Dummy’s ‘Mandatory Enjoyment’ Is the Best Krautpop Album of the Year
Dummy’s full-length debut Mandatory Enjoyment percolates with a mesmerizing, inescapable warmth—the best of its Krautpop niche this year.
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The Gentle Eschatology of Suuns’ ‘The Witness’
Suuns’ The Witness is most easily described as gently terrifying. A creature that holds you and whispers sweet nothings in your ear about the end of the world.
Trees Speak Conjure Up a Mysterious, Hypnotic Sound on ‘PostHuman’
Arizona’s Trees Speak offer up elements of sci-fi, prog rock, krautrock, and Italian film scores on PostHuman, and that’s a good thing.
Sunburned Hand of the Man Are Back with an Eclectic Vengeance on ‘Pick a Day to Die’
Massachusetts rock collective, Sunburned Hand of the Man are back with their first studio album in a decade. Pick a Day to Die is a vast collection covering a wealth of styles and moods.
A Krautrock Maestro and Folk Singer Team up for a Masterpiece
Krautrock’s Detlef Weinrich and folk’s Emmanuelle Parrenin team up for Jours de Grave, and it’s damn near perfect. It feels too organic and alive to be called “avant-garde”, even though it is.
Peals Create Soundscapes Both Ambient and Edgy on ‘Honey’
Peals' Honey, originally released in 2016, has found a new home on a different label, and an opportunity for reexamination.
Neu!’s Michael Rother Talks About Experimentation and Chance
Neu!'s Michael Rother reflects on the creative environment of lockdown, the struggles of playing experimental krautrock, and the collective beauty of live performance.
TENGGER Unleash Blissed Out Electronic Soundscapes with the Gentle and Exotic ‘Nomad’
Ambient electronic ensemble TENGGER take cues from nature and world travel to inform their latest album, Nomad.
Bobby Previte / Jamie Saft / Nels Cline: Music from the Early 21st Century
A power-trio of electric guitar, keyboards, and drums takes on the challenge of free improvisation—but using primarily elements of rock and electronica as strongly as the usual creative music or jazz. The result is focused.
Ireland’s Junk Drawer Share New Krautrock Meets Post-Punk Song, “Temporary Day” (premiere)
Junk Drawer's "Temporary Day" is a simple yet compelling video for a gripping song that shows why the band have earned such acclaim in their native Ireland.
Experimental Rock’s Trees Speak Summon Kosmische Sensations on ‘Ohms’
On their inspiring second album, Ohms, Arizona avant-garde collective Trees Speak invoke the best of expansive electronica through motorik repetitions across a sprawling masterwork.
Horse Lords Create a Loud, Disciplined Roar on ‘The Common Task’
Experimental rock's Horse Lords release their first album in four years, and it's meticulous and complex, but also undeniably joyous and celebratory.
