The Body and BIG|BRAVE Conjure Dark Folk Magic on Captivating ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’
The Body and BIG|BRAVE’s Leaving None But Small Birds is a rich, elemental, and engrossing slice of doom-laden American folk music.
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Marisa Anderson and William Tyler’s ‘Lost Futures’ Is a Stunning Collaboration
Celebrated guitarists Marisa Anderson and William Tyler join forces for an instrumental collection, Lost Futures, that’s equal parts calming and revelatory.
Colleen’s ‘The Tunnel and the Clearing’ Takes Us Deeper Into Her Fuzzy Analogue Sound-World
Colleen has struck out on a course all her own and continues to inhabit one of the most distinctive sonic terrains today, as on The Tunnel and the Clearing.
Peals Create Soundscapes Both Ambient and Edgy on ‘Honey’
Peals' Honey, originally released in 2016, has found a new home on a different label, and an opportunity for reexamination.
Sally Anne Morgan Invites Us Into a Metaphorical Safe Space on ‘Thread’
With Thread, Sally Anne Morgan shows that traditional folk music is not to be smothered in revivalist praise. It's simply there as a seed with which to plant new gardens.
Sam Prekop Discusses Summer Places and His Modes of Musical Creation
The Sea and Cake frontman Sam Prekop discusses process on his latest solo record, Comma, noting that its creation "has definitely changed my focus for the better and created new and interesting challenges -- and not have it feel like dopey electronic music".
Sam Prekop’s Painterly Signature Looms Large on ‘Comma’
Comma is Sam Prekop's fullest realization of his Brian Eno-like effort to toe the line between rock narratives and the avant-garde.
Matmos’ Drew Daniel Discusses Soft Pink Truth, Metal, and Trump
Drew Daniel: "Trump has weaponized a kind of insincere, smarmy trolling manner. I didn't want music that similarly relied upon that stance. I wanted something that was, in a way, the opposite. Something that felt affirmative and warm."
The Soft Pink Truth’s Entrancing New Album Is a Stellar Change of Pace
Matmos' Drew Daniels rebrands his solo work to meet the trying times, offering up an ambient techno classic for the ages under his Soft Pink Truth moniker.
Jim White and Marisa Anderson’s ‘The Quickening’ Takes an Experimental Journey
Avant-garde drummer Jim White and folk guitarist Marisa Anderson get together without rehearsing to see what happens on The Quickening.
Alison Chesley Toils in Human and Musical Connectivity on Helen Money’s ‘Atomic’
Chicago-based cellist, Alison Chesley (a.k.a. Helen Money) creates an utterly riveting listen from beginning to end on Atomic.
OOIOO Blast Out of Lengthy Hiatus with Brash and Beautifully Unpredictable ‘nijimusi’
Revered experimental Japanese noise/punk/jazz band, OOIOO are back with a typically intense and brilliant new album, nijimusi.