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Tim Hecker has offered another teaser for his forthcoming album Virgins via a Sabrina Ratté-directed video for new single “Black Refraction.” The majestic piano piece is fittingly accompanied by a stream of grainy, kaleidoscopic visuals shot in an around a cathedral. Check it out above! Virgins will be released October
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Nursery of New Stars by Kangarot Experimental musician Josh Reed, a.k.a. Kangarot, has a new tape out via Headway Recordings. With its stuttering synth phrases, thudding drum machine sequences, and distorted vocal samples, Nursery of New Stars is an enthralling industrial odyssey. Stream it in full above!
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Check out the surprisingly busy lead single from drone musician Tim Hecker’s upcoming LP, Virgins. The multi-phased piece begins sauntering along with a crooked, percussive piano arrangement, which is overwhelmed by a gleaming wall of feedback and a fluttering synth sequence as it progresses. Enjoy! Virgins will be released
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Black Sea of Trees 720P from Marc Forand on Vimeo. Trees, trees, and more trees in the unnerving new music video from Toronto drone duo Northumbria. Armed with only a guitar and a bass, the act compromised of former Holocene members Jim Field and Dorian Williamson is able to pull
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With Slow Focus, Fuck Buttons delivers more interesting electronic sounds and grooves, but continues to neglect the pursuit of interesting melodies and progressions. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Soundsmith James Ferarro offers this single off of his upcoming project with a terrifying name, NYC, Hell 3:00. The song begins with what sounds like a lo-fi version of something off of Zomby’s newest LP, combining dark dread with rolling trap high-hats. Ferraro’s vocals enter, sounding more
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Cień chmury nad ukrytym polem (CD, Instant Classic) by Stara Rzeka OK, listen, if you press the play button there on the widget above, you’ll be subjecting yourself to the new full-length album of Polish experimental rock band Stara Rzeka. This album is intense, repetitive, drone-y, noisy, and riddled
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Return To Annihilation by Locrian For almost a decade, the Chicago band Locrian has been combining various forms of experimental music into a slightly lo-fi and texturally dense discography that challenges most who come into contact with any piece of it. The band added another release to that gauntlet this
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The Haxan Cloak’s new, sophomore album is possibly one of the scariest sonic experiences you’ll have all year. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Metal experimentalists Wreck And Reference have a new 7″ on the way titled No Content, and the project has seen fit to drop one of the tracks from it via music video. “Absurdities And Echoes” doesn’t have the strong black metal vibes that came through on last year’s
