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Album Review: Loraine James – Reflection

Jasper WIllemsJune 10, 2021

Few music terms are as archaic, constrained and decisively stupid as ‘IDM’ (‘Intelligent Dance Music’), and using it without so much as an asterisk attached re...

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Album Review: Greentea Peng – MAN MADE

Rob HakimianJune 9, 2021

Greentea Peng is here to be heard, but she’s not making noise just for the sake of it. As she makes abundantly clear on “Make Noise” and “This Sound”, the open...

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Album Review: Pan Daijing – Jade 玉观音

Chase McMullenJune 4, 2021

Pan Daijing is not here to be your friend. Your put-upon, beleaguered guide? Perhaps, but at a price. It’s no joke: her new album Jade 玉观音 is, to put it lightl...

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Album Review: black midi – Cavalcade

Tim SentzMay 28, 2021

Nobody is doing what black midi are doing. This freaky band of misfits have spawned an entire legion of devout fans and cultists who are drawn to the controlle...

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Album Review: Sons of Kemet – Black To The Future

Jasper WIllemsMay 17, 2021

While the cultural discourse remains ever too preoccupied trying to crystallize the moment, the tireless Shabaka Hutchings stresses constant movement. Such is ...

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Album Review: Iceage – Seek Shelter

John WohlmacherMay 10, 2021

It’s fascinating to chronicle Nordic interpretations of modern punk rock. Most noteworthy bands that originated with aural punk aesthetics, such as The Hives, ...

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Album Review: Squid – Bright Green Field

Rob HakimianMay 7, 2021

Though now based in London, Squid formed in Britain’s South Coast haven of Brighton. While this could be a mere detail in their story, the quintet’s paranoid m...

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Album Review: claire rousay – a softer focus

Rob HakimianApril 19, 2021

In the last year or so, Texas-based sound artist claire rousay has put out more albums, EPs and singles than one would care to count. Suffice it to say, she’s ...

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Album Review: Spirit of the Beehive – ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH

Harrison Suits BaerApril 12, 2021

The portrayal of hell in Dante’s Inferno is probably the most enduring depiction of that concept – a prison pit divided into concentric rings to which sinners ...

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Album Review: Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg

Tim SentzApril 6, 2021

Forging a new path down the post-punk trail, London’s Dry Cleaning aren’t too concerned about whether their music is easy on the ears or not. The foursome use ...

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