OOIOO and Lightning Bolt Create a Deliriously Off-Kilter LP
THE HORIZON SPIRALS / THE HORIZON VIRAL brings together two legendary experimental artists, OOIOO and Lightning Bolt for a delirious ride.
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Barry Walker Jr.’s Pedal Steel Roams an Ethereal Pasture
Barry Walker Jr.’s songs are at once somber and celebratory; they sound like a constant soundtrack to discovery, rebirth, or a hard-won peace.
Claire Rousay Uses Dusk as Disquieting Relief
In A Little Death, Claire Rousay demonstrates through a fog of enveloping drones how disquieting a relief the night can be.
Matmos Build Emotive Collage from Found Objects
Matmos construct complex, layered soundscapes that are so unique, they inspire creativity rather than imitation. Most importantly, though, their music is emotive.
Thalia Zedek Band Fight the Waves on New Album
Thalia Zedek stays on the tipping point throughout this album, never resolving the tension, but constantly plunging into the heart of it with fearless verve.
Claire Rousay and More Eaze Make a Fascinating Collaboration
Ambient/experimental artists More Eaze and Claire Rousay join forces once again in what may be their creative apex as a duo with no floor.
Rose City Band Deliver a Collection of Jam-Friendly Tunes
On Sol Y Sombra, Rose City Band offer an honest emotional reflection for our times with music that propels forward with their same carefree style.
Brueder Selke and Midori Hirano Unite for Unique and Striking LP
Celebrated Berlin-based composers Brueder Selke and Midori Hirano form a trio for this spellbinding new collaborative release.
Umberto’s ‘Black Bile’ Is Full of Graceful, Minimalist Ambience
Umberto is a master of creating moods that may be unfamiliar and alien but, like the best ambient music, are eventually welcoming in their own way.
SUMAC’s ‘The Healer’ Is One of the Best Metal Albums of 2024
Experimental metal trio SUMAC return with four tracks, a gargantuan runtime, and an experience that feels both frightening and healing on The Healer.
Myriam Gendron Hovers Between Balladry and Freer Spaces
Myriam Gendron effortlessly houses old musical DNA in new musical organisms, bridging the original with the traditional to guarantee her music’s timelessness.
Claire Rousay Shifts from Field Recordings to Quasi-Pop Ballads
Sentiment is a deeply melancholic work suffused with a gentle beauty in the emotions Claire Rousay expresses in the lyrics and the ambient delights.