Elliot Cole ~ Nightflower

Obey it sentence syntax understandable a make must to. Make any sense? Quickly read, it’s garbage; slowly read – more than once – its meaning probably emerges. In so doing, that meaning is actually jeopardized – turns out a sentence

Elliot Cole ~ Nightflower

Obey it sentence syntax understandable a make must to. Make any sense? Quickly read, it’s garbage; slowly read – more than once – its meaning probably emerges. In so doing, that meaning is actually jeopardized – turns out a sentence

V/A ~ Sleeplaboratory1.0

Happy third anniversary to Harry Towell’s Whitelabrecs, which is celebrating the occasion with a landmark 50th release.  Since January 2016, we’ve become enamored with these limited run CDs that look like baby records.  Sleeplaboratory1.0 includes a disc-sized facsimile of an album sleeve.

V/A ~ Sleeplaboratory1.0

Happy third anniversary to Harry Towell’s Whitelabrecs, which is celebrating the occasion with a landmark 50th release.  Since January 2016, we’ve become enamored with these limited run CDs that look like baby records.  Sleeplaboratory1.0 includes a disc-sized facsimile of an album sleeve.

Surachai ~ Come, Deathless

The first great industrial album of the year comes from L.A.’s Surachai, the artist’s seventh album overall and finest to date.  The artist pulls out all the stops for this one, beginning with the Wax Mage edition (already sold out), which

Surachai ~ Come, Deathless

The first great industrial album of the year comes from L.A.’s Surachai, the artist’s seventh album overall and finest to date.  The artist pulls out all the stops for this one, beginning with the Wax Mage edition (already sold out), which

MYMK ~ Garlands

The last album from MYMK (Brasília’s Bruno Sres) was encased in concrete.  Early editions of the new album come with a second disc ~ a visual album from Yoshi Sodeoka.  These additions make the releases unique.  But the best thing about

MYMK ~ Garlands

The last album from MYMK (Brasília’s Bruno Sres) was encased in concrete.  Early editions of the new album come with a second disc ~ a visual album from Yoshi Sodeoka.  These additions make the releases unique.  But the best thing about

ACL 2018: Sound Propositions

Piano piano. This Italian expression, meaning “slowly”, is a good summation of my year. If I wasn’t working slow enough already, then spending three months in Italy certainly didn’t inspire me to move any faster. 2018 was an unusual year for

ACL 2018: Sound Propositions

Piano piano. This Italian expression, meaning “slowly”, is a good summation of my year. If I wasn’t working slow enough already, then spending three months in Italy certainly didn’t inspire me to move any faster. 2018 was an unusual year for

Cheryl E. Leonard ~ Watershed

Is it cold where you are?  It’s 7F here, which makes the cold weather recordings of Cheryl E. Leonard a perfect accompaniment.  Watershed is active and enthralling, existing on the invisible reef between field recording and improvisation.  On the surface, this is a

Cheryl E. Leonard ~ Watershed

Is it cold where you are?  It’s 7F here, which makes the cold weather recordings of Cheryl E. Leonard a perfect accompaniment.  Watershed is active and enthralling, existing on the invisible reef between field recording and improvisation.  On the surface, this is a

Laibach ~ The Sound of Music

By now, you probably know this album’s story: avant-garde collective Laibach go to North Korea in 2015 and become the first Western band to play there ever since the country split in two. What they play is a variation on

Laibach ~ The Sound of Music

By now, you probably know this album’s story: avant-garde collective Laibach go to North Korea in 2015 and become the first Western band to play there ever since the country split in two. What they play is a variation on

Mono ~ Nowhere Now Here

Over a lifespan nearing its third decade, Mono have always tackled dualities from the most grand to the most human: heaven and hell, conflict and calm, presence and absence. Their music has mirrored these concepts: roars and whispers; marathons and

Mono ~ Nowhere Now Here

Over a lifespan nearing its third decade, Mono have always tackled dualities from the most grand to the most human: heaven and hell, conflict and calm, presence and absence. Their music has mirrored these concepts: roars and whispers; marathons and