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Marshmallow is a 2025 film that utilises the campground slasher format to create something rather unexpected/ different. It weaves in elements of coming-of-age drama, straight horror, and sci-fi. It has a decent cast, a moodily throbbing synth score, some nicely effective moments of tension, and rewarding twists' n’ turns. Here from Toy Robot Video- a new genre/ cult film label is a Blu-ray release of the film, featuring a director's commentary, short films, and a few other things.
16 Sept 2026
A Julian Cope Primmer
Erupting into the mainstream on February 19th 1981, The Teardrop Explodes’ debut ‘Top of the Pops’ television performance featuring their brassy, bouncy hit ‘Reward’ is to this day probably the moment from which most people recall Julian Cope. If your image of Julian remains that of an earnest young budding pop star sporting a fleece-collared flying jacket and a shaggy bowlcut of shoulder-length tresses, if you failed to maintain pace with his entry into the cosmos, if you dismissively describe him (as I’ve seen thereabouts) as “a Smash Hits pin-up”, you have one hell of a lot of catching up to do. Musique Machine have tasked me with leading their readers through the psychedelic jungle and beyond, here, and I have to say that Julian probably merits the ‘beginners’ guide to’ / ‘recommended records’ treatment more than just about any other artist in the music sphere, at least in terms of how public perception and the ‘reality’ (if such a word is appropriate in this extreme case) have a near-unbridgeable gulf.
10 Sept 2026
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 is a highly intimate, at times obsessively focused documentary about a film director who just won’t let go of the love of his life. It’s also a warts-and-all character study of a woman trying to be independent in 1970’s Japan. Filmed in a very lo-fi, crude, and at times up-close manner, it stands as one of the most intimate, at times awkward, yet oddly fascinating documentaries I’ve seen. Here from Second Run is a Blu-ray release of the film- featuring a full & uncut version of the picture, a newly filmed appreciation by author and film critic Chris Fujiwara, and a twenty-page booklet with new writing by author and critic Tony Rayns, and an essay by film writer Ela Bittencourt.
Leather Narcissus is a new six-track album from Black Leather Jesus, the long-running US noise collective who create a searing and often dense sound with very prominent gay porn/ leather clad/ S&M themes. The project features two key/ important figures in US noise/ HNW: Richard Ramirez & Sean E. Matzus
Acausal Intrusion — Vomit Meditations
16 Sept 2026Green Carnation — A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex
15 Sept 2026The Double — The Double( Blu Ray)
15 Sept 2026Ten Women In Black — Ten Women In Black( Blu Ray)
14 Sept 2026The Stranger — The Stranger(VOD)
14 Sept 2026Solo — Solo( Blu Ray)
11 Sept 20266YPAH — Prozorno Mesto
11 Sept 2026Twelve Thousand Days — As The Moon Draws The Tide
11 Sept 2026
Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere Interview
Early this year, the band released their most recent album Theta 7, on Discus Music-which is sadly to be their last. Band leader Martin Archer kindly agreed to give us an email interview, discussing the project's history & why they’ve decided to call it a day.
Vacant Align Interview
Active since October 2025, Wisconsin’s Vacant Align is one of the more atmospheric and texturally inventive wall noise projects to appear in some time. It’s a project that takes its time in releasing work, and you can certainly hear it, as each of their releases so far is a perfectly crafted blend of expressive and engaging textures. Behind the project is John Engman, who very kindly agreed to give us an email interview
Jasper Sharp interview
In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.
King Futile Interview
King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.
