Ambient Classics: Tangerine Dream – Aachen January 21, 1981 album review
On this classic ambient album, Tangerine Dream motor confidently into a new year with a new lineup, eschewing space ambient for a tighter, more song-focused prog ambient. Ah, the early … Continue reading
9 Noteworthy Dark Ambient Albums Of November 2020
This dreadful year is creeping towards its close. It’s a strange time… the holidays are still approaching while much of the world is still hibernating in bunkers, waiting for a … Continue reading
Cousin Silas – Ballard Landscapes 1 & 2 album review + download
British sound alchemist Cousin Silas conjures Ballardian landscapes with dreary drones and newage pastiche on Ballard Landscapes 1 & 2 Yesterday was J.G. Ballard‘s birthday. He would’ve been 90 years … Continue reading
Enter The Void: 20 Years Of Sunn O)))’s ∅∅ Void
Sunn O)))’s first proper LP finds the drone metal duo at their most pure, and most accessible. “Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live … Continue reading
Sunday Afternoon Movie: Grey Gardens (1975) movie review
In honour of Mother’s Day, we look at the Bouvier – Beales, an eccentric-but-lovable pair of East Coast bluebloods, in 1975’s Grey Gardens. The Beales – Edith “Big Edie” Ewing … Continue reading
Sunday Afternoon Movie: Waffle (2020)
A psycho-obsessive ‘best friend’ and a spoiled socialite/orphaned heiress aren’t the only thing that’s genuinely terrifying about Waffle, Carlyn Hudson‘s wonderfully twisted short film from this year’s SXSW film festival. … Continue reading
Cigarettes After Sex Live At Crystal Ballroom, 9.29.2019; Portland, Or. concert review
The timeless interior of the Crystal Ballroom took on a cozy, romantic air with Cigarettes After Sex’s spellingbinding modern take on romantic rock ‘n roll. Writing for The Guardian;, author … Continue reading
Vinyl Of The Week: I Am A Vowel – IO 12″ review
Technoid trance meets dubby dread on IO from Belgium’s I AM A VOWEL Writing in 1975 on the then-contemporary resurgence of interest in traditional trance music, the New York Times … Continue reading
SoCal Gothic & The NEW American Dream: Hxxs – Valley Fever album review
With Valley Fever, Bakersfield, CA’s Hxxs dream of a new world, conjuring it into being with beat-ific communions and synthetic sanctified calls to arms. If America is the land where … Continue reading
Lifestyles For Apocalyptic Youth: Drvg Cvltvre – Nobody Cares Forever (New York Haunted) review
On his newest long-player for the dependable New York Haunted label, Vincent Koreman, the prolific madman behind Drvg Cvltvre subverts lifestyle branding with subversive snippets of soundbytes, with a battery … Continue reading
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