Aphex Twin – Houston, TX 12.17.16 review
It’s all hands on the faders and knobs, as Richard D. James, aka the Aphex Twin, turns in a lovely, unusual, anonymous 12″, in honour of his first show on … Continue reading
Happy Solstice! Hermione Harvestman – SOLIS : A Sonic Solstice Ritual for Winter Witches & Third Speaker in the Locus Tempus (1979)
Warm Synths For A Long, Cold, Dark Night When you think of midwinter rites and rituals, you likely think of yule logs, ancient hymns, spiced eggnog, holly, ivy, fairy lights. … 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
EMS & Jeph Nor – Live At Volt Divers
Two mainstays of the Portland synth underground – EMS & Jeph Nor – explore the limits of modular synthesis on Live At Volt Divers, recorded on a freakishly nice Saturday … Continue reading
Model Cities & Haunted Dischoteques, Logotones & Deep Space Drones: In A Moment – Ghost Box 10 Year Anniversary
Ghost Box celebrate their 10th Anniversary with a career-spanning 30-track compilation, reminding us why we need them more than ever. It’s been 11 years since Ghost Box first unleashed their … Continue reading
Pole – Wald
Stefan Betke enters the forest on Wald, his first album under his infamous Pole moniker in 8 years, with surprising results. Electronic music, historically. is not known for looking backwards. … Continue reading
Eaton Flowers – American Abstraction (SDM-024)
Portland avant-guitarist William Hardy takes us on a journey through the U.S.’ collective subconscious on American Abstraction. Yr about to embark out into the outlying spaces, and there is where … Continue reading
Eternal Tapestry – Wild Strawberries (Thrill Jockey)
Portland’s Eternal Tapestry blend the pastoral and the technological, on their first ever double-LP, for psych juggernauts Thrill Jockey. For their newest, sprawling soundwork for Chicago’s Thrill Jockey, Eternal Tapestry … Continue reading
Movie Star Junkies – Evil Moods (Voodoo Rhythm Records)
Evil Moods, the debut LP from Movie Star Junkies, is a psychic sludge crawl through the mean streets of LA, as informed by the crime noir of Dashiell Hammett or … Continue reading
Dronny Darko – Outer Tehom (Cryo Chamber)
a black mass. a journey across the abyss. a soundtrack for The Dark Night Of The Soul. Outer Tehom by Ukrainian sound magician Oleg Puzan is a blinker of a … Continue reading
