Russian Circles - Memorial Artist_富岡多恵子 Tomioka Taeko to whom Nagai has been

to whom Nagai has been listening since day dot

classic noise rock such as The Jesus Lizard or Shellac

Wack Rhythm Band

here comes Hideki Kaji's 2nd solo album "Tea" (1998) which was recorded entirely in Sweden

In the wake of Dilla’s passing

Russian Circles - Memorial Artist_富岡多恵子 Tomioka Taeko to whom Nagai has beenPerhaps the most immediately apparent characteristic of the fifth Russian Circles album, Memorial, is its wide range of emotion. Vacillating from somber yet soaring melodies on one track to pummeling metal heft on the next, Memorial sounds like an album with split personalities. "We've always tried to balance our metal influenced sounds with more nuanced, pretty, orchestral elements," Cook says. "But this time, it's far more polarized in that the