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With a requisite crackle, hum and drone, you're fixed to slide into the dis-rupture in stereo that is guitarist Bill Nace and - well, THIS is a nice surprise - Bill's got his own record out this time! Sweet - in the past 15 years or so, Bill's been a trusty improv partner to so many: Steve Baczkowski, Chris Corsano, Paul Flaherty, Greg Kelly, James Twig Harper, Samara Lubelski and Thurston Moore, plus Body/Head, to name but a... (read more)

The notorious No A.G.E is back! A guitar/drums duo (Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt) with a penchant for self-recorded samples, No Age are mostly unconcerned with things like space or pause, and Goons Be Gone is gorgeously thick-- a hazy, delirious expanse that's both comforting and disorienting.
 
Listening to Goons Be Gone, it's hard to comprehend how just two people can manage to make so much noise while still sounding so subdued and mysterious-- it's easier to imagine Randall... (read more)

Today, Jackie Lynn shares a new single for “Shugar Water,” a joyous, forward-moving call to arms taken from the band’s recently announced, soon-to-be-released sophomore album Jacqueline, out April 10.
 

The Lynchian video (which features two different people occupying the ‘Jacqueline’ character) was directed by Jacob Forman, and stars Ike Harrell and Norah Wulkopf.  Speaking on the inspirations of the video, director Jacob Forman states: "I can only imagine what the tiniest bit of... (read more)

Just as we had promised, Christmas hath return!  That's right, John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch is finally coming to LP/CD on June 19th.John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch is the soundtrack to the Netflix special of the same name where John has recaptured the magic of that bygone television era when children sang songs about their feelings with celebrity guests on funky outdoor sets!

There are probable hits included like "Grandma's Boyfriend Paul," inspired by the breezy piano pop of... (read more)

The Sir Richard Bishop show is back in town, alive as ever with exotic action, plus a bit of everything but the kitchen sink! Oneiric Formulary is the sound of surprise - first Sir Rick being surprised, then us! Not simply by six-string acoustic rags 'n ragas, but departures as well into electric guitar, keyboard tricks, avant atmosphere, and even a reedy eastern knees-up! It's got mad variety, the kind you don't see much of anymore - an Ed Sullivan kind of evening out, with... (read more)

Washington, DC (home of the worst corruption ever known), wasn't always like this. In the early 1980s, it was home to the world's most vital, distinguished hardcore punk communities. With Minor Threat, Dischord Records and an ascetic straight-edge lifestyle that disdained booze, sex, and drugs, the city made a name for its loud, fast music and righteous progressive politics - a latter-day Camelot. 
 
Hailing from the unhip suburb of Ashton, Maryland, No Trend presented a sneering alternative to that sanctimonious ethos. Cynical, surreal,... (read more)

Bill Callahan loves the south - especially because there's so damn much of it! He lives in it in the US, but once he passes Southernmost Point Buoy, there's still so many amazing people and countries and continents even further south. The deepest dive of all would be Antarctica, but they lack the necessary clubs/recording studios/radio to attract such a musical man for very long. So Australia it is!

The latest whistle-stop on the Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest tour that's (slow)rocked the nations... (read more)

Ben Chasny, now two decades into the journey that is Six Organs of Admittance, transmits a new single from the forthcoming Companion Rises. "The 101" acts as 6OOA's rocking travelogue (Hartford→Detroit→SF, then the 101 north) across the good old USA. Ben's brisk picked guitar 
invention sets the pace, as synth, electric guitar and digital percussion join to drive the travel displacement vibe and anticipation of home again to a feverish pitch.
 
Elisa Ambrogio's video for "The 101" rides a... (read more)

The early Espers music back in print and circulating freely around the world! It's been a dream for so long for so many - and we're almost there, folks! But before we get to the March reissue date, let's pause, review and listen to a tune.

Emerging in Philadelphia around 2004, the trio of Meg Baird, Greg Weeks and Brooke Sietinsons added a few guest performers for their debut album, crafting delicate-yet-full-toned arrangements strewn with classical and traditional music touches, acid leads and... (read more)

Masaki Batoh's solo career continues to rise up with his fifth solo album (and second in the last two years), Smile Jesus Loves YOU.

Following the mostly solitary activity of making 2019's Nowhere, Batoh has invited several guests to play with him for parts of Smile Jesus Loves YOU. Like family members, collaborators from The Silence and Ghost make guest appearances, including, for two songs, ex-Ghost and legendary percussionist Hiroyuki Usui (Fushitsusha). As long time listeners of Ghost and The Silence... (read more)