I am hard-pressed to find any type of flaw on Huntly’s single, “Low Grade Buzz,” which will appear as the title track on a new album. The namesake hum comes through as part of the instrumentation, as intentional feedback, and as a reminder of endless entropy. Low Grade Buzz by Huntly Continue reading
On “Strzez sie pociagu,” Ługowski and the band prove that they can do melancholy just as well as the next freeform troupe. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
Bartosz Ługowski delivers another playful instrumental album, this time using sounds from the neighborhood. My favorite sample-turned-melody is the heavy machinery sigh heard distinctly at the end that benefitted from new life of horns and woodwind. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
Queer grunge rock achieves a higher purpose for Swinomish musician, Katherine Paul aka Black Belt Eagle Scout. Her new video for “Soft Stud” was filmed on the ancestral lands of the Chinook tribe, located in what is otherwise known as Oregon and Washington states. Continue reading
In a traditional sense, “Be Your Lover” is a tragedy. There is no hope for the relationship, even in the titular line. Source: SoundCloud / DOV Continue reading
A golden, Baroque hymn. JOY by hackedepicciotto Continue reading
You may quite literally lose yourself in “Lay,” a single off of the recent self-titled album from Waves of Dread. A wall of noise blankets the track and contributes to its thematic haziness. Waves of Dread by Waves of Dread Continue reading
Illiterate Light personifies a cat fight in their new video, made all the more realistic by the absurdity of what the pair fight about: a floral crop top. Continue reading
If you missed Adia Victoria’s “Doep Queen Blues,” then you may not have realized that the Nashville artist’s new music features a smoky intrigue. New single “Different Kind of Love” is a great example of the sound direction. Her new album, Silences, was produced by Aaron Dessner of The National, and it comes out on February 22; pre-order. Continue reading
Charles Wesley Godwin held nothing back when putting together his boisterous new record, Seneca. Several singles are out now to give a taste of what is to come on February 15; you can hear his current releases on Soundcloud. Source: SoundCloud / Charles Wesley Godwin Continue reading
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