It's been too long but now we have it.

If Peregrine is not one of the most acclaimed records of the year then I might have to cut my fingers off and never write about music again. Some nice chap declared they're America's anser to Radiohead, not true.

Radiohead always did art for the sake of art, The Appleseed Cast are doing cathartic rock which just happens to have that angular sound that allows critics to call them artistic. Listening to the open track, Ceremony might make you think they're intent on art for arts sake but let that tide fall back and listen to part one of Woodland Hunter. It's certainly more like The Appleseed Cast midwest America fell for and it's arguably the same Appleseed Cast midwest America will fall for again.

Arguable because I am not a mid-west American.

On a not completely dissimilar note - 'cause it's about music - the Sons of Korah just might change your life.

I caught them at a local church a few nights ago and their mixture of Latin, flamenco and eastern dirge is compelling. They are so named because they only play psalms, as the original Sons of Korah did.- given the lyrical conctent it's not hard to imagine the intensity of their performance. This is not the sort of mildly cringe worthy stuff a youth group band might engage in - it is artistically worthy and brilliantly carried out.