Jessica Ackerley’s ‘Morning/mourning’ Is a Dazzling Journey Through the Grieving Process
The latest solo album from experimental guitarist Jessica Ackerley is an adventurous tribute to two recently departed mentors.
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Claire Rousay Leans Into a Gentler, More Ambient Sound on ‘A Softer Focus’
Combining field recordings with quiet, droning musical touches, A Softer Focus from experimentalist Claire Rousay may be her strongest work yet.
‘Live 80-81’ Is Testimony to How Hot This Heat Were on Stage
Released in 2006, this live LP documents This Heat as a formidable live rock presence.
This Heat’s ‘Made Available’ Is a Near Perfect BBC Sessions LP
Refusing to colour within the lines, This Heat presented new and radically revised work on this 1996 compilation.
This Heat’s Posthumous ‘Repeat / Metal’ EP of 1993 Took Extended Play Literally
Years before rock bands regularly crafted songs of this length, This Heat presented 40 minutes of music in just two songs.
1981’s ‘Deceit’ Is This Heat’s Defining Statement and a Chilling Document of the Nuclear Age
This Heat's last statement prior to their dissolution, Deceit saw the trio continuing to plot a path that harkened to other sounds of the moment, while remaining thoroughly unique.
‘Underground London’ Dazzles with Its Scope and Anti-Establishment Music
Cherry Red issues a gargantuan collection of anti-establishment music associated with the 1960s London counterculture, a movement which challenged the norms and conventions of mainstream society by drinking from the well of psychedelia, free jazz, Beat poetry, musique concrete, electronics, and minimalism.
New Brain Trajectory: An Interview With Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree
Two guitarists, Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree make an album largely absent of guitar playing and enter into a bold new phase of their careers. "We want to take this wherever we can and be free of genre restraints," says Lee Ranaldo.
Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree Create an Eerily Experimental Sound with ‘Names of North End Women’
The fruitful collaboration between these two unique musicians continues on an album that is dark but surprisingly melodic.
Don the Tiger Unleashes a Sound That Spans Continents with ‘Matanzas’
The latest project from Barcelona's most curious and ambitious musical export, Don the Tiger, is a moody melting pot called Matanzas.
Kevin Drumm: Wrong Intersection
As Kevin Drumm steers you through the Wrong Intersection, you can't help but get the feeling that that's where he belongs.