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Nous track premiere III

Experimental collective NOUS share intense, intricate new track “We Hope the Weather Will Continue”

Hear a tense and beautiful new track from the experimental group’s third album.

Folie essential track

Folie’s “cortisol” sounds like colorful darkness

The New York musician captures a specific, cathartic absurdity in her music.

Field Works Ultrasonic review

Field Works : Ultrasonic

Stuart Hyatt uses field recordings of bats as a means for both beautiful compositions and to highlight an issue dear to him.

best songs of 2020 ONO

ONO : Red Summer

The Chicago industrial-gospel band’s latest is both a purge of the soul and a needed meditation.

field works cedars review

Sir Richard Bishop : Oneiric Formulary

The psychedelic guitarist continues to push boundaries while delivering emotionally moving music.

Moor Jewelry new album

Moor Mother and Mental Jewelry release new album, True Opera

Hear the new live-in-studio punk album from the two producers.

Penderecki

R.I.P. legendary composer Krzysztof Penderecki

The iconic Polish composer has died.

Converge Endless Arrow

Converge shares 30-minute “Endless Arrow”

Hear an experimental/ambient remix of “Aimless Arrow.”

R.I.P. industrial pioneer Genesis P-Orridge

Industrial pioneer has died at 70.

Here Lies Man Ritual Divination review

Horse Lords : The Common Task

A radical reinterpretation of the groove.

kelly lee owens lp.8 review

Hilary Woods – Birthmarks

The Irish singer/songwriter’s second album is darker, more harrowing, and powerful.

Hilary Woods interview

A Perfect Storm: A conversation with Hilary Woods

A chat with the Irish singer/songwriter about setting her own terms and giving something back.

ONO I Dream of Sodomy essential track

ONO give up a chaotic funk on “I Dream of Sodomy”

The Chicago noise band hits a hard groove in the face of historical violence.

jeremiah cymerman citadels and sanctuaries review

John Zorn’s Naked City was a gleeful noise-jazz science experiment

The jazzgrind classic is still fun, hilarious and wild after 30 years.

best albums of 2020 Hilary Woods

Hilary Woods finds serenity in violence on “Tongues of Wild Boar”

A gently destructive dirge from the Irish singer/songwriter.

Pharmakon Bestial Burden Blood on the Tracks

Pharmakon’s “Bestial Burden” is a harrowing dirge of survival

The sound of a struggle for survival against one’s own body.

Crowhurst Gavin Bryars stream

Stream the new Crowhurst and Gavin Bryars collaboration, Incoherent American Narrative

Hear the new full-length collaboration between the legendary minimalist composer and the L.A. noise rock/metal artist.