Veryan & The Lonely Bell – Night Flights (Shady Ridge) album review
Two Scottish Dark Ambient artists take off for the stratosphere on this gorgeous new split for Minnesota’s Shady Ridge Records. Flying at night is a little bit peaceful, little bit … Continue reading
Concert Review: Zoë Nowak: Bridging Sight, Movement, and Sound as a Transgender Artist @ Texas A&M University’s School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts
A small black box theater at Texas A&M University’s School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts transformed into a moving multimedia meditation on transformation and sound for two performances by … Continue reading
Merzbow Monday: Merzbow & Lawrence English – Eternal Stalker (Dais Records) album review
Two titans of noise music take us on a guided tour through a postindustrial purgatory on this essential collaboration for Los Angeles’ Dais Records Imagine finding yourself wandering through some … Continue reading
Production Unit Xero – Nexus Points (Mirror Zone) album review
On Nexus Points, his first for Dutch label Mirror Zone, Portland’s Production Unit Xero finds the sweet spot between ambient, dark ambient, and minimal techno. Electronic music can be a … Continue reading
Merzbow Monday: Merzbow vs Nordvargr – Partikel III (Cold Spring) album review
Two masters of noise, experimental electronics, and dark ambiance come together for a third collaboration, a highlight of both of their monolithic discographies. Merzbow is often at his best when … Continue reading
Plague Week: Paul D. Miller – Viral Sonata album review
Paul D. Miller – aka DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid – pushes the sampler to its ultimate musique concrete potential on Viral Sonata, the first post-Human “hardcore hip-hop album with … Continue reading
Lovecraftian Futurism: New Leaders Of The Eldritch Noise – The Art Of Eldritch Noise
“There in the narrow hall, outside the bolted door with the covered keyhole, I often heard sounds which filled me with an indefinable dread—the dread of vague wonder and brooding … Continue reading