Category Archives: Experimental
Marta Forsberg ~ Sjunger För Varandra
There’s nothing neutral about a tunnel. The enclosed atmosphere can trigger feelings of claustrophobia. Then there’s the knowledge of all that weight, solid or liquid, held in abeyance above and around you while you’re in it, suggesting the imminent possibility
Marta Forsberg ~ Sjunger För Varandra
There’s nothing neutral about a tunnel. The enclosed atmosphere can trigger feelings of claustrophobia. Then there’s the knowledge of all that weight, solid or liquid, held in abeyance above and around you while you’re in it, suggesting the imminent possibility
Li Yilei ~ NONAGE
It’s hard to resist an album with track titles such as “Pond, Grief and Glee” and “Sand, Fable and Tiger Balm.” Such titles hearken back to childhood while honoring the power of three. Li Yilei uses childhood instruments ~ some irrevocably
Li Yilei ~ NONAGE
It’s hard to resist an album with track titles such as “Pond, Grief and Glee” and “Sand, Fable and Tiger Balm.” Such titles hearken back to childhood while honoring the power of three. Li Yilei uses childhood instruments ~ some irrevocably
Lisa Ullén ~ Heirloom
In Heirloom, Lisa Ullén moves between worlds and, doing so, disproves several commonplace fallacies. Take note of the cover image, shown left: it’s important. Fallacy one. No matter how many versions of a musical piece exist, somewhere there’s an “ultimate”
Lisa Ullén ~ Heirloom
In Heirloom, Lisa Ullén moves between worlds and, doing so, disproves several commonplace fallacies. Take note of the cover image, shown left: it’s important. Fallacy one. No matter how many versions of a musical piece exist, somewhere there’s an “ultimate”
Koenraad Ecker ~ Raw Materials
The album starts with a splash, a quick dive through a silvery veil of sonic bubbles that quickly transforms to crackling, evaporating static. Pulsing waves of slow hiss follow, rising and thickening and pulling the listener further into the uncertainty
Koenraad Ecker ~ Raw Materials
The album starts with a splash, a quick dive through a silvery veil of sonic bubbles that quickly transforms to crackling, evaporating static. Pulsing waves of slow hiss follow, rising and thickening and pulling the listener further into the uncertainty
Khodumodumo ~ What The Fuck Are You Doing This Side
The liner notes for Khodumodumo’s debut album, What The Fuck Are You Doing This Side, speak of an attempt to create a “horrific” listening experience. Much of what makes this bold album so unnerving and so riveting is the decision
Khodumodumo ~ What The Fuck Are You Doing This Side
The liner notes for Khodumodumo’s debut album, What The Fuck Are You Doing This Side, speak of an attempt to create a “horrific” listening experience. Much of what makes this bold album so unnerving and so riveting is the decision
Folklore Tapes ~ Larksong / Brown Wardle Hill
Two new LPs from the ever-reliable Folklore Tapes connect music, history and landscape. One is a sonic collage that includes the score to a film; the other is a celebration of local legends played by a brass band. Larksong (pictured above)
Folklore Tapes ~ Larksong / Brown Wardle Hill
Two new LPs from the ever-reliable Folklore Tapes connect music, history and landscape. One is a sonic collage that includes the score to a film; the other is a celebration of local legends played by a brass band. Larksong (pictured above)
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental
Here’s where the most unique music is found: the music that either captures the imagination or – in its use of abstraction, dissonance, atonalism and more – makes one swim back to the safety of shore. While the outer edge
ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Experimental
Here’s where the most unique music is found: the music that either captures the imagination or – in its use of abstraction, dissonance, atonalism and more – makes one swim back to the safety of shore. While the outer edge
Armand Hammer ~ We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
On the last verse of “As the Crow Flies,” the final track on billy woods and Kenny Segal’s Maps, released earlier in 2023, woods rhymes: I’m in the park with the baby on the swings When it hits me crazy,
Armand Hammer ~ We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
On the last verse of “As the Crow Flies,” the final track on billy woods and Kenny Segal’s Maps, released earlier in 2023, woods rhymes: I’m in the park with the baby on the swings When it hits me crazy,
a closer listen 