drone

  • Because posting about one album on Type Records today isn’t enough, here’s a stream of the new Pete Swanson album. You may remember him from the now defunct noise and drone duo Yellow Swans. On this new album of Pete’s–which I believe is the second he’

  • A track from the debut Haxan Cloak album. This is the solo effort of multi-instrumentalist Bobby Krlic, and he lays out some pretty dense and emotive soundscapes on this new LP. On “The Fall,” a cello drone mutters underneath some of the strangest chorus vocals I’ve heard. It literally

  • Lakes by Postdrome Postdrome is UK noise and drone artist Charlie Floyd. It was pretty difficult finding much on him outside of this album, too. Charlie Floyd also shares his name with a semi-famous country singer; plus, “postdrome” is a clinical term used to describe the after effects of a

  • Glacial Glow by Noveller Coming down from her noisiest and most overwhelming peak yes with 2009’s Red Rainbows, New York sound sculptor Sarah Lipstate–a.k.a. Noveller–has landed in some very ambient territory on her latest album, Glacial Glow. The softer drones on this LP are something

  • The Polish record label Few Quiet People claim on their site that their goal is “to drive the repetive drone sounds into the direction of pop.” Broken English aside, this is a pretty interesting mission statement. As a way of promoting themselves and the artists that they represent, Few Quiet

  • MP3 New song from the California drone outfit Barn Owl. They’ve got a new EP, Shadowland, dropping via Thrill Jockey on June 21st. On the EP’s title track, which the band says was created without looping, layers upon layers of guitar phrases patiently build to a light and