Author Archives: Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: A minimalist masterpiece from the Cocteau Twins, one of the most unknown and influential bands of the last 20 years, here right at the moment of their first blooming. Very hard to think of a band … Continue reading →

Sir Barken Hyena writes: I have no idea what the origin of this video is. But it’s cool.

Sir Barken Hyena writes: From the ashes of Japan we have Rain Tree Crow, which is basically the same people but too pissed off to use the old band name. This one goes down as one of the many albums … Continue reading →

Sir Barken Hyena writes: Damn that’s some picking!

Sir Barken Hyena writes: This tag “art rock” has the virtue of near meaninglessness. Today it means “weird as fuck”, a good blanket term for German duo Mouse On Mars, as this recent video demonstrates. All of their work is … Continue reading →

Sir Barken Hyena writes: Enjoy this bright slice of darkness from bluesman Skip James:

Sir Barken Hyena writes: I’ve decided to switch the Prog Selection to the broader Art Rock category, which in my mind contains Prog but also embraces antithetical works from the punk side of the spectrum. An early pointer to which we have … Continue reading →

Sir Barken Hyena writes: Thanks to the fine folks at Century Link, I had no internet for Friday’s Wildcard. But we’re nothing if not flexible here, so we’re going to run with it. Today we have the prescient electronic music … Continue reading →

Sir Barken Hyena writes: No sarcasm today folks, it would just spoil this vision of grace, beauty and true emotion: