Billow Observatory Ready ‘III: Chroma/Contour’; Listen To “Iris”

Jason Kolb and Jonas Munk have been collaborating both in person and via file sharing from across the Atlantic for over ten years as Billow Observatory. Over those ten years the ambient/minimalist duo have given us a self-titled album in 2012, II: Plains/Patterns in 2017, and now on February 8th Billow Observatory release their their […]

Craig Aalders : Oceanography

Typically I think of the expanse of the Pacific Ocean and I start to feel a little insignificant. Don’t get me wrong, there is an absolute and awe-inspiring beauty in a large body of water like the Pacific, or for even my neck of the woods Lake Michigan. Standing on the shore line at the […]

Revisited : Justin Sweatt’s ‘Say Your Goodbyes’

This album was originally reviewed back in March of 2018. Justin Sweatt self-released Say Your Goodbyes digitally via his Bandcamp page. It is now getting a physical release courtesy of Night Rhythms Recordings out of Austin, Texas. The album is Justin’s first album released under his own name, as opposed to his former stage name […]

Thomas Ragsdale : Honley Civic Archives Volume 1

Thomas Ragsdale makes subtle and elusive music that appears like audio mirages. You listen to what is unfolding right in front of you and you’re entranced in the hazy atmospherics. But once a piece ends it seems to dissipate right in front of you, like a specter. You question yourself as to whether those melancholy […]

Timothy Fife : Hoichi The Earless

There are few musicians working today that are as consistently great as east coast musician/composer Timothy Fife. I discovered him thru his synth duo Victims, and their wonderful Form Hell 10 inch release from 2016. Fife followed that up in 2017 with his Death Waltz/Mondo solo debut Black Carbon(Form Hell was also a Death Waltz release.) […]

This Will Destroy You : New Others Part One

This Will Destroy You are unique among their contemporaries. Much like fellow Texans Explosions in The Sky, This Will Destroy You make big sky compositions out of guitars, drums, subtle electronics and synths that allow you to fall into the tracks and get lost for a bit. Expansive, vast, and exploratory musical journeys that feel […]

Omni Gardens : West Coast Escapism

Steve Rosborough works out the psychic kinks through music. Whether he’s running his label Moon Glyph Records and releasing albums of forward-thinking psych by other like-minded artists, or laying down the cosmic Tangerine Dream vibes himself under the name Soothsayer, Rosborough is very much interested in healing thru the power of music. Though his label […]