Merzbow Monday: Merzbow – Collection:002 album review
Long lost to posterity, Collection:002’s recent re-emergence as part of the Collection:001 – Collection:010 from Urashima finally gives completists a chance to hear one of Merzbow’s earliest recordings in all … 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
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
The Medium: Huerco S. – Untitled/Boomkat Edition vinyl review (Opal Tapes)
Huerco S. reaches for the stars, exploring pre-Colombian architecture, the nature of Memory, and artefacts on this early work for Opal Tapes. We learned the ache of empty rooms And … Continue reading
Virginia Wing – Ecstatic Arrow (Fire Records) album review
Virginia Wing emerge from the fog on Ecstatic Arrow, revealing keen songwriting chops and a sturdy, unflagging heart. Here’s our Virginia Wing Ecstatic Arrow album review. When we last met … 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
Soundtracks Of Our Lifestyles: Heathered Pearl – Body Complex (Ghostly International) review
Featureless white plastic columns in an Ionic style; “a stunningly bleak, uncharted landscape of man-made cement and artificial foliage.” the air smells of soap and perfume. A soundtrack for architectural … Continue reading
Singles Roundup: Aoleon the Martian Girl, 1700 Monkey Ninjas, John Carpenter, and The Kuhls
We’ve survived the massive build-up of spookiness that is October, striving to bring you as much horrificness as possible. We’re finally getting a chance to get back to some new … Continue reading
Catalina Shortwave – Repeater
Catalina Shortwave, a “hardscrabble group of New England musicians”, represent what is great about lo-fi rock and roll, as well as it’s shortcomings. In his infamous text Capital: A Critique … Continue reading
Singles Round-Up: 1700 Monkey Ninjas – Slagg II and Bed. – Boys
Colorful slabs of cubist Techno and some Portland slow-fi garage pop. “And that’s what Art is, innit? Being free of the world’s heaviness?” 1700 Monkey Ninjas – Slagg II I’m … Continue reading
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