The Danish “Tapetown Session” has quickly become one of my favorite vehicles for exposure for (mostly) heavy, guitar bands. This latest from the Danish Noise Rock band Heathe, however, sets the standard. Uncompromisingly brutal, Heathe recalls the best tendencies when Noise and Psych rock hook up in some seedy club bathroom. In-the-red dissonance meets melodic, …
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With a slow build static storm that culminates in a consuming maw of sound, the Australian duo comb the depths of that liminal space in between conscious thoughts. Shuttering and chopped tones are deeply submerged under noisy tonal shifts – a tube amp broadcasting in code perfectly articulating that which we don’t have the ability …
We are waiting excitedly for Magic From Space’s newest installment of Music for Highly Sensitive People with Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Released on October 1st, “Dreamboat” is a delicate and leisurely opening salvo. Set against staccato plucked guitars, “Dreamboat” folds in layers of off-kilter beats, Casio-funk bass lines and a stuttering time-freezing beat accentuations that …
The Swiss producer’s new high BPM, 90’s Rave inspired track is full-on linear house madness replete with glistening ambient passages running throughout and distorted bass lines dropping like mana from some heaven-club inspired afterlife. “Fall Into My Mind” is a massive endorphin release spread across 5 + minutes.
The New York btw of Sweden producer has ingratiated himself within the Hip Hop and Audio Production circles by crafting beats for established artists associated with Slaughterhouse as well as producing melodic, progressive, conceptually engaging compositions like “The Other Side”. on “The Other Side” Ibra-Heem braids together the human voice, a progressive house beat pattern …
“Patagonia” begins with an bubbling Arp synthesizer passage that forms the sturdy backbone of the 17 year old artist’s latest single. From there the California based Aryeh takes us through a hazy, dreamy trip replete with aspirational statements filled with granular detail. Jelani’s upper-register, languid vocals recall Why’s Yoni Wolf at his most reaching, yet …
Flora & Fauna label head Henrick von Euler creates nocturnal music perfect for late night drives, pre-dawn walks and easy come downs. On “Sank Elms Eld” the Swedish artist corrals a clicking 4-4 beat around a series of deeper bass hits and ascending/descending synth lines that swoop in and out of the audio field. Enough …
Michael A. Muller’s video for “Fixed Shadow” displays the axiom that no matter how far we get we can’t run away from ourselves. The multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of the excellent Austin-based collective Balmorhea, Muller’s drone work sets the course for an eliding, spectral pacing while deeply resonant double bass hits punctuate the subtle movement and …
I sit down with Marlo and Cleo of the Cincinnati noise project Slug Death to discuss their musical influences, indulge an unwieldy conversation about Phish and listen as Slug Death poke holes in the dominant white noise dude paradigm. It’s a good one. Link to Slug Death Bandcamp Contort Your Body, For Like, Three Hours …
On “The Way We are in Song” the duo of Ian William Craig and Missy Donaldson really lean in to their Low and Ida influences and take a major step forward as a cohesive duo. On “The Way we are in Song” strummed acoustic guitars and harmonized vocals take center stage with Craig’s characteristic distorted …