Stream: BOBBY’s BOBBY Stream: Cults’ Cults Two new, self-titled albums are available for streaming right now from the good folks at NPR Music: Cults and BOBBY. Follow the links above and get your listen on!
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LAYS THE BOOGIE DOWN by WHITE RAINBOW It’s a new trio of songs from drone, psych, experimental, pop, electronic, almost-every-genre-ever artist White Rainbow. These tracks were built with loop upon loop with no overdubs. The album is titled Lays the Boogie Down, so it should be no surprise that
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“I’d love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do. So I’ll leave it up to you.” That was the band 10 Years After circa 1971, and 30 years later, Brooklyn’s Woods are changing things with their latest LP, Sun And Shade. It’
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When it comes to choosing a direction, Seattle’s Master Musicians of Bukkake have a little bit of musical ADD. That’s fine, though. Most of the time–no matter what style these seven guys happen to be embracing–they always put a ton of heart and creativity into what
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On this website and in my videos, I’ve been very open about my appreciation of Mr. Brian Eno’s music and production credits. Brian is gearing up to release a new LP, titled Drums Between the Bells, which will feature a series of spoken word pieces from Rick Holland.
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Disputed Truth by Castle Castle is the solo effort of rapper Chris Um’Rani–or maybe it’s “Frank,” because he does refer to himself with that name quite a bit in this music. And allegedly, this is supposed to be his last release for a while. According to his
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When I reviewed L.A. beat producer Matthewdavid’s Outmind, one of my issues with the release was that its best moments didn’t last very long. Some of the lightly etched drones and rhythms on that LP seem to peter out a little too quickly for me to grab
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Echo On The Hills Of Knebworth by Tera Melos California rock trio Tera Melos has released a 51-minute skull-craker titled “Echo On The Hills Of Knebworth.” The piece is completely improvised, and was left over from the studio sessions of Patagonian Rats. Stream the entire thing above. The band has
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On hit latest release, Amon Tobin isn’t building songs as much as he is sounds. The textures on most of this album are absolutely amazing, and among the best this Brazilian electronica producer has ever created. I love how abstract, adventurous, and mind-bending the first two thirds of this
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On his debut full-length, Outmind, Matthewdavid flips through his sketchbook of ambient drones and blurred beats, picking out the best stuff he’s got to offer so far. While he does pull some fantastic sounds together, and issue I find myself running into is the brevity of some of these
