Actor/comedian/musician/producer/writer Fred Armisen has long been known as one of the most curious entertainers in the business, creating a wild variety of things for television, film, stage, records and other media. The latest proof of his inquiring imagination is here: 100 Sound Effects, out September 26! “Music Venues”, out today, collects the first 7 sound effects as one nifty pre-release single.

Fred Armisen’s 100 Sound Effects is a sound effects album like no other: a fantastic contemporary entry in a classic... (read more)

Our favorite six-string shaman is back! Waving his axe of choice, Sir Richard Bishop once again summons forth damnable truth and beauty on an all-new album out September 26: Hillbilly Ragas. The first single, “They Shall Take Up Serpents,” is out today with a new music video by the man himself!

Since the dying days of the 20th century, the composer/player of spirited polytheistic guitar recitals — most recently, 2020's Oneiric Formulary — has worked feverishly to wrench and wrangle all the music... (read more)

For two weeks in 2023, Eiko Ishibashiand Jim O’Rourke toured a wonderful passage in Europe through France, Switzerland, Italy and Ireland. Pareidolia, out August 29 on Drag City, shapes an ideal collage from the best resonances and relationships from those nights. The duo’s fifth collaborative release is a dynamic medley of color and shape appealing to your suggestibility, wherever you find it. Watch the music video for their single edit of “Pareidolia” and see for yourself!

Improvisation is the preferred collaborative mode... (read more)

With a room fulla fine pickers and orchestral players, Cory Hanson proclaims I Love People! His 4th solo album drills down (baby) on a dryly parallax worldview, with songs about all those people he loves and all the crazy things they get up to. Today's American hero? The bard of the Big Rotten Apple, Lou Reed — hear Cory's new song "Lou Reed" now!

An archetype and a true original, Lou Reed liked to laugh and he loved people, too. Cory teases... (read more)