Sometimes, you have to start again. After playing in the post-punk band Sandcastle, the Toulon-based musician Thomas Ferrandes reinvisioned his musical language through Farewell Wise Man, an anything-goes instrumental musical project that touches on ambient, art rock, and industrial dance. His debut album, Peace Lines, is a transitory and succinctContinue Reading
“Will we ever cease to believe in wrong cosmologies?” is the question posed by Italian-Canadian sound artist Dominic Sambucco on his recent EP, Relative Cosmologies. Relative Cosmologies by Dominic Sambucco A composer and filmmaker, Sambucco’s work is just as visceral as you might expect and features subtle use of organicContinue Reading
The problem with the present is that you can never really see it. According to NPR: “When you look at the mountain peak 30 kilometres away, you see it not as it exists now but as it existed a 1/10,000 of a second ago.” While enough to induce disassociation, theContinue Reading
Photo by Yudha Aprilian Avalon Kane – Hole Song ambient Stretching her notes out like the vast expanse of the outback, Avalon Kane proceeds to mystify her audience with gentle and heavenly music on “Hole Song”, a recent single from the Kaurna Country, Adelaide-based artist. Sounding like a possessed Enya,Continue Reading
On their self-titled EP, Portlander indie-rock outfit Baby Grendel craft winning tunes underpinned by an uninhibited capacity for expression and an ability to build colourful worlds via jangly and roaming art rock. Combining the sensibilities of guitarist and vocalist Jonathan Suarez and drummer Joe Mengis, the duo are often brightlyContinue Reading
Photo by Alan Wang Fast Blood – Salvation indie rock Rising above being a pastiche of 90s midwestern indie/emo, hardcore and garage punk with sheer intensity and attitude, Newcastle’s Fast Blood are a convincingly energetic and tight ensemble underpinned by the sailor’s-knot-tight rhythm section of Kris Brunsden and Dave Allen,Continue Reading
There is no shortage of ideas on Leah Callahan’s new album Curious Tourist. These ideas are primarily artistically vague, full of metaphors, almost dream-like in their hazy delivery, but are served alongside tight-as-a-knot indie rock that piques the spirit with its winsome ways. Callahan has been a stalwart of theContinue Reading
Photo by Yating Yang Holy Holy Vine – bird of baltimore alt-folk There’s an intruiging artist from somewhere in the United States who goes by the name Holy Holy Vine. There’s virtually no biographical information about the person behind the stage name, yet there’s a personal approach to their gentleContinue Reading
Photo by Inga Seliverstova Kai Tak (feat. Draag) – Jalen Rose shoegaze It’s no surprise that the highly-energized, neon-glow haze of “Jalen Rose” by Kai Tak was inspired by “aimless late-night walks through Hong Kong’s Wan Chai neighbourhood.” Featuring Draag, this blissed-out wall of sound is built with an upbeatContinue Reading
The philosophy of dualism asserts a distinct separation between physical and mental states, emphasizing the differentiation of the “soul” and the body. But where does this division truly lie? Some artists dedicate themselves to carving out niche paths to the nether regions of the musical landscape and the collectiveContinue Reading