AUDIO: Pendrop Poet – “Mimic!!!”
With a combination of spoken word pieces and harmonies, they show you the range of what they’re capable of in a variety of styles.
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AUDIO: J. McCoy – “The Fuzziness Of Your Logic”
McCoy uses vocal samples to talk about the nature of our very being on this release.
Read moreAUDIO: Brandon Buhr – “Memories Gone (Light Speed)”
Buhr drones with a monotony about the world, while looking at the passage of time.
Read moreAUDIO: Pasta Sauce – “Somewhere to Grow”
Indie-emo act Pasta Sauce released their third EP. The duo brings seven tracks to ponder existential questions about growth, faith, pain, life, death and purpose. The dialogue sampled in “Real, Random & Forever” sums it up pretty well; featured is a conversation between two people about what happens after we die, and how everyone has their own way of reckoning
Read moreAUDIO: Docx – “The Gurls”
Producer Docx released their third album at the top of the month. With ten tracks and a vast array of features, Docx continues to challenge conventional norms of pop sensibilities by means of structural, textural and thematic experimentation. While Docx has always embraced collaboration and stylistic defiance with their output, they never cease to push the envelope with each sonic
Read moreAUDIO: Tidal – “Buzz O)))”
Experimental rock act Tidal released a new track last week. Spanning almost nine minutes, “Buzz O)))” opens with flickering whispers and oceanic distortion before building into a menacing guitar melody and stomping, dooming rhythm. There’s an overall fearsome atmosphere here that concludes with a noisy yet textural discombobulation. Brace yourself for a heavy psych wash from Tidal!
Read moreAUDIO: Death Tape Super Bass – “Guts”
Prolific and productive experimental/noise act Death Tape Super Bass released a new album on the 1st of the month. These live-recorded tracks contain elements of industrial techno and harsh noise created using synths, samplers and drum machines. Mordant textures and palpitating electronic rhythms are combined to send us on a grinding, whirring voyage. Death Tape Super Bass delivers yet another
Read moreAUDIO: Lucky Bone – “The Vanishing”
Noise act Lucky Bone released a new album this past week. Recorded after viewing the 1988 Dutch film “The Vanishing”, the album was created using locked grooves cut and pasted onto a groove-less, blank record. Opening with warped samples of ekphrastic film analysis, the album then continues into a bright, psychedelia-tinged soundscape of repetitious clangor and crackling texture; things conclude
Read moreAUDIO: Nelson Devereaux & Max Devereaux – “Fame?”
Singer-songwriter brothers Nelson and Max Devereaux teamed up for a new single recently. With Max on vocals and guitar while Nelson handles the rhythms, this song touches on the “what if’s” surrounding a successful career and making a name for yourself. With a breezy, guitar-driven pop flavor that provides a comfortable atmosphere to ask these hard-hitting questions, the Devereaux’s aren’t
Read moreAUDIO: Docx – “Cum Thru”
The track successfully intertwines conventional elements with unconventional sonic intricacies.
Read moreAUDIO: Restraint Malfunction – “Torrential Assault”
Restraint Malfunction unleashed a new album recently. The harsh-experimental noise act brings ten tracks that are meant to be listened to as one piece. Michael Jurek traverses a range of textural territories here from searing static to abrasive grinding to fearsome screeches to hellish clangor over nearly thirty minutes. Enter the power plant of auditory havoc with Restraint Malfunction’s “Torrential
Read moreAUDIO: Masturbating Ape – “Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Nothing”
The two-song EP features ambient, fading loops that merge into each other to create an apocalyptic sonic tone.
Read moreAUDIO: Smooth Cactus – “Smoke Signals”
Experimental duo Smooth Cactus released a new album. Covering substantial ground with 21 tracks, the album consists of mostly short compositions typically between one and two minutes long, favoring liquid textures and minimalist production styles that together encourage a tranquil state of being. With elements of chillwave, lo-fi hip hop, ambient electronica and jazz blended into a unique palette, Smooth
Read moreAUDIO: Whaler – “EP-SUX3”
Experimental act Whaler released a new two-song EP out on Triple Eye Industries. The first track, “Lumpy’s Revenge”, incorporates droning guitar soundscapes against a bed of bright synths while the second track “Torture Roid” conjures a suspenseful, unsettling atmosphere with repetitive grunting sounds and industrial-adjacent textures. It’s the first we’ve heard from Whaler in some time, but “EP-SUX3” is a
Read moreAUDIO: Peter J. Woods – “Awful Answers”
Veteran noise artist Peter J. Woods released a new album out on Skinwalker Recordings. It consists of two tracks, one being almost 14 minutes and the other being over 25 minutes. “The Display” consists of prolonged static harshness that eventually transitions into obfuscated, garbled vocal samples. The title track…is absolutely golden…it samples and loops Tina Fey talking on TV while
Read moreAUDIO: Docx & Papi Sabor – “Infinitighosts”
Experimental artist-producers Docx and Papi Sabor teamed up for a three-song EP. Showcasing production that combines ominous textures with danceable qualities, Docx and Papi Sabor conjure a dark party atmosphere here. Dexonia appears on the first track “OUT” with rap verses in Spanish, and then the following two tracks “pools” and “SUMMERtime LOVE” incorporate reggaeton-friendly rhythms into heated grooves. There’s
Read moreAUDIO: Sarnal Key – “Take Me, Oh Sweet Vernal Gas”
Experimental artist Sarnal Key has a new composition out. Recorded in Portland during quarantine, this track shines with bright, twinkling soundscapes of digital ambient origin. It’s blissful and meditative, akin to walking through the first spring bloom, which is perfectly timely as we’ve had our first dose of warm and beautiful weather this week. Bask in voluptuous flora with Sarnal
Read moreAUDIO: Cobblers With Heart – “Cordwainer”
Cobblers With Heart are the experimental-improvisational duo of David B Collins and Paul Westfahl. Their latest record stems from a session at the Jazz Gallery in Riverwest back in 2021, right before Collins would move to Oregon. With Collins on modular synth and Westfahl on percussion and electronics, this album is shrouded in a mysterious atmosphere marked by suspenseful soundscapes
Read moreAUDIO: The End, I Love You! – “Ghost Chase Sequence: Moongrazing”
Experimental project The End, I Love You! released a new album out on FTAM Productions. Recorded over a period of two years, this album is inspired by memories and sunlight. Spanning twenty tracks, these compositions consist of guitar strumming twisted and altered with a tape recorder, weaving in and out of lucidity like nostalgia and warmth. The last quarter of
Read moreAUDIO: Restraint Malfunction – “Total Drain”
Experimental noise act Restraint Malfunction released a new composition recently. Spanning fifteen minutes, this piece consists of industrial noises that are simultaneously watery and metallic, just like the title suggests. Restraint Malfunction lets the sink run with “Total Drain.”
Read moreAUDIO: Dennis Hawk & Dave Schoepke – “Burn”
Dennis Hawk and Dave Schoepke released another composition together, and this one revolves around Karma. As Hawk’s flute rings with a loving aura and Schoepke’s drums march with determination, we are ensnared by bright sonic colors. There’s a sense of courage and resolution with this piece, like we’re watching a montage of truths unfold. Dennis Hawk and Dave Schoepke have
Read moreAUDIO: Tarek Sabbar – “No One Will Care As Much As You”
Electronic artist Tarek Sabbar released a new EP. It’s three tracks that each occupy their own niche of style; “Strata” opens things with waves of ambient bliss, “Process” gets the blood flowing with a danceable tempo and industrial textures, and “Subcutaneous” is a techno cut that feels mysterious with metallic resonance. Tarek Sabbar delivers a stunningly creative and versatile EP
Read moreAUDIO: Doormouse – “Nuns of the Mississippi”
Prolific electronic act Doormouse released a new EP recently. Coming off from his previous EP “Breakcore”, these compositions favor a more relaxed chillout approach. Fuzzy, distorted drum breaks and blasted 808s accompany samples from 90s news reports describing raves. The final track “You Are Here Again” is the previous four tracks in one mix. Doormouse strips things down while keeping
Read moreVIDEO: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone – “Slinkie”
Experimental pop act It’s Dangerous to Go Alone have their debut single and video out. The song has a dreamy, psychedelic feel and describes a vision of personifying the titular toy. Featuring a miniature world where people are all slinkies, the visual contains cardboard cars, cotton ball trees and dollhouse props in an adorably surreal production. We look forward to
Read moreAUDIO: Go Outside / Wavefiler – “Send / Return”
Experimental electronic act Wavefiler teamed up with Vermont-based artist Go Outside for a collaborative album. Meeting one another via Instagram, the two wrote each track one at a time in order to conjure maximum cohesion, so the album flows like a river. With wandering ambient soundscapes and breezy textures, “Send / Return” is a pleasant exercise of two artists building
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