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John Zorn – The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volume 4 (2016)
Saxophonist John Zorn started his “Classic Guide to Strategy” in 1983, slowly releasing volumes up to this 4th, showing the depth of his conceptual underpinnings and superb playing style, technique,...
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Pissed Jeans – Why Love Now (2017)
The world of Philadelphia’s premiere shit-stirrers Pissed Jeans is one of delirious sludge and wild- eyed drudge. They stand out from the rest of the pack for their incisive, insidious digs at male...
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Dude York – Sincerely (2017)
The Seattle trio Dude York started off as a scuffed up, home recorded indie rock band with a love of ’90s alt-rock and have slowly progressed from their humble beginnings to the kind of band that...
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Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santaolalla, Mogwai – Before the Flood...
Before the Flood is a documentary from Fischer Stevens that follows actor Leonardo DiCaprio on a three-year journey as he surveys the impact of climate change. Its soundtrack is a superb collaboration...
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Dreamboat – Dreamboat (2016)
When Portland, OR’s premiere experimental analog synth/clarinet duo, Golden Retriever, join forces with neighboring Pakistani-born folk singer, Ilyas Ahmed, true magic happens. Dreamboat washes on a...
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Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Alexander Devotion EP [Japan Edition] (2017)
With their Alexander Devotion EP, Letting Up Despite Great Faults enter a new stage of maturation and confidence. Through meticulous drum beats, catchy guitars, and those familiar bittersweet vocals,...
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Woods – Live at Third Man Records (2016)
Recorded live at Nashville’s Third Man Records on a May night in 2016, the long-running folk-psych band Woods make yet another claim to being one of the great bands to follow in the Cosmic American...
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Yamaneko – Project Nautilus (Keygen Loops) (2016)
It is sometimes said that Yamaneko emerged suddenly, seemingly from the ether. This is untrue. Both literally — prior to adopting his current moniker he had released under the pseudonym Talbot Fade —...
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Fatima Yamaha – Araya EP (2017)
It’s been an interesting couple of years for Bas Bron, the Dutch house producer often known as Fatima Yamaha. His little-noticed 2004 track “What’s a Girl to Do” (released on Irish label D1...
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Marching Church – Coming Down: Sessions in April (2016)
Marching Church, the brainchild of Iceage vocalist Elias Bender Rønnenfelt turned full band, have followed up their debut album This World Is Not Enough with Coming Down: Sessions in April, an EP of...
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Xiu Xiu – FORGET (2017)
“Accessible” is a relative term. With FORGET, the latest from Xiu Xiu, it’s a case of being outside and strange but somehow relatable, as opposed to borderline unlistenable — it comes down to how long...
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The Bats – The Deep Set (2017)
The ageless Bats continue to defy the odds with their 2017 album, The Deep Set. They’ve been a band since 1982 with the same lineup and same basic sound, and each record they release is as good as the...
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Velcro Hooks – Velcro Hooks (2016)
Back in 2012, a fledgling label in Bristol came across a band and put out Gymnophoia, a 12-inch EP, which garnered the attention of 6Music and XFM and quickly sold out. In 2013, the same band put out a...
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Joshua Sabin – Terminus Drift (2017)
Roly Porter, Emptyset and Paul Jebanasam all have a hand in programming the Subtext Recordings imprint, and their singular vision is one of massive bodies in motion. Deep, rich tones emanate in waves,...
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
Shania Twain’s fans tear out what little hair remains while awaiting the sequel to 2002’s Up!. Worshippers of Neutral Milk Hotel wondering whether the reclusive Jeff Mangum will ever make another...
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Los Campesinos! – Sick Scenes (2017)
Sick Scenes, the sixth Los Campesinos! record and their first since 2013’s excellent No Blues, gives the impression that they’ve been itching to come back. Recorded in Fridao, Portugal during England’s...
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The Luyas – Human Voicing (2017)
It’s difficult to nail down the genre-defying sound of Montreal’s the Luyas. On Human Voicing, the band’s first new full-length since 2012’s Animator, they’ve created a sonic collage that is dream-like...
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Forrest Fang – Following the Ether Sun (2017)
Synthesist/multi-instrumentalist Forrest Fang’s mesmerizing and emotive electronic-ambience glides upon hypnotizing impressionistic floating formations. Spacemusic, world music and deep atmospheric...
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Space Above – Still (2017)
Being in a band that’s successful the world over isn’t always glamor street. Touring is hard work, and when you’re around the same people every day out on the road, relationships can begin to erode. At...
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Klaus Schulze – Body Love vol. 2 (1977, Reissue 2016)
Recorded in 1976 and released the next year, Body Love, Vol. 2 was intended as a soundtrack for a pornographic film. Nothing wrong with this in and of itself, but it is hard to imagine that Schulze’s...
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