Records of the Year

Ambrose Akinmusire – On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note Records)

André Henriques – Cajarana ( Sony Music Entertainment)

Australian Art Orchestra | Peter Knight | Tilman Robinson | Andrea Keller – Sometimes Home Can Grow Stranger Than Space  (Australian Music Centre) 

Bernardo Devlin – Proxima B (Peekaboo Records)

Bloodshot Bill – Get Loose Or Get Lost (Goner Records)

Built to Spill – Plays The Songs of Daniel Johnston (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)

Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler –  In Memory of My Feelings (Needle Mythology) 

David Bruno – Raiashopping (Brandit music)

Einstürzende Neubauten – Alles in Allem (Potomak)

Gabríel Ólafs – Piano Works (One Little Independent Records)

James C. – Sodden (KCK Records)

JG Thrilwell & Simon Steensland – Oscilospira (Ipecac Recordings)

Jeff Parker – Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem)

John Bence – Love (Thrill Jockey Records)

Jorge Coelho – Lay Claim to the World as a Sphere of Your Own Agency (Lovers & Lollypops)

Jorge Queijo – Abstract Thoughts II (Self Release)

Jozef van Wissem – Ex Mortis (Consouling Sounds)

King Buzzo with Trevor Dunn – Sacrifice ( Ipecac Recordings)

Krypto – Eye 8 (Lovers & Lollypops) 

Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists (Cherry Red)

Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye & Jim White – 2 (Caldo Verde Records)

Mick Harvey – Waves of Anzak/The Journey (Mute Records)

Mondo Generator – Shooters Bible (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Pop Dell’Arte – Transgressio Global (Sony Music)

Radio Bukoswki – Radio Bukowski (Tradisom)

Roger Eno & Brian Eno – Mixing Colours (Deutsche Grammophon)

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy (Sub Pop Records)

Rowland S Howard – Pop Crimes (Bloodlines Music/Mute Records/Southern Records)

Six Organs of Addmitance – Companion Rises (Drag City Records)

SQÜRL – Some Music For Robby Muller (Sacred Bones)

Stephen Malkmus – Traditional Techniques (Matador Records)

The Friends of David McComb – Truckloads of Sky – The Lost Songs of David McCombs Vol 1 (Lost Records and Tapes)

The Sorcerers – In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey (ATA Records)

The William Loveday Intention – Will There Ever Be A Day That You’re Hung Like A Thief  (Damaged Goods Records)

V/A – Color de Trópico – Venezuelan grooves from the 60s and 70s (El Palmas Music)

Full text here: https://mondobizarremagazine.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/records-of-the-year/

Poem 49

a star shaped bag

from bar to bar

we waltzed

along the tram lines

i bit your lip

it bleeds

the envelope arrived

bringing news from

those etrurian places

of comfort 

the shirt barely hides

your happiness to see me

on the court bench

she sat

with the map of the past

now, useless

my nails rip your flesh

scratches on your back

one cobbled street 

becomes too many

under the archway

a shadow 

your mouth is white

from yesterday’s delight

five flights of stairs

an immaculate set of towels

from the balcony, we gazed

the silver river

now, it’s my turn

my back is sticky

from you

and wild, so wild 

those things

the window is opened

i’m cold 

the kettle whistles

breakfast time

my hand on your thigh

don’t do it, you said

the morning paper

unsettles me 

must go, to the park

and back

in the dark

playing cowboys and indians 

by the water we hid

until it’s quiet

the next day,

the red stain is missing

it never happened

yet, it did

Poem 48

i garden

you sea

hey, amaze

me

such sadness

like a frame

of an animated movie

the clock that

runs backwards

went forward

i should have

been there

but the fever

come

prostrating me

whilst

the chocolate fudge

freezed overnight

and the flowers were

thrown

to the lark

passing by

farewell

Poem 47

If there is money

There is!

Do you have a bag of it? 

If so, send it over

And then?

I would gamble it at the Casino.

Or did you thought I would re-release the record?

And then?

I would invest in the Stock Market. 

And re-release the record.

And would buy red sandals 

And then? 

I would marry a Sailor

And visit Prague 

And would play the tambourine

And then?

I would plant a cherry tree

And swim on a cloud

And would run with it

And then?

I would comply, but No

And, instead, sleep

And would photograph a memory

And then?

I would write a song

Yes, that song

And the band would play it

And the dogs would bark

And then?

I would ask you "and then?"

And spiced the leaves 

And would take the train

And then, you would ask me,

And then? Then, ... then, I would go

And smile and be me

Art Inspired by Instagram photos of Ursel August Creative Residency's garden. Florbela

Florbela

Josef

Ursel August art residency:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ursel-August-art-residency-567628343718668/

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Art inspired by Waves of Anzac part of Mick Harvey's new album.

The Wasteland I (barley, red wine and watercolour on paper).

The Wasteland II (barley, red wine and watercolour on paper).

The Wasteland III (barley, red wine, crayon and watercolour on paper)

The Wasteland IV (barley and red wine on paper)

The interview with Mick Harvey about Waves of ANZAC/The Journey can be read here: 

https://mondobizarremagazine.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/mick-harvey-waves-of-anzac-the-journey/

Poem 46

he looked and looked

traveled the seven seas

and the five deserts

for forty days

from nineveh to ashur

after a shower to put out

the fire of tornadoes

rattling the earth

unresting the soul

quietness eluding him

through mountains and plains

further and further

from silence, numb

uruk and ur in sight

lawrence on the bend

blue eyes turned black

skeleton, crow, crocodile

disjointed movements

demons singing lullabies

praising you

on the road to damascus

trick or treat

a russian roulette

of pomegranates

handmade in tails

of sorrow