Six Organs of Admittance returns once again in the intricate tangle of the fretboards, soaring in the open skies of Europe.

With new dates announced in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and Italy, like lens flare cutting through the speakers, you have another chance to wander amongst the presence of Ben Chasny, the intuit. Passing through wormholes and time, sounding deep then dissolving into the universal, his acoustic guitar ringing, layered suddenly, then clear again. Explosions of a new kind of distortion. Ecstatic melodies. Communing. The... (read more)

With a near-complete trilogy on the horizon, guitarist Oren Ambarchi, bassist Johan Berthling and percussionist Andreas Werliin thrill us thrice more with Ghosted III, out August 29! Listen to the new single "Chahar" and check out their new music video, another dazzling production by Maximilien Luc Proctor.

As with "Yek," the first single off Ghosted III, “Chahar” presents looser, wilder interplay from Ambarchi, Berthling and Werliin. Ambarchi’s recognizable guitar tones and their eventual multiplicity almost overwhelm Berthling... (read more)

The next album from Bitchin Bajas — the trio of Cooper Crain, Rob Frye and Daniel Quinlivan — is near! The successor to 2022’s Bajascillators glides easily into frame, but once there, Inland See is deceptively immediate: four songs, entirely within themselves, all together forming an essential whole. Inland See is out September 26; the lead single "Skylarking" arrives today with a new visualizer featuring visuals by Nick Ciontea.

With every successive Bitchin Bajas release, we see that the real key for... (read more)

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)