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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)

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)

The third time’s the charm! Or perhaps — the third time’s another charming excursion into the seemingly infinite universe of rhythm spontaneously created whenever guitarist Oren Ambarchi, bassist Johan Berthling, and percussionist Andreas Werliin plug in together. A little more than a year on from Ghosted II, the trio are back with a new finding: you guessed it, Ghosted III, out August 29. Today, enjoy a cut of the album's opening track, "Yek," plus a music video.

For their third... (read more)

Ty Segall's brand new album, Possession, is out tomorrow (May 30)! For his 16th studio record, Ty enlisted an old friend and longtime collaborator, filmmaker Matt Yoka, to co–write the lyrics and brainstorm the tripped-up landscapes of Possession. Today, the two reveal a dazzling new music video for the album’s third track, “Buildings.”

“Buildings” is a guitarless groove built on a moody breakbeat of electric piano, bass and drums. Ty’s low-down vibes sketch a chilly night in... (read more)

Sharpie Smile, the unconventional songwriting duo of Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner, descend from the altostratus this summer with their debut album, The Staircase. Ahead of a nationwide tour kicking off this June, the former Kamikaze Palm Tree tricksters are dropping a new single/video today for the title track and closing song, “The Staircase.” 

Dylan and Cole dance into an ethereal fever dream on “The Staircase”: waves of abandonment and isolation swirling about in impressionist images and mist-light... (read more)