Production Unit Xero – Combat Decker’s Handbook (React:21)
Production Unit Xero’s first for Portland’s Reactionary is a perfect pleasure – it is exquisite and it leaves you wanting more. What more could you want? So much of electronic … Continue reading
Nochexxx – SNAKE LIES COILED/GAIN FUNCTION (Transcranial) album review
Nochexxx returns with more punk rave and radiophonic club music on Snake Lies Coiled/Gaint Of Function Let’s face it… formulaic electronic music is boring as sin, devoid of personality and … 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
Laica – ID Situation (Phatic Musk)
If Burial‘s Untrue was the psychic ghost life of London, circa 1994 through 2001, ID Situation could be seen as the soundtrack to everything that has happened since. Untrue was … Continue reading
rEcaP: Alice Boman – EP II
Thankfully, Alice Boman has not filled the holes in her haunted piano sketches on her newest EP. Instead, Boman maintains the space and glacial pace of last year’s Skisser, (which … Continue reading
Thee Silver Mt. Zion – Hang On To Each Other
Campfire songs from a deserted space station. Of all the things the Godspeed You! Black Emperor crew could do, releasing a Techno 12″ is probably the most surprising and unlikely … Continue reading
Street Sects – The Morning After The Night We Raped Death
RIYL: NIN, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Death Grips, Mindless Self Indulgence, Les Legions Noires Finally, something rough, raw and ragged. When even harsh noise, industrial music, techno, and gangsta rap are … Continue reading
rEcaP: The House In The Woods – Bucolica + Bardo Pond – Rise Above It All
welcome to another edition of rEcaP, where we spread the light on noteworthy Extended Players. Longer than singles, not quite albums, they occupy an important interzone that lets artists stretch … Continue reading
rEcaP: Perc & Einsturzende Neubauten – Stahldub Interpretations + Prostitutes – Shatter And Lose
Welcome to another edition of rEcaP, where we feature some of our favorites of the EP format. EPs are vital to the musical ecosystem; they are often more focused, more … Continue reading
rEcaP: Catching up w/ recent EPs from The Pixies, eMMplekz/Mordant Music, and Lorn
welcome to the first edition of rEcaP, where we will be looking at noteworthy EP releases, both old and new. The EP format is much appreciated in today’s busy listening … Continue reading
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