Experimental artist Kendraplex released a new pair of recordings recently. “Coffee” is a three-movement soundscape of tape loops, organ, feedback and live wire that traverses various textures of repetitious whirring, zapping, crackling and sparkling just over thirteen minutes long. “Cigarettes” is a guitar piece that spans sixteen and a half minutes, beginning with meditative ease before noisy breaks take things
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Experimental artist Kendraplex released a new single last week. Taking an ambient pop approach, this tune’s lush synth substratum and dreamy vocals create a hypnotizing atmosphere, with distorted guitar introduced periodically to add to the fantastical soundscape. The title is pretty self-explanatory; the lyrics describe what it’d be like living in your vehicle with your lover. Kendraplex ponders the nomadic
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RUSTBELT is the new project of seasoned rock star formerly known as Juiceboxxx, and he’s out with his debut single. It’s a sprightly pop tune where RUSTBELT chronicles profound events in his younger years in a self-deprecating way. He claims to always be wrong in a world that’s not black and white, and doubles down on acting like a clown.
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Experimental artist Kendraplex is out with a new album. It’s two compositions that each last around twenty minutes long, collaging many jams of different creative methods into eclectic broad displays. Guitar, voice, reel-to-reel and cassette tape loops, organ, field recordings, and electronic beats are all instruments of Kendraplex’s process; Sam Cook contributes with modular riffs as well. Each movement feels
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Ben Slowey sits down with the experimental artist.
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Experimental-fantasia artist Kendraplex (formerly known as Kendra Amalie) dropped a new track a few months back in the wake of Black Lives Matter marches across the globe. In black metal mode, Plex shares haunting yet blunt lyrics about every aspect of our sociopolitical system being a factor in racism, classism, bigotry, and fascism. Ultimately, she dooms Trump (“evil spirit”) and
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