British composer Leopold Stokowski once said “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” On their sophomore album The Chaos of Silence, Welsh four-piece Dying Habit investigate the cathartic nature of music through songs that create images of tension with aggressive riffs, jerky rhythms, andContinue Reading
Photo by Cody Whear Tez – Feathers indie rock Canterbury four-piece Tez makes a compelling case for emotional vulnerability in their recent single “Feathers”. Touching on themes of “the recognition of spirits, good karma, and appreciation” the self-aware single sees frontman Owen Mellett wear his heart on his sleeve whileContinue Reading
Never judge a book by its cover unless it’s not a book but the second self-titled album from Californian hypnotists-cum-psychedelic-indie rockers Mountains of Jura. The cover art of their latest release is a brilliantly detailed drawing of a lynx by Paula Spence. This image perfectly depicts the group’s roaming, confident,Continue Reading
New Yorker John Beckmann has had a productive few years. Since 2022, the genre-averse artist has released four albums (one of which was an opera titled HANUSSEN) and numerous EPS and singles. Going under the nome de plume Mortal Prophets, Beckmann incorporates experimental traditions and sensory indulgence into his cinematicContinue Reading
Photo by Valeriia Miller Yea Big and Tatsu Aoki – The Hand and The Moon, Part One When Bloomington, IL multi-instrumentalist Stefen Robinson, AKA Yea Big, first heard the work of Japenese traditional musician Tatsu Aoki, who primarily performs solo on the shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese instrument, he knew heContinue Reading
Photo by Laura Alessia Silent Mass – The Great Chaos alternative Spearheaded by the lush vocals of Ammo Bankoff, New York-based Silent Mass seems driven to take the listener to the astral plan with the titular single to their forthcoming album, The Great Choas. In an intoxicating stew of eldritch keys, hazyContinue Reading