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NPR is streaming Icelandic composer Anna Þorvaldsdóttir’s new work In the Light of Air ahead of its August 28 release on Sono Luminus. Listen in if you’re in the mood for haunting music evocative of a remote land.
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Ghost is back with an album that adequately depicts their dark, melodic, and occult musical world.
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This by Hong Kong Express London vaporwave artist Hong Kong Express concludes his “Hong Kong Tetralogy” with This, out today via Adhesive Sounds. Check it out above and find Anthony’s discussion with HKE down here (at the 38 minute mark):
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Health is back, and they’re taking it easy on the noise this time around, favoring a fusion of electronic dance music and pop on many tracks here.
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Free jazz/improvisation titans Akira Sakata, Jim O’Rourke, Chikamorachi (Darin Gray + Chris Corsano), and Merzbow are teaming up for Flying Basket, a double LP out September 18 via Family Vineyard. You can check out the trailer above, though it’s safe to assume this will be one intense experience.
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Deathgrind outfit Cattle Decapitation’s latest record is a deadly combination of technical extremity and human touch.
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10-23 by Open Letters Vancouver’s Open Letters serves up some madcap pop punk on new album 10-23, out August 14 via Kingfisher Bluez. Listen above and enjoy!
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Grave Babies take a more serious, dreary, and high-fidelity approach on their new record.
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An Antidote for the Glass Pill by Lychgate The sophomore album of Cambridge symphonic black metal band Lychgate, to be released August 18 by Blood Music.
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Dr. Dre is back! Dr. Dre is back! Dr. Dre is back!