experimental

  • 2012

    Tim Hecker-esque layers of noise subtly underscore mesmerizing acoustic guitar arpeggios on Villages’ song “Before Failures.” While I really enjoy drone music, more often that not, I feel an unnerving sense of dread whenever I listen to the genre. The repetitive patterns that make the genre often feel like ill

  • 2012

    Canadian post-rock titans return with their first full-length album in ten years, ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!. Stream the entire thing via the widget above. Look for this LP on October 16th on Constellation.

  • Mutilation by Anwar Sadat Louisville band, post-punk sound, and they’re named after the third president of Egypt. There ya go. All references to Middle Eastern politics aside, this latest single from Anwar, “Mutilation,” is pretty awesome. The pounding drums and driving bassline are the perfect foundation for the wailing

  • Mutilation by Anwar Sadat Louisville band, post-punk sound, and they’re named after the third president of Egypt. There ya go. All references to Middle Eastern politics aside, this latest single from Anwar, “Mutilation,” is pretty awesome. The pounding drums and driving bassline are the perfect foundation for the wailing

  • 2012

    Black Moth Super Rainbow drops a new track with the band’s latest album, Cobra Juicy, coming out officially on October 23rd. I’m really enjoying the straightforward dance quality of this track. I could really see this getting play in a club, and I’m really feeling the Daft

  • 2012

    With some wild, stringy guitars combined with some faux English vocals and a heavy atmosphere, China’s Stalin Gardens have a pretty impenetrable and tortured post-punk album on their hands with Shanghai Void. The band rips through the nine tracks on this new album with the dissonant, narrated swagger of

  • 2012

    The Bad Plus has been putting out records for over ten years now, and jazz has always remained a cornerstone of the band’s style during that time. However, it’s not like this trio is just a jazz project. While the band unarguably delivers improvisational music performed with drums,

  • On Breakup Song, the experimental rock outfit Deerhoof–not Deefhoof, duh–goes, well, electronic, incorporating loads of synths, beats, and samples. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • On Dark Time Sunshine’s latest LP, the abstract hip hop duo takes its Aesop Rock-inspired style and adds some blissful production into the equation. It kinda like the Postal Service of hip hop albums. Maybe you’ll like it! Check it out, my son. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • On Dark Time Sunshine’s latest LP, the abstract hip hop duo takes its Aesop Rock-inspired style and adds some blissful production into the equation. It kinda like the Postal Service of hip hop albums. Maybe you’ll like it! Check it out, my son. WATCH THE REVIEW