If you’ve been craving something murky, minimal, and magnificently bass-driven- Maine’s Shane Duquette, aka Hyporadar, has you covered with ‘This Ain’t The Day I Die’. It’s the kind of track that smoulders rather than explodes, slow-burning its way into your bones with a hypnotic pulse and a growl of defiance.Continue Reading
With ‘4K Friends’, Parrotfish launch their latest era not with a whisper, but with a serrated grin and a stomp-heavy beat that practically kicks down your Wi-Fi signal. The Nashville-based four-piece wastes no time channelling their razor-sharp wit and unfiltered energy into a track that barrels through the blurred boundariesContinue Reading
With ‘Moyo Wa Upendo’, DJ Hydra wastes no time making his presence known. As the latest talent to emerge from the OVAVA Music camp, the debut EP is a vibrant, emotionally resonant offering that places him firmly in the spotlight of Afro House’s next wave. Across two striking tracks, HydraContinue Reading
Photo by Gervelemae SELL EVERYTHING -Something New jazz-rock fusion Are bands that stylize their name in all caps being purposefully obnoxious? Most definitely yes, and I personally and generally am not a fan of the practice. However, I’ll let it slide for Dublin’s SELL EVERYTHING, a band that transcends mediocrityContinue Reading
There’s a wonderful convergence of natural and electronic elements at play across Triptyque, a fittingly titled three-track EP from Zurich-based musicians Théophile Blanchon and Merlin Breij. The trumpet’s voice may not be uttering words, but it offers narrative amidst the textural soundscapes the two put together. A triptych is aContinue Reading
“Bifurcate” is a word that means to divide into two branches or forks, like a river splitting and flowing in different directions. Separation is a theme that resonates with New Jersey prog artist Nat Rusciani, who experienced the dissolution of her band shortly before starting The War Yaks with co-writerContinue Reading
Leixlip-based musician Ogenblik’s experiments in retrofuturistic production culminate in his debut album This Used To Be The Sound of The Future. Employing a range of outdated recording techniques, from dictaphones to the ill-fated MiniDisc, Ogenblik splices everything together with environmental acuteness, Frankensteining innocuous acoustic guitar melodies into more pressing statementsContinue Reading
Nothing like a bit of nihilism to start the weekend. On The Shining Tongues’ second album, This Body Of Mine Will Disintegrate, the Londonites face life’s bleaker truths through spiritually searching and psychedelically leaning progressive folk-rock tunes. Spearheaded by songwriter Daniel Knowler and the idiosyncratic bass playing of Sam Mclaughlin,Continue Reading
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