Get Dark With Llora’s “Bad Behavior”

Photos by Vera Velma There’s something sinister yet alluring about the music of LLORA. I imagine some early 80s dance club in Lower Manhatten as I listen to their pulsating track “Bad Behavior”. The wobbly synth that opens the track leads us into a tight electro 80s groove. We’re greeted by come hither vocals that […]

Future Museums : Transitional Spirit Mirror EP

Neil Lord works many musical angles, finding an emotional and spiritual center in everything he does. Working with the Holodeck Records crew to curate the substantial, eclectic, and excellent roster that the Austin label hosts, as well as working in bands like the dark and electronic-driven Thousand Foot Whale Claw and shoegaze trio Single Lash. […]

A Gift To You

In times of worry I’ve always been the one to want to make things better. As a little kid if my mom was upset about something I was in my room making her a picture or offering to do the dishes so she didn’t have to. If the mood was tense I was the clown, […]

Premiere : Listen to Kanaan’s “Öresund”; ‘Double Sun’ Drops April 24th

Kanaan, the Norwegian power trio which consists of Ask Vatn Strøm(Electric and acoustic guitars), Ingvald André Vassbø(Drums, percussion and organ), and Eskild Myrvoll(Bass, synths, electric and acoustic guitars), are a band on fire. Their 2018 debut record with El Paraiso Records titled Windborne was one of the absolute musical joys of that year. Combining touches […]

Dream Division : Escape From Planet Sauvage

Dream Division is the kind of analog-slathered electronic project that tickles the fancy of the most ardent sci fi/horror soundtrack aficionado. For fours years now Dream Division has been releasing woozy, hypnotic full lengths and EPs that defy both decade and time/space. One of the premier heavy synth acts to appear out of the ether, […]

Cole Pulice : Gloam

Cole Pulice is a Minneapolis-based saxophonist who’s musicianship and instrumental prowess has accompanied artists as diverse as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bon Iver, and Mild High Club. Pulice also plays in the lo-fi New Age band Iceblink. He’s a solid reed player with an air of eccentricity that gives whatever song he’s on its own […]

Hunter Complex : Dead Calm and Zero Degrees

One of my absolute music highlights in 2019 was discovering the amazing Lars Meijer, aka Hunter Complex. I know Lars has been putting out incredible albums under the Hunter Complex moniker for almost a decade, but I wasn’t aware of the musical world of HC until the end of 2018. Well, technically I’d seen the […]

Meridian Arc : Timelapse

Andrew Crawshaw is the man behind Seattle’s heavy synth project Meridian Arc. Meridian Arc is the side project of Crawshaw when he’s not making music with SOMAFREE INSTITUTE. What does Meridian Arc sound like? It’s the sound of buzzing synths, heady sci-fi vibes, and total zone out electronic music. It’s not as lingering as Tangerine […]

Alone 1980 : Humanity

Alone 1980 is the mysterious musical project from Sweden that gives us imagined soundtracks to horror and science fictions films that never existed. Well, except for in the mind of their creator. For the past two years a prolific amount of music has come from Alone 1980, and all of it engaging and hypnotic. You […]

Reflex Condition : Unknown Restraints

Once in a while you’re surprised by an album. You’re not looking for it, but out of the blue an album drops from the ether and into your lap and sort of blows your mind. The band Reflex Condition just dropped their album Unknown Restraints last Friday and by now I’ve listened to it four […]