Black Moth Super Rainbow : Soft New Magic Dream

Black Moth Super Rainbow has been making off-kilter electronic music for over 20 years now, with their debut dropping in 2003. For the uninitiated, imagine late 70s/early 80s electronic toys becoming sentient and forming a band. A Simon Says, Lite Brite, a clunky old Casio keyboard, and a random battery-powered lazer gun that buzzes indiscriminately. […]

Correlations : Andromeda Workshop

There’s something striking about Correlations new record Andromeda Workshop. The name alone elicits visions of some Moebius-drawn world; futuristic yet somehow feeling ancient in its simplicity and almost melancholy storytelling. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” comes to mind(please don’t sue me Disney!) The retro-futuristic sounds Correlations(aka Neil Hale) creates build […]

Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke : Tall Tales

Thom Yorke is not afraid to get out of his comfort zone, as well as his fans’ comfort zones. There’s still that small group of folks that never got over Radiohead getting into proggy, concept album territory with the masterpiece OK Computer. The fans disappointed when their favorite band from 30 years ago doesn’t trot […]

Pye Corner Audio : Lake Deep Memory

The musical world of Martin Jenkins’ Pye Corner Audio is a vast and mysterious one. The music is low key, sparse, and filled with shadowy twists and turns. Dark ambient hung on skeletal beats like flesh to bone, as if building a creature from things unknown and thoughts unspoken. Eerie, melancholy, and oddly groovy; a […]

Keith Canisius Returns To The Worlds of Shortwave Broadcaster & Morph Stereo

Musician Keith Canisius has put out a steady run of guitar and Eurorack-based ambient/shoegaze/dream pop instrumental music over the last several years. Starting in 2020 with the drone/ambient/experimental world of Shortwave Broadcaster. Plugging in and playing, improvising and then swirling guitars, bass, synth, Eurorack and field recordings into ethereal tracks that seem to emanate from […]

Le Matos : Turbo Kid Original Game Soundtrack

10 years ago the French-Canadian filmmaking trio RKSS released their film, Turbo Kid. An ode to 80s post-apocalyptic B-movies, it was a fun nod to movies like Metalstorm, Steel Dawn, and Mad Max but with the light-heartedness of BMX Bandits, Explorers, and E.T. Over the top gore that was more ridiculous than offensive, and a […]

Set Adrift On Memory Tapes 80s Bliss

I grew up in the early days of indoor malls, neon buzz, and Cannon Films. Dual cassette players, VCRs, and arcades were the technology I worshipped. If a movie didn’t have at least a part III or IV it wasn’t worth the trouble. Microwave cakes, hi-top Reeboks, and t-shirts enshrined with Alf, The A-Team, and […]

Entrancer : Rit

Ryan McRyhew came into focus for me a decade ago when I bum rushed the Software Recording Co. Bandcamp page. I was full obsessive/compulsive regarding everything Oneohtrix Point Never/Daniel Lopatin and felt like I’d come across a treasure chest of unknown musical pleasures when I discovered the OPN mastermind ran a record label. One of […]

The Cube of Unknowing : Bog Summoner

If ever there was an album that sounded exactly as the name of the record implies, then The Cube of Unknowing’s Bog Summoner is it. Other names that would have been equally as descriptive would have been Cosmic Travels Into The Subconscious, A Black Hole Journey, Losing Your Mind In The Slipstream, or Dreams Drowning […]

Panda Bear : Sinister Grift

Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, is the sunshine pop weaved into the art rock canvas that is Animal Collective. His Beach Boys-esque harmonies make even the busiest AC tracks feel just a touch more harmonious. Not throwing shade on Avey Tare or anything, but Panda Bear is the sugary coating to help even the most […]