A Handful of Dust were (are still?) the most radically weird of New Zealand bands. Ask legendary free-improv guitarist Alan Licht, who wrote a paean to this release: “Hahaha! Dude, don’t you realize you can keep the guitar out and twiddle knobs at the same time? Just ask Keith Rowe…or, Continue Reading
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Billy Tsounis – Pregnant Man Blues
My old friend, the near-legendary freak-psych guitarist Billy Tsounis, has a new album. From his Bandcamp site: “Pregnant Man Blues is the latest transmission from Billy Tsounis and The Amazing Androids, a band that lives where psychedelic rock, cosmic blues, and surreal sci-fi textures intersect. Entirely instrumental, the record plays Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek (Mental Health Food Store) – Taurids Encke, Overture & Entanglements
This is one of the latest releases by our esteemed friend and composer Jeff Gburek. From his Bandcamp site: “Inspiration comes literally from the meteorite shower Taurids Encke as an energetic immanence, along with the other great astronomical influences on our horizon, such as comets 3I/Atlas, comets A6 and R2, Continue Reading
Yara Asmar – Everyone I Love Is Sleeping and I Love Them So So Much
I can’t pin down why, but Lebanese experimental music composer Yara Asmar’s latest album is almost heartbreaking in its beauty. I’ve never heard electroacoustic music that left such a deep emotional scratch. Sublime.
The Residents & Renaldo And The Loaf – Title In Limbo + 4 Daze
Two of the most charmingly weird bands, The Residents and Renaldo And The Loaf, paired up for two freaky albums which have been reissued as one album by Klanggalerie. The sound is brilliant, and you can tell a lot of love went into this reissue. Well done.
tigermonster – collected dreamories
I don’t run into many experimental ambient bands from Liechtenstein, but this, I have to say, turned out to be a pretty good listen. Dark and somewhat ritualistic, it’s a good sort of weird.
Various Artists – Mutant Radio: Mutant Fundraising Compilation
I recently discovered Mutant Radio, which seems to be the hippest radio station in my new hometown of Tbilisi. Although I’m not familiar with most of the bands they play, the genres vary from techno to experimental, and the beats are strong. It’s definitely worth a listen!
Jeff Gburek – Round About Kaponiera
Jeff Gburek has a new release of instrumental guitar work that is simply sublime listening. From his Bandcamp site: “These tracks, were recorded in October, at home, quickly, via mono instrument microphone and with with a Boss reverb pedal in the mixer’s effects loop. The pieces on the album reiterate Continue Reading
Seabuckthorn – A Path Within A Path
Ambient folk sound artist Seabuckthorn has become a favorite by developing a hazy, psych-folk sound that blends the best of Lustmørd and Current 93 with more traditional acts, all the while keeping their experimental music bona fides intact.
The Necks – Disquiet
The Necks, perhaps my favorite improvisational music trio, have a new release. From the Northern Spy Records Bandcamp site: “Meticulously recorded and sculpted, the four extended pieces on Disquiet see Tony Buck, Chris Abrahams, and Lloyd Swanton pushing at the outer edges of their collective intuition, building and unraveling hypnotic Continue Reading