Jeff Penczak

Like many folks, I enjoy my volunteer work much more than my day job (information analyst and technical writer for online help systems). Hobbies include gigs as an internet DJ and writing reviews/interviews for Foxy Digitalis, the UK music journal Ptolemaic Terrascope and Terrascope Online (for which I had the pleasure of interviewing our illustrious editor-in-chief). John Peel is my hero and mentor, the man who taught me that anything in the Top 40 is probably not worth listening to.

latest reviews by Jeff Penczak....
Jeff's lifetime average review-rating is 7.35
Cobra Killer "Uppers & Downers" Stellar album... rated 8/10 (3 November, 2009)
Jonny Trunk "Scrap Book" Absolutely brilliant... rated 9/10 (3 November, 2009)
Downpilot "They Kind of Shine" An incredible album... rated 9/10 (27 October, 2009)
Heather Woods Broderick "From The Ground" Peter Broderick's sister has a winner of her own... rated 8/10 (27 October, 2009)
Adrian Shaw and Rod Goodway "Oxygen Thieves" Nice record... rated 7/10 (27 October, 2009)
The Amazing The Amazing lives up to its name... rated 10/10 (27 October, 2009)
Vlor "Six-Winged" Great collaborative album... rated 8/10 (27 October, 2009)
Brian John Mitchell "Lost Kisses: My Life Is Sad & Funny" Awesome DVD... rated 8/10 (13 October, 2009)
Moodring "Scared of Ferret" Killer stuff from this Rollerball sideproject... rated 8/10 (13 October, 2009)
Various Artists "Funky Fräuleins" Nice compilation, terrible name... rated 7/10 (7 October, 2009)
Various Artists "High All The Time Vol. 1" All kinds of psych... rated 7/10 (7 October, 2009)
Various Artists "Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae" Goddamn great... rated 8/10 (7 October, 2009)
Various Artists "Not Given Lightly" Just short of brilliant... rated 9/10 (20 August, 2009)
Ellen Mary McGee "The Crescent Sun" Very good... rated 9/10 (11 August, 2009)
In The Country "Whiteout" Practically perfect... rated 9/10 (11 August, 2009)
latest features by Jeff Penczak....
Ananda Shankar Fallout concludes their impeccable reissue series of the rare albums from the late Ananda Shankar..... (14 November, 2007)
Silence Music Silence Music in Sweden has been documenting outsider folk and such from the land of Three Crowns for years. Their latest batch of reissues focuses on the music of Bo Anders Persson (Träd, Gräs och Stenar, International Harvester, etc)... (11 December, 2006)
Sunbeam Records Sunbeam Records is a new UK-based reissue label co-founded by Steven Carr and music journalist Richard Morton Jack. Tremendous music enthusiasts both, they are dedicated to scouring the nooks and crannies of the musical world to reincarnate screamingly rare, criminally underappreciated rock, folk, and psychedelic albums, along with exciting new releases that other labels have overlooked…until now!.. (1 July, 2006)
Strange Attractors Strange Attractors.. (1 July, 2006)
Folklore of the Moon Part 2 An extended look at the three latest volumes on Hand/Eye's impressive and sprawling Folklore of the Moon series of CD-Rs, dedicated to the old names of the full moons. These are some of the year's best... (31 October, 2005)
Delaney Parisienne singer Delaney is somewhat of an anomaly in the world of single-named musicians. Unlike Melanie, Madonna, Sade and others, she prefers to go by her surname. .. (24 October, 2005)
Folklore of the Moon Part 1 An extended look at the first four volumes (and two bonus CD-Rs) on Hand/Eye's impressive and sprawling new Folklore of the Moon series of CD-Rs, dedicated to the old names of the full moons... (18 July, 2005)
sublime frequencies According to their website, Seattle’s Sublime Frequencies “is a collective of explorers dedicated to acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers.. .. (12 June, 2005)
 

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