The Best Dark Ambient Albums of March 2020
The streets are all empty. We are all living in quarantine. We are essentially living inside of a Dark Ambient album now. Now is the perfect time to listen to … Continue reading
Ringo Deathstarr – Ringo Deathstarr album review
On their first album in 5 years, Austin, TX’s Ringo Deathstarr trade in more mainstream shoegaze for more esoteric influences. When My Bloody Valentine were on an indefinite hiatus in … Continue reading
Best Dark Ambient Albums Of February 2020
February is an interesting month. For much of the Northern Hemisphere, yr still frozen solid, hibernating away from the cold and the ice and the howling winds, praying for the … Continue reading
England’s Dreaming: Craven Faults – Erratics & Uncomformities (The Leaf Label)
On Erratics & Unconformities, enigmatic British synth outfit Craven Faults departs the industrial ruins of Northern England for wilder climes. To say that Britain has been undergoing a ferocious transition … Continue reading
Sounds From Underground: NCHX – B-O-M album review (Plastic Horse)
A compendium of underground electronics, Nochexxx’s fifth LP is a tube journey through acid, techno, electroacoustics, radiophonics, IDM, and bass music. B-O-M opens with the sound of a tube station, … Continue reading
7 Albums You Need To Hear This Week (That Aren’t Lana Del Rey or Tool); 8.30.2019 edition
Labor Day weekend is upon us, here in the United States. That means the official death of Summer and the slow creepy-crawl of the Fall. School is back in session … Continue reading
Horrorscores: Umberto – Helpless Spectator album review
Helpless Spectator is Umberto’s most beautiful album to date. It’s also his most terrifying. For the last 10 years, Umberto‘s Matt Hill has been revisiting the weird, eerie world of … Continue reading
11 Must-Hear Albums; January 25, 2019
Another week, another batch of outstanding, killer releases from every disparate genre. As usual, we’ve gone through the listings and picked out some of our favorite albums of January 25, … Continue reading
January 18 Recommended Albums: James Blake, Sharon Van Etten, SHXCXCHCXSH
The week of January 18 feels like the first week of 2019 that’s jam packed with new and noteworthy releases. New years always tend to start off slow, as the … Continue reading
Too Beautiful To Be Believed: Ian William Craig – Thresholder album review
Vancouver Ambient composer Ian William Craig returns with an album of disembodied sacred choral music exploring the micro-mysteries and boundless space of the Universe. What is mystery, in a world … Continue reading
