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Plugging Into the Third Mind
Alt-rock supergroup the Third Mind launches a musical adventure that brings Alice Coltrane and Roky Erickson together and doesn't forget the guitar solos.
14 Feb 2020
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Art and Politics Go Hand in Hand on Algiers' 'There Is No Year'
Algiers are what would result if Verso Books turned into an art rock band. This is a very good thing.
30 Jan 2020
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Wire's 'Mind Hive' Shows the Post-Punk Band at Their Inimitable Best
Post-punk pioneers Wire continue their late period renaissance with a new synthesis of all of their most endearing qualities on Mind Hive.
24 Jan 2020
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OOIOO Blast Out of Lengthy Hiatus with Brash and Beautifully Unpredictable 'nijimusi'
Revered experimental Japanese noise/punk/jazz band, OOIOO are back with a typically intense and brilliant new album, nijimusi.
17 Jan 2020
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Marco Benevento Strikes Sonic Gold in San Francisco
A Marco Benevento concert feels like going through a cosmic wormhole to a groovy land of enchantment that blends a retro foundation with a futuristic funk.
08 Jan 2020
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Paint a Portrait of a Grieving Parent on 'Ghosteen'
The anguish a parent feels for losing their child is harrowing and Ghosteen masterfully captures Nick Cave's grief and spiraling rumination on mortality.
12 Nov 2019
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The Velvet Underground's 'Grey Album' and the Delineation of a Decade
The Velvet Underground's 1969 self-titled release, known as the "Grey Album", blazes boldly 50 years later, and retains the same sonic relevance as a Laura Nyro or Nick Drake record: artworks utterly of their moment, that sound like they could have been made yesterday.
29 Oct 2019
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Battles Keep the Loops Going on 'Juice B Crypts'
Going from a trio to a duo doesn't affect Battles' dedication to chirpy synths and deep grooves on their latest, Juice B Crypts.
21 Oct 2019
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Infinite Color & Sound Are Free Spirits in New York
Infinite Color & Sound showcased their flourishing project at PublicArts ahead of sets at Sea.Hear.Now as part of a brief East Coast run. Photos and video of the whole show inside.
17 Oct 2019
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Boris's 'LφVE & EVφL' Rolls You within Its Slow, Tumultuous Dreamscape
New Boris album LφVE & EVφL is heavy, dreamy, and constantly in slow motion.
14 Oct 2019
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Intense & Vulnerable: An Interview with Infinite Color & Sound
Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and visual artist Kate Neckel chat about their audio/visual collaboration, Infinite Color & Sound.
04 Oct 2019
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Fly Pan AM Get the Classic Krautrock Vibe Right on 'C’est ça'
Canadian experimental rock band, Fly Pan AM return after a 15-year absence, stressing the extremes of their sound on C'est ça.
30 Sep 2019
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Neurosis and Jarboe Create a Titanic and Utterly Enveloping Musical Experience
Neurosis and Jarboe collaborated on a stunning album of heavy metal experimentation back in 2003. Now the album has been remastered and it's time for a fresh appraisal.
18 Sep 2019
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Why? Rediscover Their Earlier Form on 'Aokohio'
Why? return from a hiatus with the new visual album, Aokohio, which recalls Yoni Wolf's earlier works.
17 Sep 2019
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Sonic Youth Founder Thurston Moore Asks Why a Song Can't Be an Hour Long
Thurston Moore talks about the three instrumental pieces spanning nearly three hours that make up the Spirit Counsel box set, the people who inspired them, and the fact that he doesn't really consider himself a "guitar guy".
16 Sep 2019
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The Dust Blows Forward: 'Trout Mask Replica' at 50
In 1969, the deeply strange musician known as Captain Beefheart released an album that is still ahead of its time a half-century later. PopMatters spoke with musicians and writers about this landmark work of art and why it continues to fascinate.
19 Aug 2019
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The Flaming Lips' 'King's Mouth' Is Only Just a Bit Overstuffed
The Flaming Lips' King's Mouth couples spacey cinematic passages with driving rhythms to create a sombre and thoughtful musical whole.
14 Aug 2019
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Thom Yorke's 'ANIMA' Offers an Uplifting Kind of Dystopia
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke's third solo album ANIMA offers relatively peppy music to accompany his unsurprisingly bleak lyrical worldview, but it all works rather wonderfully.
05 Aug 2019
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Jazz-Rock's Red Kite Deliver Grooves and Drones in Equal Measure on Debut
Their fuzzed-out sonic signature might not be for everyone, but for adventurous listeners, Red Kite specialize in a fusion of music blending the complexity of Ornette Coleman with the heaviness of Black Sabbath.
24 Jul 2019
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Pere Ubu Issue Their 'Long Goodbye'
Pere Ubu's The Long Goodbye is an amazing achievement that accomplishes its mission of encapsulating a 45-year career with wit and aplomb.
15 Jul 2019
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Fountain of Time: An Interview with Bill MacKay
Chicago songwriter and guitarist Bill MacKay reflects on his softly powerful recent experimental rock work, and a life spent in thrall to the innate poetry in people and places.
12 Jul 2019
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His Name Is Alive: All the Mirrors in the House (Early Recordings 1979 - 1986)
Warren Defever was crafting drones is his home in his pre-teens. This first of three His Name Is Alive archival releases compiles those recordings.
27 Jun 2019
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Black Midi's 'Schlagenheim' Is Technically Proficient But Emotionally Shallow
Like their namesake, Black Midi are a restless, unstoppable force that push their members and listeners to their limits in Schlagenheim.
24 Jun 2019
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Jambinai's 'ONDA' Reminds That Korean Music Is Diasporic and Ever-Evolving
Jambinai's ONDA finds cross-cultural influences from traditional Korean music, post-rock, and atmospheric metal, but their ethos is certainly more complex than a fusion or hybrid project.
19 Jun 2019
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