Extreme Music Fiends ENDON Return with Another Chaotic Offering in ‘Boy Meets Girl’
On Boy Meets Girl, Japan's ENDON carry down the same path of aggression tilting towards their hardcore-esque origins.
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Sarah Louise Offers ‘Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars’
Sarah Louise evokes the natural landscapes of meadows, ponds and woods. She connects the spiritual and the material in creative ways that suggest there is more out there than one can understand through thought alone.
Black to Comm Returns with an Immersive Ambient Work, ‘Seven Horses for Seven Kings’
Sound artist Marc Richter produces a terrifying record in Seven Horses for Seven Kings by implementing elements of dissonance, off-kilter sampling, and intriguing sonic landscapes
SUMAC Breaks New Ground With ‘Love in Shadow’
Following their fantastic collaboration with Keiji Haino, heavy post-metal act SUMAC introduces free rock, noise, and improvisational ideas to their sound on Love in Shadow.
Glenn Jones Continues to Plug Away, and We’re Better for It
Former Cul de Sac leader Glenn Jones offers the world ten more American Primitive originals on The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar.
E Find Some Dark Places in Their ‘Negative Work’
With entwined chaos and a compelling attack, E offers plenty of intensity to enjoy on Negative Work.
Sidi Touré Throws All of Himself Into the Ecstatic Desert Blues of ‘Toubalbero’
Toubalbero expands the desert blues concept as Sidi Touré creates ecstatic compositions from familiar sonic elements.
Nature Howls on Sarah Louise’s Immersive ’Deeper Woods’
North Carolina singer-songwriter Sarah Louise wanders the vast open spaces of nature for a unique and magnificent record.
Experimental Artists YoshimiO, Susie Ibarra, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Join Forces on ‘Flower of Sulphur’
Three unique experimental music minds meet for a powerful improvisational recital in Flower of Sulphur.
Oozing Wound: Earth Suck
Oozing Wound are bigger and badder on their sophomore effort, Earth Suck, which definitely has a spot among the best metal of 2014.
A Minor Forest: Flemish Altruism / Inindependence
A Minor Forest didn’t live long enough to see their craft surpass their inspiration, and for this reason their legacy is safer now than it was 20 years ago.