Tagged: experimental
Stream King Garbage/Kuxxan SUUM’s Self-Titled EP
King Garbage and Kuxxan SUUM are actually both projects by Zach Cooper. The former explores blunted neo soul with the help of vocalist Victor DiMotsis, awash in crawling bass and meticulously shaped soundscapes; the latter … read more »
Stream: Kode9, “Xingfu Lu”
There’s something fantastically restrained about Kode9‘s new 12-inch cut “Xingfu Lu.” It jumps from half-time to double-time and from one syncopated rhythm to another as though it were simply inching its way along a train … read more »
Download Grouper’s FACT Mix
Like the rest of the music internet, we regularly look for FACT’s mixes to check up on what’s going on across the pond (and further, also sometimes closer). It’s all generally good stuff, depending on … read more »
Video: Wolf Eyes, “Choking Flys”
In this video for “Choking Flys,” decades-spanning Michigan hypnotists Wolf Eyes take us on a car ride through some of the chillier vistas of urban American life, cellphone camera-ing their way through a wintry landscape … read more »
Stream Gobby’s Debut Album, Fashion Lady
There’s something pretty gangster about adorning the front cover of your debut album with a slightly lopsided, cartoon drawing on a crumpled piece of paper—especially when the subject is something so inexplicably funny as the … read more »
Interview: Barn Owl
Barn Owl‘s “The Long Shadow” has kind of the perfect horror soundtrack build-up. It starts with an irresolute tug and pull between a cathedralesque wash of choir voices and a sinister, chromatic guitar melody, then … read more »
Stream: Mayerling, “La Mort N’en Saura Rien”
Mayerling’s “La Morn N’en Saura Rien” is inscrutable. It’s a plodding track led by organs that crawl and leave behind an ambient trail of warm noise before vocals that sound like they just don’t quite … read more »
Stream: Date Palms, “Yuba Reprise”
For their third studio album, the Bay Area psych duo of synthesist Gregg Kowalsky and violinist/flautist Marielle Jakobsons expanded their dreamy palette to include an electric bass player, a tampura player and a guitarist. A … read more »
Stream: Dirty Beaches, “Temple Street (Featuring The Offset: Spectacles)”
Last week, we posted a song from perennial shapeshifters Tonstartssbandht, who have a split tape coming out this month with Russia tourmate, Dirty Beaches. Here’s an insanely soulful, eardrum-ripping rock freakout from Alex Zhang Hungtai’s … read more »
Kirin J Callinan, “Embracism” MP3
Kirin J Callinan is an Australian dude who somehow manages to create these hyper-detailed dissonant songs that sit somewhere between boozy folklore and catchy noise. “Embracism” is exactly that—his voice rough and completely torn up, … read more »
