Out of the Shadows: The Ever Growing Music of Iku Sakan
Iku Sakan's background has led to a crystalline sound that is one-part club-ready beat and two-parts inflammable trance: circular rhythms twisting into luminous knots.
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A Long-Faded '80s Music Festival Makes a Return to the Spotlight
Unlike most rock festivals that came before it, the US Festival in 1982 was unique and at times groundbreaking.
2h
Composer Jozef Van Wissem Shares Stunning New Video for "You Know That I Love You" (premiere)
Dutch minimalist composer and noted lute player Jozef Van Wissem has released a gorgeous new video for his take on a medieval madrigal that sounds as relevant as ever.
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Electronic Duo BeatLove Release New Single "Train" (premiere)
The first taste of BeatLove's forthcoming Gorilla EP is the shadowy, beat heavy "Train", an electronic track with a post-dub vibe.
1h
Hamell on Trial's Latest Showcases a Man, His Guitar, and a Boatload of Anger
This is how the stream-of-consciousness rantings of an angry 60-something-year-old man should sound. Even the title of the album looks like it's missing some punctuation.
3h
Banjolectric Rebrands the Instrument As a Modern Pop Machine (album premiere)
With Banjolectric's So Below, Gregory Mulkern sets out to prove that the instrument is capable of much more than many of us are currently aware of—and, he succeeds.
1h
Arcadian Child Gets Psychedelic and Groovy on "Twist Your Spirit" (premiere)
Get a taste of the surprising twists and turns that Greece's neo-psychedelic warriors Arcadian Child have to offer on their latest single, "Twist Your Spirit".
1h
Ian George Reflects on "Kandinsky" with New Single (premiere)
Ian George's forward-looking new offering is a subtle explosion of vibrant colors to delight in, inspired by expressionist painter, Wassily Kandinsky.
1h
American Dreamer Craft Orchestral Magic with 'Go Where You Go' (album premiere)
Tonal shifts between gaiety, eloquence, languor, and fervor occur amidst the lively warmth of American Dreamer's new orchestral folk LP, Go Where You Go.
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Brits in Hot Weather #8: Amethysts, Peakes, Farai, Bessie Turner, and Pizzagirl
Featuring the atmospheric, dark pop of Amethysts, the spacious electropop of Peakes, the caustic grime meets post-punk of Farai, the sparkling garage-rock of Bessie Turner and the '80s synthpop influenced Pizzagirl.
13 November
'An Article From Life' Offers the Complete Works of Lefty Frizzell
Bear Family has issued the complete recordings of Lefty Frizzell's music on 12 CDs, and then throw in eight more CDs of his kid brother David reading his biography of the musician.
13 November
'Sowas Von Egal' Shines a Spotlight on the Undergroud German Synthpop Scene of the Early '80s
The most interesting aspect of Sowas Von Egal is the tracks that focus on the rigid, guttural, tribal yet highly danceable electro-industrial sound that was exemplified by the German DAF and Belgian Front 242.
13 November
Willie Nelson and Phil Lesh Lead an Outlaw Music Festival of Resistance at the Hollywood Bowl
Outlaw Music Festival shows that America's musicians remain one our nation's best cultural weapons against the ever cunning forces of avarice and tyranny.
13 November
Jay Som and Justus Proffit Play an Indie Rock Jam Session on 'Nothing's Changed'
Jay Som and Justus Proffit join forces on Nothing's Changed, a low pressure collaboration worthy of a listen.
13 November
LARAAJI + Dallas Acid + Arji Oceananda Issue Video for "Evening Reduction" (premiere)
The acclaimed collaboration between pioneering new age artists LARAAJI, Dallas Acid, and Arji Oceananda gets extra boost via appropriately meditative video for "Evening Reduction".
13 November
Love, Lust, Loss Live Together on 'Chambers', New Release From Lightfoils (album stream)
Sometimes noisy, sometimes dreamy, often both in a delicious collision of the senses, Chambers captures Chicagoland dream pop/shoegaze band Lightfoils in full blossom.
13 November
Fave Five: Justin Courtney Pierre
The former Motion City Soundtrack frontman has finally released his first-ever solo record, and now Justin Courtney Pierre counts down his Five Favorite Records of All Time for PopMatters.
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12 November
The Smashing Pumpkins: Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
Thirty years on, the Smashing Pumpkins are (mostly) reunited and recording new music that displays the band's visionary spirit.
12 November
Pistol Annies Offer a Place of Comfort in the Midst of Brokenness on 'Interstate Gospel'
Pistol Annies offer hope through their heartbrokenness and comfort through community on their third album, Interstate Gospel.
12 November
Indian Percussionist Subhasis Bhattacharya Emerges with 'Tablananda'
Versatile percussionist Subhasis Bhattacharya steps into the spotlight with masterful Tablananda.
12 November
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