Here you will find Monolith Cocktail’s individual articles, premieres, serialisations, the earlier series of posts and choice albums of the year selections cataloged by the band or artist name from A- E. Please find Our Daily Breads, Digests, Perusals separately catalogued elsewhere under their own headings.
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3 South & Banana
‘S/T’ Debut Album Premiere
23: an alternative hip-hop retrospective of 2023
Matt Oliver’s Choice Hip-Hop LPs of the Year
24 for 24
An alternative hip-hop retrospective of 2024 (Matt Oliver)
25 for 25
An Alternative hip-hop retrospective for 2025 (Matt Oliver)
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A Rumor In Uskudar Serialised: Part One: Preview
Literature – Ayfer Simms
A Rumor In Uskudar: Part 2: Back For Good
Ayfer Simms
A Rumor In Uskudar: Part 3: ‘An Old Man’
Ayfer Simms
A Rumor In Uskudar: Part 4
Ayfer Simms
A Rumor In Uskudar: Part 5
Ayfer Simms
Absolute Belter
Finders Keepers Records Spanish compilation
Admlithi
‘Radal’ Premiere
Afro-Beat Airways
Afro-beat compilation
Åhlén, David
‘If I Have You’ Premiere
Air Liquide
‘Nephology’
‘Amen: preservation, revisionism and revivalism of jungle and drum n’ bass music’
Guest Essay Special – Andrew C. Kidd and Ross Perry
Amon Düül II
‘Phallus Dei’
Amon Duul II (II)
‘Yeti’
Amon Duul II (III)
‘Dance Of The Lemmings’
Amon Duul II (IV)
‘Carnival In Babylon’
Amon Duul II (V)
‘Wolf City’
Amon Duul II (VI)
‘Live In London’
Amon Duul II (VII)
‘Vive La Trance’
Amon Duul II (VIII)
‘Made In Germany’
An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump
‘Buy A Life’ EP
Ancient Plastix
‘Late Summer Low’Premiere
Animal Collective
‘Fall Be Kind’ EP
Aphrodite’s Child
‘666’ LP
Archie Bronson Outfit
‘Coconut’ LP
Arcade Fire
‘The Shuburbs’ LP
Ash Ra Tempel
‘Ash Ra Tempel’ LP
‘Astral Deaths & Astral Lights’ Part One & Two
Serialisation Literature – Rick ACV
‘Astral Deaths & Astral Lights’ Part Three
Rick ACV
‘Astral Deaths & Astral Lights’ Part Four
Rick ACV
‘Astral Deaths & Astral Lights’ Part Five
Rick ACV
‘Astral Deaths & Astral Lights’ Part Six
Rick ACV
Atlas Sound
‘Parallax’ LP
ATV
Live review, Engine Rooms Brighton 2009
Azanyah
‘The One’
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Balkan Taksim ‘
‘Anadolka’ Video Premiere
Beach Boys
‘Made In California’ LP
‘The SMiLE Sessions’ LP
Beach House
‘Teen Dreams’ LP
bedd
‘You Have Nice Things’ Single Premiere
Besnard Lakes, The
‘Are The Roaring Night’ LP
Besnard Lakes, The
Live at Jam, Brighton, 2010
Best Albums of 2009
List
Best Albums of the Noughties
List
Big Hell
‘Choose Your Delusion Vol. 1’ EP
Blonde Redhead
‘Penny Sparkle’ LP
Bond, James 50th Anniversary Special: 50 Choice themes, interludes and instrumentals from the soundtracks I
Part 001 – 010 (Dr.No to You Only Live Twice)
Bond, James 50th Anniversary II
Part 011 – 020 (You Only Live Twice to Live And Let Die)
Bond, James 50th Anniversary III
Part 021 – 030 (Live And Let Die to Moonraker)
Bond, James 50th Anniversary IV
Part 031 – 040 (Moonraker cont. to The Living Daylights)
Bond, James 50th Anniversary V
Part 041 – 050 (The Living Daylights cont. to Die Another Day)
Bowie, David
A Celebration Part 1: Debut to Pin Ups
Part 2: Diamond Dogs to Scary Monsters
Part 3: Let’s Dance to Black Tie White Noise
Part 4: Outside to Black Star: Eulogy.
Ian Brennan
The Interview, 2016
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CAN
‘Monster Movie’
CAN II
‘Soundtracks’
CAN III
‘Tago Mago’
CAN IV
‘Ege Bamyasi’
CAN V
‘Future Days’
CAN VI
‘Soon Over Babaluma’
CAN VII
‘Landed’
CAN
‘Saw Delight’
CAN
‘The Lost Tapes’
Canadian LP’s you should own
Guide
Caveman
‘The Whole Nine Yards and Then Some’ LP
Celtic Connections, Glasgow
Live Report 2016
Cephas Teom
‘Feet Of Clay’ EP Premiere
Cochran, Myles
‘It’s Like This’ Single Premiere
Coded Scott
‘Binary Beautiful’ EP Premiere
Choice Picks of 2010 (Pt.I)
Arcade Fire to Klaxons
Choice Picks of 2010 (Pt.II)
LCD SoundSystem to The World Ends
Choice Picks of 2011
A Dancing Beggar to Zacht Automaat
Choice List 2012 (Pt.I)
Animal Collective to Land Observation
Choice List 2012 (Pt.II)
MayMay to Zacht Automaat
Choice List 2013 (Pt.I)
Beach Boys to Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Choice List 2013 (Pt.II)
Rudresh Mahanthappa to Zacht Automaat
Choice LP/EPs of 2014 (Pt.I)
Ariel Pink to King Creosote
Choice LP/EPs of 2014 (Pt.II)
Merchandise to Scott Walker + Sunn O)))
Choice Albums of 2015 (Pt.I)
The Cesarians to Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Choice Albums of 2015 (Pt.II)
David Lawrie to Xaos
Choice Albums of 2016 (Part One)
A to L 2016
Choice Albums of 2016 (Part Two)
M to Z 2016
Choice Albums/EPS of 2017: Part One
Yazz Ahmed to Al Lover Meets Cairo Liberation Front
Choice Albums/EPS of 2017: Part Two
Mazzi & SOUL PURPOSE to Msafiri Zawose
Choice Albums of the year: Part One 2018
Idris Ackamoor, Any Other, MC Paul Barman, Goatman, Bernard Estardy, Cold Spells
Choice Albums of the year: Part Two 2018
Thom Yorke, Micall Parknsun, Qujaku, Skyzoo, Vukovar, Yiddish Glory
Choice Albums of 2019: Part One (A – G)
A Journey Of Giraffes, Adam Green, Gawd Status, Babybird, Simon Bonney, Good Ones, Datkid
Choice Albums of 2019: Part Two (H – P)
Haq, Homeboy Sandman, hifiklub, Labelle, Pozi, Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou
Choice Albums of 2019: Part Three (Q – Z)
Chris Quelle, Rapsody, Sad Man, Sault, The Telescopes
Choice Albums of 2020: Part One: A to E
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Axel Holy, Bab L’ Bluz, Black Taffy, Coops, Bob Dylan
Choice Albums of 2020: Part Two: : F to N
Holy Hive, Jon Hassell, Juga-Naut, The Koreatown Oddity, The Loved Drones
Choice Albums of 2020: Part Three: O to Z
Phoenix Da Icefire, Tony Price, Qred, Santa Sprees, Sa-Roc, Tamikrest, Vukovar
Choice Albums of 2021: Part One
A Journey Of Giraffes to Kuunatic
Choice Albums of 2021: Part Two
L’ Orange to Your Old Droog
Choice Albums of 2022: Part One: A to L
Anthéne & Simon McCorry to Lyrics Born
Choice Albums of 2022: Part Two: M to Z
Machine Girl to THE Zew
Choice Favourite Albums Of 2023: Part One
A to F
Choice Favourite Albums Of 2023: Part Two
H to N
Choice Favourite Albums Of 2023 Part Three
P to Z
Choice Most Loved and Enjoyed Highlighted Albums of 2024: Part One
A – L
Choice Most Loved and Enjoyed Highlighted Albums of 2024: Part Two
M- Z
Choice Picks of 2025: Part One: A to M
Choice picks of 2025: Part Two: N to Z
Cinema Red and Blue
‘Butterbean Crypt’ EP
Cloudcuckooland
Finders Keepers compilation of lost artifacts from the German label Kuchuck
Crab Costume
‘Disaster’ Single Premiere
Crystal Fighters
‘Star Of Love’ LP
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Dando, Marmaduke
‘Heathcliffian Surly’ LP
De Staat
‘Machinery’ LP
Dear, Matthew
‘Black City’
Digests – New Music/Social Playlist/Archive Spots Column
January 2023: Kety Fusco, Mentrix, Gangsta Rabbi, De La Soul, Beach Boys & Yukihiro Takahashi
Feb 2023: Siavash Amini, Kalia Vandever, John Howard, Stella Chiweshe, Popol Vuh…
Mar 2023: Lonnie Liston Smith, Saba Alizadeh, Crime And The City Solution, Faust Tapes, Brian Bordello
Apr 2023: Voodoo Drummer, African Head Charge, Marta Salogni and Tom Relleen, Social Playlist #75
May 2023: August Cooke, Andrew Hung, Amon Düül II, Julian Cope, Social Playlist #76…
Jun 2023: Coltrane w/ Dolphy, Hackedepicciotto, The Social #77 Playlist, Neu!…
Jul 2023: Can ‘Future Days’, Yanna Momina, The Social Playlist Volume 78…
Aug 2023: The Social Playlist #79, Faust IV, Goat’s Head Soup
Oct 2023: Social Playlist Volume 80, Tamikrest, Billy Cobham and David Bowie…
Nov 2023: Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Social Playlist 81, M.I.A.
Jan 2024: Andy Haas, Social #82, Air Liqude, LINA_….
Feb 2024: Mohammed Syfkhan, Social #83, Tangerine Dream…
Mar 2024: Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Social #84, The Ministry of Wolves, T-Rex…
Apr 2024: Leah Callahan, Social #85, Guru Guru, Rolling Stones…
May 2024: boycalledcrow, Social #86, The Bordellos, Bowie…
Jun 2024: Apifera, Social #87, Noura Mint Seymali, Mick Harvey…
Jul 2024: Bhutan Balladers, Social #88, Land Observations, Henri-Pierre Noel…
Aug 2024: Ainon, Social #89, Merchandise, Bernard Szajner…
Sep 2024: Holy Matter, Social #90, Bowie ‘Tonight’, Gut & Irmler ‘500m’…
Nov 2024: Juanita Stein, Social #92, CAN ‘Soon Over Babaluma’…
Jan 2025: The Winter Journey, Social #93, Twin Peaks ST & Book…
Feb 2025: Witch ‘n’ Fox, Social #94, Neu! 75, Amon Duul II ‘Made In Germany’…
Mar 2025: Macie Stewart, Social #95, Bowie ‘Young Americans’, Hanoi Masters…
Apr 2025: Staraya Derevyn, Conrad Schnitzler, Social #96…
May 2025: Cosmic Ear, The Mining Co., Social #97…
Jun 2025: Bedd, Blanco Teta, Brian Wilson, Social #98…
Jul 2025: Maria Elena Silva, Lancashire Hustlers, Social #99, Banco De Gaia…
Aug 2025: Andy Haas, Saul Williams, Social #100, Willis Earl Beal…
Sept 2025: Tom Skinner, Water Damage, Social #101, CAN ‘Landed’, Bowie ‘Outside’…
Oct 2025: Violet Nox, NiCKY, Social #102, Sakamoto, US Girls….
Nov 2025: Babau, The Flower Press, Social #103…
Digital Underground
‘Sex Packets’
Dirty Projectors
‘Stillness Is The Move’EP
DOOM. MF
Tribute: Temple Of (MF) Doom’
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Edan
‘Echo Party’ LP
Elvis
On what would’ve been his 75th birthday
End of the Month Revues:
Playlist & Choice Album Releases For January 2025
Eno
‘Small Craft On A Milk Sea’ LP
Esben and the Witch
‘33’ EP and Live review, Audio Brighton 2009
Everest Magma
‘Nues’ Track Premiere
Expo
‘She Sells Seashells’ LP review
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