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Horse Lords Unveil Vocal-Driven Album, Share New Tracks
Experimental rock band Horse Lords have announced their new album ‘Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!’ set for release…
Ora Cogan Explores Resilience in ‘Hard Hearted Woman’
Canadian experimental folk artist Ora Cogan has released her new album ‘Hard Hearted Woman,’ which explores themes of r…
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View All →Honey I’m Home Release New Shoegaze Anthem, ‘Hyperspace Mountain.’
With its blend of heavy guitars and electronic textures, the track marks the group’s most ambitious…
Cool electronica with: Patros15 x Ish10 Yow1r0, and N8MusicVisuals
A couple of electronic tracks that don’t quite fit the usual study beat mould and so end up in the …
Caroline Davis Explores Endless Musical Possibilities
Through composition and improvisation, experimental jazz saxophonist Caroline Davis creates a sound…
First Floor #306 – A Preview of the Post-Streaming Era
Frankie Pizá sketches out the majors’ emerging (and AI-powered) new business model, plus a round-up…
New Release ‘Fata Morgana’ from keiko tsuda
Keiko Tsuda deliver an angular, fiery blend of guitar and electronic drums — a raw, cinematic sound…
THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
The British singer’s second album is all curated melancholy and aestheticized heartache, winding it…
Golden Age Thursday Samples: The Gap Band’s “Yearning For Your Love” (1980) Gets Positioned Alongside Hip-hop Heavyweights like Nas (1994) & The Pharcyde (1995)
Part of the art of finding a sample is understanding the nuances of the songs you’re hearing and th…
Twisted Teens - Blame The Clown (Chain Smoking Records / Jazz Life Records)
This record is a definitive statement. It is the sound of two musicians who have found their perspe…
Research Vessel - Part of the Charm (Sunday Records)
Through subtlety, restraint, and careful melodic invention, the EP demonstrates how quiet voices ca…
Cries of Redemption - ‘Patterns’ | Obscure Sound
Founded by Ed Silva in 2007, the project Cries of Redemption serves up two decades of unreleased ma…
NYC Dark Electronic Duo a place both wonderful and strange Return in Icy Video for “It’s Not That Bad, Muffin”
The Catskills rise like an afterthought of God, blue with distance and old weather, their ridges ho…
Hunt for treasure at the 36th Onion City Experimental Film Festival
When I asked Onion City Experimental Film Festival programmers Elise Schierbeek and Nicky Ni what t…
Album: Vilde – Qualia At Odds
Dreamy synths, glittering guitars and woozy electronic textures combine to make an evocative album …
New Release ‘Kloaka Maxima’ from Deftly Demolition
Blurring between rhythmic noise, drone and techno with an album recorded during the beginning of Co…
Sound of the Week: Karin Park – Sing Your Sorrow
Swedish electronic artist Karin Park is making waves with her upcoming EP, EVO, set to drop on May …
Deface the Currency
Back in 1991, jazz guitar legend Sonny Sharrock released his final album, the masterful Ask the Age…
BEST NEW TRACKS: VERY BUSY PEOPLE – ORDINARY NIGHT
Very Busy People were formed in Austin, Texas, in 2017, and since then the indie collective has con…
Antropoceno - No Ritmo da Terra - from Brazil, an amazing fusion of musical styles and traditions
No Ritmo da Terra by AntropocenoAntropoceno - No Ritmo da Terra - from Brazil, an amazing fusion of…
Backengrillen - s/t LP - a new death-jazz group from Mats Gustafson & co.
Backengrillen by BackengrillenBackengrillen - s/t LP - a new death-jazz group from Mats Gustafson &…
New Release ‘Moscas en la playa’ from Juan Belda & the Bit Band
A boundary-pushing jazz album blending electronics, progressive elements and avant-garde compositio…
“F**k That, Trust That”: Babes in Canyon Chase Freedom on “Echo,” an Intoxicating Indie Pop Mantra
Seattle synth-folk duo Babes in Canyon burst forward with bright, instinct-driven energy on “Echo,”…
New Music: Mr Bruce – HOW WILL WE KNOW feat. Brian Eno & Homeboy Sandman
Mr Bruce has got some epic collaborators together on HOW WILL WE KNOW, the third single from his de…