experimental rock
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Compiled & Written by Austen Up there’s the mission statement of Tzadik Records, the label founded by saxophonist, composer, and Downtown musician extraordinaire John Zorn. 2015 marks its 20th anniversary, so we thought it’d be fitting and fun to round up our favorite releases up til now. The
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In honor of the recent release of Frank Zappa’s 100th and final album Dance Me This, Anthony and I have compiled a career-spanning playlist to act as a gateway to the man’s music — or if you’re already into it, a celebration. For his imaginative and lighthearted approach
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D.C. experimental rock/avant-garde jazz trio Les Rhinocéros drops its third album today via Tzadik. Try a cut from it above.
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A Danish experimental rock band with connections to underground music acts such as Iceage, Vår, Lower, and Sexdrome makes their Sacred Bones Records debut.
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Experimental rock and metal act Liturgy makes a magnum opus of the sounds and ideas forged on their last album.
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor hangs in their comfort zone on this new, relatively unambitious record of theirs.
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RI noise rock duo Lightning Bolt is back, continuing to prove they’re one of the most standout names in noise rock.
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Bristol post-punk vets The Pop Group are back with a new album after 35 years of studio album silence. And, in my opinion, it’s one of the best comeback albums of the decade thus far.
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Zs’ latest album shows the band taking a more stripped back approach to their hypnotically repetitive approach to experimental rock, jazz, and drone.
