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William Basinski announces new black hole-inspired album, On Time Out of Time
New album incorporates recordings that capture the sounds of massive black holes.
Sarah Louise’s “Rime” is romantic ambient music
A dreamy new stunner from the ambient guitarist.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith : Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga
A release that blurs the lines between electronic and natural sounds from an innovative, unconventional producer.
Dead Can Dance : Dionysus
A highly conceptual work from the goth pioneers that fails to live up to its scope.
Randall Dunn : Beloved
The producer's first solo album is dystopian hellscape of stunning ambience.
Celebrate the Catalog: The complete Low discography
The Duluth, Minnesota trio's complete discography evaluated, from slowcore to experimental disintegration.
Thought Gang : Thought Gang
A "lost" recording from David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti has finally been released in all its strange, harrowing glory.
Kelly Moran : Ultraviolet
The prepared-piano artist takes a simple concept and delivers a stunning work through her devotion to the instrument.
Premiere: Stream Dire Wolves’ heady, psychedelic new album Paradisiacal Mind
Hear the Bay Area band's cosmic new odyssey
Album of the Week: Julia Holter – Aviary
The Los Angeles art-pop artist delivers a stunning expression of warmth amid chaos and disorder.
Kranky to celebrate 25th anniversary with shows in churches featuring Grouper, Windy & Carl
Five shows taking place in churches with Kranky artists.
Album of the Week: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – IC-01 HANOI
This loose, improvisational session from Ruban Nielson and company is a complete 180 from their last effort.
Randall Dunn’s “Mexico City” is darkness that aims toward the transcendent
Breathtaking electronic creations from the Earth/Sunn O))) producer.
Ben Chatwin : Drone Signals
The British producer offers a haunted reflection of trauma through electronic drones.
Toby Driver : They Are the Shield
The Kayo Dot leader offers up another darkly beautiful set of haunting art ballads.
Beak> : >>>
A synthesis of Portishead's noir and vintage Krautrock in the Bristol trio's excellent third album.
Exploded View : Obey
The trans-Atlantic band graduates from a wildly innovative experiment into a strong set of songwriters.
Tim Hecker : Konoyo
Challenging, visceral epics of space and darkness from the ambient mastermind.