Isotope 217: “New Beyond” (Utonian Automatic, Thrill Jockey 1999) Isotope 217’s first EP was my favorite of theirs, but this follow-up album is still solid. Quintessential Chicago...
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Birds of Passage: This Kindly Slumber (Denovali) Alicia Merz’s third album as Birds of Passage is haunting and ghostly, much like her faint voice murmuring through a wall of effects....
Matthew Barlow: Sun Showers (Preservation) The Australian Preservation label, “dedicated to unearthing and uniting underground artists,” has expanded on Matthew Barlow’s...
Matthew Barlow: Sun Showers (Preservation) The Australian Preservation label, “dedicated to unearthing and uniting underground artists,” has expanded on Matthew Barlow’s...
Tropic of Cancer: Restless Idylls (Blackest Ever Black) Camella Lobo’s latest solo release as Tropic of Cancer continues her melancholy trajectory of post-everything gloom....
Tropic of Cancer: Restless Idylls (Blackest Ever Black) Camella Lobo’s latest solo release as Tropic of Cancer continues her melancholy trajectory of post-everything gloom....
Hammock: Oblivion Hymns (Hammock/Bandcamp) First, I can’t believe that Hammock isn’t on a label and is just releasing this gorgeous music on their own via Bandcamp. This was my...
Gabriel Saloman: Soldier’s Requiem (Miasmah) I think I met Gabriel Saloman at a house party years ago. He was wearing a jean jacket with a really elaborate doily on the back, which I...
Fuck Buttons: “Colours Move” (Street Horrrsing, 2008)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Atoms for Peace: “Before Your Very Eyes” (AMOK, 2013) This gorgeous video premiered at the tail end of the Atoms for Peace show at the Hollywood Bowl in LA last week. AMOK is such a...
Darkstar: “Deadness” (North, Hyperdub 2010) This album never gets old to me.
Low: “Murderer” (Drums & Guns, 2007) “I’m cruel, and I look right through.”(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Fieldhead: A Correction (Gizeh) Achingly gorgeous instrumental interplay between Paul Elam’s electronic arrangements and violinists Elaine Reynolds and Sarah Kemp. The cover art...
Olafur Arnalds: Two Songs For Dance (Erased Tapes) Short and sweet, these two understated pieces suggest movement in a far less obvious way than what one might expect. Both have an elegant...
Martin Brandlmayr, Werner Dafeldecker & Christian Fennesz: Till the Old World’s Blown Up And A New One’s Created (m=minimal) m=minimal released this meeting of the minds...
Midwest Product: “Still Love In The Midwest” (Specifics, Ghostly 2002) I find myself lately always surprised how old music is that feels like it came out recently. This one from Midwest...
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