Erik K. Skodvin is the real name of Norweigian avant-garde, dark ambient producer Svarte Greiner. As Svarte Greiner, Skodvin has released a handful of well-crafted, lurching albums, such as his great debut Knive, and 2013’s Black Tie. He has also recorded music as half of Deaf Heaven. But it
Thirty Eight by Apollo Brown Mello Music Group‘s Apollo Brown has just dropped a hefty instrumental album that lifts a great deal of it’s samples from the sounds of the 70s. Funk, Blaxploitation film soundtracks, and obscure soul gems are littered throughout this thing. A great deal of
New York singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten tests patience with a slow burner of a new record.
Composer and songwriter Owen Pallett takes a number of instrumental risks on this new album of his.
Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah, Danny Brown, and the Toronto jazz fusion trio BADBADNOTGOOD all on the same track? Legendary. Just legendary! This track is basically a new 10″ single that’s being released by Lex Records. Also, make sure you’re caught up on the new BADBADNOTGOOD record.
Irish-born electronic singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy has been taking a break from music since the (admittedly long) tour following her great 2007 LP Overpowered ended. It’s been a little sad for her fans (re: me) to go so many years without news of any real plans of her return. For
Merrill Garbus’ tUnE-yArDs project just released one of the best records of the year so far in Nikki Nack. And now, to our glorious benefit, she has done a KEXP session. The video includes four of the best songs on the record, including “Water Fountain” and “Real Thing”, and finds
Trash Talk’s latest album might have ferocity, but the music does little to capture the hardcore punk imagination.
I’m gonna review this new Filthy Frank album. But first, let me take a selfie.
The new Roots album is easily the band’s dreariest album yet, but it’s also their most inconsistent.
