Category Archives: Experimental
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,
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Experimental
If not for experimental musicians, music might never move forward. These artists challenge what is while wondering what could be. They ask if instruments might be played in a different manner, or they make their own instruments – in one
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Experimental
If not for experimental musicians, music might never move forward. These artists challenge what is while wondering what could be. They ask if instruments might be played in a different manner, or they make their own instruments – in one
Various Artists ~ Common Ground Volumes 1-3
The comforting concepts of safe ground and common ground could not be more timely, although one might argue that they have always been timely. The first is the name of the Brussels label, the second the name of its yearly compilation series, which
Various Artists ~ Common Ground Volumes 1-3
The comforting concepts of safe ground and common ground could not be more timely, although one might argue that they have always been timely. The first is the name of the Brussels label, the second the name of its yearly compilation series, which
Cindytalk – When the Moon is a Thread
If you’re not familiar with the work of Cindytalk – a mostly solo endeavor, originated by musician Cinder in 1982, that explores sound, art, and identity through goth, “ambi-dustrial” and experimental music – then a glance at When the Moon
Cindytalk – When the Moon is a Thread
If you’re not familiar with the work of Cindytalk – a mostly solo endeavor, originated by musician Cinder in 1982, that explores sound, art, and identity through goth, “ambi-dustrial” and experimental music – then a glance at When the Moon
Flora Yin Wong ~ Cold Reading
It may have been a mere coincidence of the calendar that saw Flora Yin Wong release her second album within a few days of Halloween, but if a record captured the spirit of the spooky season this year, then it
Flora Yin Wong ~ Cold Reading
It may have been a mere coincidence of the calendar that saw Flora Yin Wong release her second album within a few days of Halloween, but if a record captured the spirit of the spooky season this year, then it
Olivia Louvel ~ doggerLANDscape
Where is the border? The question seems always, in all places, to be relevant. The answer is that the the borders are always changing, whether due to nature or by human definition. Glaciers melt; seas rise; volcanos produce new land.
Olivia Louvel ~ doggerLANDscape
Where is the border? The question seems always, in all places, to be relevant. The answer is that the the borders are always changing, whether due to nature or by human definition. Glaciers melt; seas rise; volcanos produce new land.
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