Rooney – Washed Away (2016)
Six years after their previous album and under the guidance of sole original member Robert Schwartzman, Rooney return with another collection of sunny California power pop. Washed Away is Schwartzman’s...
View ArticleHaku – Na Mele A Ka Haku (1975, Remastered 2015)
Haku, aka Frank Tavares, a writer and musician, had a deep respect for the multiethnic character of his native Hawaii, and composed a number of theater pieces and songs to highlight this culture....
View Article２８１４ – Rain Temple (2016)
Dream Catalogue mainstays Telepath and HKE have both made some excellent work recently. Telepath collaborated with Nmesh and got remixed by Zomby, while HKE dropped the disorienting Bandcamp-favorite...
View ArticleCheena – Spend the Night With… (2016)
When Cheena‘s self-titled EP was released by Sacred Bones, it was something of a mystery: how did a label so dedicated to dark experimental sounds discover a band so steeped in rock tradition? As it...
View ArticleRival Consoles – Night Melody (2016)
In a 2014 film made by his label Erased Tapes, electronic artist Ryan Lee West, aka Rival Consoles, said that he’s “always more interested in newer sounds, even at the cost of them not being as rich or...
View ArticleAnna Tivel – Heroes Waking Up (2016)
Hailing from Portland, Heroes Waking Up is Anna Tivel’s third album, but probably the first to get much exposure on these shores. She certainly warrants discovery, her breathy whispery voice, sparse...
View ArticleHaley Bonar – Impossible Dream (2016)
Still in her early thirties but with over a decade as a touring musician under her belt by the time of her sixth solo album, Haley Bonar brings a world-weary point of view to Impossible Dream. It’s a...
View ArticleSteve Roach – Shadow of Time: Extended (2016)
Within the 35 year orbit of Steve Roach’s relentless dedication to sonic-art as a way of life, Shadow of Time marks a reconnection to the touchstone of Roach’s signature sound: deep breathing...
View ArticleAugustines – This is Your Life (2016)
A big, emotionally naked, and relentlessly melodic blast of anthemic indie rock that does everything but ask the audience to go ahead and pump their fists, This Is Your Life aims so far past the...
View ArticleLiquid G. – Liquidation (2015)
Liquid G. (Liquid Garbage) is the one-man project of EBM stalwart Peter van Bogaert from Melsele, Belgium. In 1987, he began to record music and self-release limited cassettes on his own label Liquid...
View ArticleRodolphe Alexis – The glittering thing on the mountain (2015)
Positioning itself firmly within the field recordings genre, Rodolphe Alexis’s The glittering thing on the mountain presents an immersive, 51-minute sound portrait of Iriomote-Jima. This southernmost...
View ArticleFlowers for Bodysnatchers – Aokigahara (2015)
On paper, Aokigahara would appear to promise a particularly depressing listening experience: after all, the title refers to a 35-square-kilometre forest situated at the northwest base of Mount Fuji in...
View ArticleVan Kaye + Ignit – A Slight Delay (1981, Remastered 2015)
Van Kaye + Ignit is the Dutch duo of Ed Van Kasteren (Van Kaye) and Ignatine Bekken (Ignit), who joined forces in the city of Arnhem during early 1980. While at university, Van Kaye was the singer of...
View ArticleSmersh – Super Heavy Solid Waste (2015)
Smersh were a New Jersey-based duo whose myriad self-issued cassettes throughout the ’80s and early ’90s anticipated much of the industrial dance music that would follow, but the group existed solely...
View ArticleJonah Tolchin – Thousand Mile Night (2016)
New Jersey native Jonah Tolchin returns with Thousand Mile Night, the understated follow-up to his 2014 Yep Roc debut, Clover Lane. On this outing, the young blues traveler finds himself in Muscle...
View ArticleKing Creosote and Michael Johnston – The Bound of the Red Deer (2016)
After meeting in Scotland at a songwriter’s retreat, Kenny Anderson, known widely as King Creosote, and Michael Johnston of the Skydiggers became fast friends. Ten years later, the two release their...
View ArticleMoose Blood – Blush (2016)
British emo-punk revivalists Moose Blood tighten their focus and take aim at the big leagues on their sophomore set, Blush. The band — vocalist/ guitarist Eddy Brewerton, guitarist Mark E. Osborne,...
View ArticleAlphaxone – Absence of Motion (2015)
Cryo Chamber certainly lives up to the ‘Cinematic Dark Ambient Label’ text adorning its Bandcamp page, but Absence of Motion serves as a reminder that the Oregon-based imprint’s products are also...
View ArticleVA – Another Evening at Logos 1974/79/81 (2015)
The Logos Foundation is an artist run organization, based in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 1968, with the purpose promoting new music & audio performance arts. For over 40 years they have provided the...
View ArticleBoys Forever – Boys Forever (2016)
Having been a member of various bands for over a decade, Boys Forever is former Veronica Falls drummer Patrick Doyle’s first solo project. Though born from disillusionment and despair and the...
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