English electronic music producer Christopher Clark just released his latest full-length on Warp Records this month. It’s self-titled. Of the songs I’ve heard thus far, I’m finding it much more experimental and intriguing than his last album, Iradelphic, and “The Grit In The Pearl” is moment that
New York rapper-singer Azealia Banks’ repeatedly postponed album finally drops.
If there’s a way to hold attention, it’s to hint at a payoff that never arrives. The Bug’s trap-dub influenced beat swells quite a few times throughout the, but the song dissolves into a formless chorus before any kind of release is ever achieved. Miss Red’s
Festival Of The Dead by CUT HANDS As is the case with most African rhythmic music, it usually serves some sort of spiritual purpose, the ritualistic quality of many different beats and melodies designed to inspire, enlighten and heal–such as the one-two rhythm of the Rastafarians, mimicking the heartbeat,
https://soundcloud.com/rune-grammofon/supersilent-121 On its 12th album, Norway’s eminent free improvisational outfit Supersilent is still managing to turn out some pretty evocative and extraordinary music. Having dabbled in avant-garde jazz, EAI, noise, and experimental rock throughout its career, the trio now finds itself in a decidedly dark
https://soundcloud.com/dancing-wayang-records/alps-extract This one’s a doozy! Percussive madmen Oren Ambarchi and Eli Keszler have teamed up for a compulsive cacophony of drums and guitar called Alps. Comprised of two sprawling and free-form pieces, the collaboration is a thick amalgam of free improvisation, drone, and noise rock
When it comes to being stalked and held captive, I think we can all agree that it’s an experience we’d leave rather than take. And the wrinkly, green-haired character in Little Dragon‘s new “Underbart” video is so physically unsettling that I think he’d be the last
If one thing can be said about Bim Thomas, a.k.a. Obnox, it’s that he’s come far–really far. Having gone from the ‘blues-grunge recorded on a four-track in his basement’ sound of debut album I’m Bleeding Now to the decidedly more proficient Louder Space, Obnox
Wildbirds & Peacedrums return with one of their catchiest efforts yet.
https://soundcloud.com/primaryinformation/co-la-bb-burn Baltimore-based electronic musician Matthew Papich (a.k.a. Co La) is back with a new album that delivers more of the complex beats and disorienting samples that have intrigued us in his past work. Hegemony of Delete‘s six tracks offer subtle, digressive, and glitchy
