Xisuma's Musical Journey
Sunday 28 June 2020
Xzibit "Man VS Machine" (2002)
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Following up on the mixed bag that was Restless , Xzibit brings a surprising amount of coherence to his forth album. Man VS Machine ha...
Friday 26 June 2020
Stevie Wonder "Innervisions" (1973)
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A name known the world over in music, but one I had never come acquainted with until now. Stevie was a veteran at this point, a Jazz mu...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
Global Communication "76 14" (1994)
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Plucking a recommended "ambient gem" from an old playlist, I found myself in a moment of awe as I thumbed over the release da...
Friday 19 June 2020
Coprofago "Unorthodox Creative Criteria" (2005)
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The crudely named Coprofago are a Chilean band likened to Meshugga h, once discovered at a time before the Djent scene had blossomed ...
Thursday 18 June 2020
Xzibit "Restless" (2000)
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Xzibit 's third record, Restless, unites the West Coast rapper with legendary producer Dr. Dre who brings his Aftermath entourage....
Wednesday 17 June 2020
Trivium "What The Dead Men Say" (2020)
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Having spent over a month with this record my dissatisfaction perhaps stems from a case of fulfilled curiosity with their previous effo...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Meshugah "I" (2004)
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Part of the excitement leading to Catch Thirtythree was the build up in the Nuclear Blast magazine, the Swedish bands lable. Before it...
Monday 15 June 2020
Meshuggah "Catch Thirtythree" (2005)
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Ah Meshuggah ... one of a rare few bands that pull me in like a magnet. Its been around eighteen years since I discovered the Swedish m...
Sunday 14 June 2020
Old Corpse Road "On Ghastly Shores Lays The Wreckage Of Our Lore" (2020)
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The allure of romanticized gothic tales and cryptic ethereal extremity was too much to resist. Always mystified by the early Cradle Of ...
Tuesday 9 June 2020
Frank Klepacki & The Tiberian Sons "Frank Klepacki & The Tiberian Sons" (2020)
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Alongside the remastered music of Command & Conquer , soundtrack composer Frank Klepacki has teamed up with VGM tribute band The Ti...
Monday 8 June 2020
Frank Klepacki "Command & Conquer Remastered Soundtrack" (2020)
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The remastering of Westwood Studio's classic Command & Conquer games is such a great excuse to write about the fantastic soundt...
Sunday 7 June 2020
Queen "Innuendo" (1991)
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After a patchy decade pumping out mediocrity around one or two killer songs on each album, Queen enter the 90s with a strong shift in ...
Monday 1 June 2020
Xzibit "40 Dayz & 40 Nightz" (1998)
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Ive seen this sophomore record of the famed West Coast rapper Xzibit often hailed as his best work. My adventure into these eighteen t...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Queen "The Miracle" (1989)
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There is now just two more records to go and so our journey resumes with an obvious low point for these British legends! The Miracle se...
Friday 22 May 2020
The Weeknd "After Hours" (2020)
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When a name crops up frequently in mainstream culture its often a red flag for me, however a readers recommendation had me curious. Bei...
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