Merzbow Monday: Merzbow – Collection:002 album review
Long lost to posterity, Collection:002’s recent re-emergence as part of the Collection:001 – Collection:010 from Urashima finally gives completists a chance to hear one of Merzbow’s earliest recordings in all … Continue reading
Briardark – S. A. Harian book review
Blair Witch Project meets Lost meets Annihilation meets Stranger Things in Briardark, thw otherworldly debut horror novel from Portland’s S. A. Harian. Field researcher Dr. Siena DuPont is obsessed. After … Continue reading
Merzbow Monday: Merzbow – Collection:001 album review
One of the earliest Merzbow recordings is also one of the most intriguing. Merzbow – Collection 001 album cover credit/@rateyourmusic Early ’80s Merzbow is an interesting beast. It seems more … Continue reading
Muslimgauze – Blinded Horses album review
On his fourth LP, Bryn Jones fully comes into his own as Muslimgauze while still containing some anomalies and retaining some atavistic traits of his earliest works. For those that … Continue reading
Horrorscores: Harry Manfredini – Friday the 13th Part 2 soundtrack review
Harry Manfredini’s synth + string orchestral score is probably too classy for its subject matter, but it elevates Paramount Picture’s bloody campy summer camp slashers beyond mere schlock to something … Continue reading
Skee Mask – B album review
Munich’s Skee Mask skates in right before the clock with an album of gorgeous, eclectic IDM, ambient techno, and odds and ends. Some producers never sleep. It must be hard … Continue reading
Burning Away the Darkness: Daniel Avery – Ultra Truth album review
Trading in his well-worn and well-loved 4/4 riddims for a pallet of moody, mid-tempo breaks, prolific producer, remixer and DJ Daniel Avery delivers his most personal – and arguably his … Continue reading
Low – I Could Live In Hope album review
Released on February 18, 1994, Low’s debut album is the Duluth, Minnesota trio in their purest state – quiet, sparse, haunting and chillingly beautiful. On November 5, 2022, the indie … Continue reading
Ghost Week: 10 Ghostly Albums To Haunt Your Playlists
What, exactly, is ghost music? Is it Rosemary Brown channeling Chopin mazurkas from beyond the grave? Is it just music from that silly metal band in the cartoon makeup? Is … Continue reading
Ghost Week: The Night Wire by H F Arnold, as read by The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast
Stephen King’s The Mist meets John Carpenter’s The Fog by way of a classic horror trope in this wonderful reading of this classic Weird Tale from 1926. “THERE is something ungodly … Continue reading