Unknown Mortal Orchestra : CURSE EP

Ruban Nielson’s music project Unknown Mortal Orchestra has seen its share of sonic evolution. From the scuzzy, psychedelic funk freakouts of their debut to the shinier production moments of albums like Multi-Love and Sex and Food to the almost mainstream sound of 2023s V, Nielson has proven a musician that embraces change and looking forward. […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra : V

Ruban Nielson arrived on the indie music scene back in 2010 with his Unknown Mortal Orchestra project in an air of mystery. This lo-fi project made songs that sounded as if they’d been locked in a storage locker for 40 years; musty, muffled tracks that were equally built for grooving and for dropping out. Garage […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra : Sex & Food

Ruban Nielson, from the beginning of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, has dabbled musically in darker terrain. There’s always a sense of groove and a funky nature to the music he creates, but even on the lightest days the songs sound as if they were aged in a time capsule and then dipped in some kind of […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra : Multi-Love

Ruban Nielson has some heavy stuff going on in his head. Multi-Love is the result of those heavy things. It’s also a celebration of the power of love and the power of music. It’s an emotional smorgasbord. Happy, sad, melancholy, reminiscent, confused, and overwhelming…sometimes in the same song. A lot has been said about the […]

jhubner73 presents: My favorite albums of 2013

It’s that time of year again where I put on my thinking cap, revisit many albums I’ve bought and listened to over the year, and figure out which ones I loved the most. This is always so hard as I know there are records I haven’t had a chance to listen to enough or didn’t […]