The end of the year is always a daunting time for me as a writer and music aficianado. Having released not one but three solo projects this year, I spent a lot of the front half of the year mired in...
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Mhysa: Fantasii (Halcyon Veil)The intent and context Mhysa’s work (with an emphasis on using genderless “they/their,” according to Pitchfork) vs. alter ego E. Jane is best described in...
Siriusmo: Comic (Monkeytown)Berlin producer Moritz Friedrich has always seemed like an unsung hero relative to his contemporaries, having been quietly releasing quality records that split...
Andrea Belfi: Ore (FLOAT)The first thing I heard from percussionist and composer/producer Belfi was his 2014 album Natura Morta. I enjoyed its mix of acoustic percussion and physicality...
Lee Gamble: Mnestic Pressure (Hyperdub)I’ve always considered the nebulous world of contemporary IDM and electronic listening music as having two discrete phases in the 90s: before...
Sarah Davachi: All My Circles Run (Students of Decay)Canadian artist Sarah Davachi’s fourth album is about as minimal as they come. Hushed and stark, each of its five tracks is...
Visible Cloaks: Reassemblage (Rvng Intl.)Fellow Portlanders Spencer Doran and Matt Carlson’s Reassemblage surfaced early in 2017, but I didn’t hear it until recently....
Roe Enney: Glare (Root Strata)If you happen to be a former goth/industrial kid or have a reverence for early 80s post-punk gloom, Roe Enney is going to hit all the right, sparse notes for...
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