Boggle "Clavioline Demo and Living Stereo" CD-r Head Boggle rules! Get boggled!.. review :: by Michael Jantz

Black Mayonnaise "Dissipative Structure" LP Debut vinyl, killer stuff... review :: by Paul Simpson

September Collective "Always Breathing Monster" Nice stuff on Mosz... review :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

other new reviews....
Abstract Truth Totum
The Blue Hook Motor Oil & Whiskey
The Boats Words Are Something Else
Lauri Bortz Kung Fu Kitty DVD
Mark Bradley For the Monks CD-r
Jack Callahan Klangfarben tape
Cruudeuces Strange Magic 3'' cd-r
Disgust of Us Disgust of Us
Hypochondriosis Nothing Felt Like This
J/B Aerograph VIII 3'' cd-r
Lisa Jaeggi Oh Lady You Shot Me
Lunar Miasma Blackest Haze 3'' cd-r
Magic Castles Songs of the Forest tape
Mako Sica Noise Attic Session 2 tape
Micro_Penis Micro_Penis LP
Noise Cobra Tongue and Groove
Pigeon Religion Dead Boss 7''
Richard Pinhas and Merzbow Keio Line
Pivixki Pivixki
The Procedure Club It's Only Fair CD-r
Ethan Rose Oaks
Erik Satie 42 Vexations (1893)
Fredrik Ness Sevendal Tinoll tape
Symbiosis Orchestra Live Journeys
These Wonderful Evils Vermilion Sands tape
Toddler Body Afterbirther tape
Various Artists Comfusões 1: From Angola to Brasil
Various Artists Serge Modular Users 2009
Woodchucker/Jonatan Nastesjo Leaves Never Leave
Xiphiidae Sewn Within a Circle tape
You Are Home Phoneyhome
Richard Youngs & Andrew Paine Tokyo Garden Suite