Video Age : Away From The Castle

New Orleans’ Video Age began in 2016 with their debut Living Alone. The band’s core of Ray Micarelli and Ross Farbe locked into a certain soft rock aesthetic over their previous releases, which besides Living Alone includes 2018s Pop Therapy and 2020’s Pleasure Line. Their songs lock into sweet harmonies, 80s-tinged synths, and an endearingly […]

Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea Return With “Cadere”; New Album Out Spring 2024

There’s a special kind of magic that happens with Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea. A musical alchemy occurs within the lush sound layers, processed noise, and ethereal melodies that emanate from their songs. My first experience with this ambient music project was their 2020 release Liberamente, which came to us via Azure Vista Records. […]

Wild Nothing : Hold

Jack Tatum arrived with his project Wild Nothing in the late 2000s/early 2010’s on Brooklyn’s Captured Tracks label. Wild Nothing’s debut Gemini was lo fi dream pop; intimate songs, hushed bedroom production, and pop music that feels both familiar and singular at the same time. With each release to follow Tatum opened the sound and […]

Single Lash : Ladida

Single Lash builds worlds on their records. The Austin-based alternative band began as a musical outlet for singer/songwriter Nicolas Nadeau. Releasing debut Almost Breathing in 2012, Nadeau has built on those early dark, Gothic songs that ranged from echo-laden dark wave and 4AD vibes to a more bright, ethereal sound. The band has expanded to […]

Blonde Redhead : Sit Down For Dinner

The New York-based trio of Blonde Redhead have covered lots of sonic ground in their 30-year career. The band -which consists of Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace – released their first album in 1995 and started out as a noise rock band. But as the years went on Blonde Redhead evolved […]

Jeremiah Chiu : In Electric Time

Back in June of this year electronic music composer, educator, and artist Jeremiah Chiu walked into the Vintage Synthesizer Museum in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and began to play. Well, program sequences into these rare and vintage synthesizers and create a kind of analog, circuital symphony. Chiu was the mad scientist bringing these machines to […]

Ivan The Tolerable Returns With ‘Under Magnetic Mountain’, Out 10/6; Listen To “Three Of Pentacles”

Oli Heffernan, aka Ivan The Tolerable, is a force to be reckoned with. His brand of droning psych rock and hallucinatory vibes can be heard on a prolific discography that runs the gamut between psychedelic electronic swirls to hazy ambient to guitar-driven jams. Heffernan makes the kind of music you feel in a visceral kind […]

Oneohtrix Point Never : Again

Daniel Lopatin has had quite the creative and artistic arc with his electronic project Oneohtrix Point Never. From the psychedelic beginnings of drone-heavy albums like Betrayed In The Octagon, Russian Mind, and Returnal; to experimenting with grander scopes on R Plus Seven, Garden of Delete, and his most recent record Magic Oneohtrix Point Never. Lopatin […]

Wilco : Cousin

Wilco have quietly and casually slipped into elder statesmen mode, putting out decent records every couple of years. Jeff Tweedy and company have locked into, while not auto pilot, something akin to safety mode. Gently strummed songs with Tweedy’s now hushed and whispered delivery. The band’s cache of musical wizards(Nels Cline, Pat Sansone, John Stirratt, […]

Causa Sui : Loppen 2021

September 11, 2021: A loud and electrifying return to the stage for Odense, Denmark’s psych behemoths Causa Sui. After spending a year and a half locked down during a worldwide pandemic, the Danish four-piece consisting of guitarist Jonas Munk, bassist Jess Kahr, keyboard player Rasmus Rasmussen, and drummer Jakob Skøtt hit the stage of famed […]