Ghostly Pointilist Pop: Emma Russack – In A New State
Like a pointilist painting, life can be difficult to make sense of when you’re close to it. Sometimes, it requires shaking things up, going somewhere new, where you don’t know … Continue reading
Complicit Listening: Marc Kate – Despairer
In 2001, the Montreal anarcho-classical-neo-punk collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor released their fourth proper LP, Yanqui U.X.O., with a striking, spider-webbed diagram adorning the back sleeve. The diagram showed virtually every … Continue reading
Vinyl Of The Week: Problems That Fix Themselves – Which Is Worse (Already Dead Tapes And Records)
Chicago/Brooklyn electronic noise duo Problems That Fix Themselves make a strong argument for noise still being relevant, on this 2014 gem on the always essential Already Dead Tapes And Records. … Continue reading
Embodied Electronics: Body Shame – You Look So Under Fed (SdmPdx)
it’s okay to have a body. In the April 2016 edition of Nylon Magazine, in an article titled “Body Talk”, artist Molly Soda speaks of when she first became self-conscious of her … Continue reading
Horrorscores: Vi-Res Music – Lost Score (Disco Cinematic)
Syndey, Australia’s Vi-Res Music delivers a b-roll of horrorscores with Lost Scores One of the greatest things about horrorscores are their ability to transform our environments into whatever creeping, crepuscular, … Continue reading
Like A Lazy River: Mark Pritchard – Under The Sun (Warp)
On his newest LP for Warp Records, Mark Pritchard gently drifts through every electronic music genre of the last 2 decades like a lazy river. At his height, prolific Australian … Continue reading
Sunday Afternoon Movie: The Valley Of Gwangi (1969)
It’s cowboys vs. dinosaurs in the Forbidden Valley in the under-appreciated Ray Harryhausen dino-pic! When i was little, my Mom would occasionally let me stay from church on certain Sundays, … Continue reading
Post-Black Metal Techno Hip-Hop? Yes, Please!
3 exquisite pay-what-you-want EPs from shadowy producer Akrylyk may be the truest reflection of Portland’s layered, nuanced culture yet. People love to say what Portland is – “The City Of … Continue reading
Happy Friday The 13th! Here’s Werewolves In Siberia’s Slasher E
Idaho’s synth necromancers Werewolves In Siberia invoke the dread, with stentorian killer cam synths and stomping beats. Happy Friday The 13th, witches and warlocks! Friday the 13th, of course, was … Continue reading
Welcome Back, Lush! Lush – Blind Spot EP (Edamame)
Shoegaze/Dream Pop legends Lush return with their first new material in 20 years, managing to sound relevant and fresh and timeless, simultaneously. Shoegaze might possibly be the most mistreated musical … Continue reading
