Tuesday, October 18 2011
Benjamin Thigpen: divide by zero
Five satisfying doses of atonal, arrhythmic racket. This is what your computer hears when it breaks.
Tuesday, May 24 2011
Francisco López: Untitled #244
Music without instruments or a rhythm that might evoke a genre or a predecessor or even a musician.
Wednesday, April 20 2011
Boris and Merzbow: Klatter
Despite the fact that Klatter comes off as a fairly low-key album for fans of either Boris or Merzbow, it is also a surprisingly rich one.
Wednesday, January 26 2011
Heavy Winged: Sunspotted
Accessible noise that conjures visions of desolate frozen tundras, roiling sandstorms, and melons.
Wednesday, October 13 2010
‘Acoustic Territories’: Sound and Sense Become Indistinguishable
Acoustic Territories argues that sound, far from being merely something that takes place in, occupies, or evokes space, is inherently spatial and determines our very sense of locatedness.
Tuesday, September 28 2010
Swans: My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Michael Gira's legendary Swans return from over a decade of silence to create a heart-stopping album of sin, death, hope, and reclamation.
Tuesday, July 20 2010
Burning Star Core: Papercuts Theater
Papercuts Theater is a thrilling ride into the outer realms of possibility, best when played at loud volume, or listened to on headphones for the ultimate immersive experience.
Thursday, June 24 2010
HEALTH: DISCO2
Noise-rock foursome gets the remix treatment for a second time, featuring work by Pictureplane, Small Black, and Tobacco. Oh, and there's this one new HEALTH original, too.
