Mikhail Lezin / Михаил Лёзин

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Adult contemporary, Blues-rock, Classic rock, Downbeat, Electroacoustic, Garage Rock, Grunge, Harsh Noise, Indie rock, Industrial, Krautrock, Leftfield, Neofolk, Noise pop, Post-punk, Prog, Rock

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Hope on the High Seas: Marble Boy, Torba-na-Kruche, Nick Efremov, and Dya

Four releases from several Russian and Ukrainian towns this week consider the role of public, "useful" song. At a time when civic anthems might make sense, these artists are too busy coping with daily challenges.

Volition and Volume: Avias, Klad Yada, InVerse, and Slow Suicide

The issue of destiny emerges clearly in some new releases from Russia and Belarus. Over four separate publications, we see the role of "fate" increase. It is first countered with volume - and then met with grim resignation.

Traditionalists and Iconoclasts: Hypnotist, Crimson Butterfly, and V. Dudkin

New recordings from Kazan, Nizhnii Novgorod, Togliatti, and Moscow offer very different views of the rock canon. Nonetheless, they all share an awareness that innovation and anxiety often go hand in hand.

The Sound and the Fury: Yankees of Moor, Klad Yada, Ninja Glam, and Kobyla

From Minsk, Moscow, and Togliatti, a handful of new recordings consider the kind of sounds needed to reflect everyday social experience In Russia and Belarus. Several of these musicians, having begun their career in rock music, now toy with harsher, less logical noises.

Brief Concessions to Silence: Sh*t Happiness, Mikhail Lezin, and Electric Turtle

A number of musical projects this week from various Russian towns consider the relationship of speech and lyrics to destiny. Why, in a word, bother singing if actuality shows no indication of positive development?

Massive Distortion: Tacky Dimes, Mikhail Lezin, and Lust

Tacky Dimes are a young and noisy outfit from Moscow. Their love affair with distorted guitars has a long and important heritage, one audible 500 miles away in Togliatti

Clamorous Excess vs the Canon: Los Kabanos, Kobyla, and Booby Mason

At a time when rock music's influence is lessening, what responses to that tradition are proving to be useful? We take a look a retrospection, deceleration, and massive noise

Four Shades of Woe: Koalips, Tekeningen, Ainoma, and Muhmood

Four new ambient and drone recordings - all the way from Moscow to Siberia - provide a fascinating insight into the sound of social and industrial decline. The result, not surprisingly, is grim

Mikhail Lezin: Extreme Formalism from the Depths of a Concrete City

This text marks the third or fourth time that we've showcased the work of Mikhail Lezin, a musician and artist from the Russian industrial city of Togliatti. More specifically, we've made the following observations in the past: "Mikhail Lezin is a creative individual of considerable productivity....

Dya: No Rehearsals, No Overdubs, and a Loud "Initial Formlessness"

The band "Dya" come from the industrial town of Togliatti in southern Russia; as we've noted before, Togliatti - shown below - occupies the position of Detroit in Russia's economy. The reason for having made that prior observation was the work of Mikhail Lezin, a local musician of considerable o...

Pokhot': The Abstract Appeal of "Singalong Horror Death-Core"

If the theory were ever advanced that a musician's physical appearance reflects his/her chosen genre, then Aleksei Kondrat'ev would be a fine candidate for investigation. The two B&W images in this post have been chosen by Kondrat'ev and colleague Mikhail Lezin as their primary PR photos; th...