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Bartees Strange In a Cab essential track

Bartees Strange crafts beautiful chaos on “In a Cab”

This brief but stunning track is a blend of beauty and torment.

liars apple drop review

Xiu Xiu : Girl With Basket of Fruit

One of the strangest and most manic albums in the Xiu Xiu catalog, as well as one of their best.

Bendik Giske Surrender review

Bendik Giske : Surrender

A strong start from an experimental saxophonist with big ideas.

Sarah Louise Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars review

Sarah Louise : Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars

A guitar album and an ambient album that doesn’t subscribe to the trappings of either.

Beth Gibbons new album

Portishead’s Beth Gibbons announces solo album

Watch a trailer for Gibbons’ new album with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Black To Comm seven horses for seven kings review

Black to Comm : Seven Horses For Seven Kings

A dark, uneasy yet strangely thrilling set of dark ambient and experimental sounds.

mary lattimore west kensington review

Dolphin Midwives : Liminal Garden

A record focused on beauty that feels relevant in contemporary space.

William Basinski new album 2019

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 Rime Essential Track

Sarah Louise’s “Rime” is romantic ambient music

A dreamy new stunner from the ambient guitarist.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Tides review

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 review

Dead Can Dance : Dionysus

A highly conceptual work from the goth pioneers that fails to live up to its scope.

Randall Dunn Beloved review

Randall Dunn : Beloved

The producer’s first solo album is dystopian hellscape of stunning ambience.

Low albums ranked

Celebrate the Catalog: The complete Low discography

The Duluth, Minnesota trio’s complete discography evaluated, from slowcore to experimental disintegration.

Thought Gang album review

Thought Gang : Thought Gang

A “lost” recording from David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti has finally been released in all its strange, harrowing glory.

winged victory for the sullen invisible cities review

Kelly Moran : Ultraviolet

The prepared-piano artist takes a simple concept and delivers a stunning work through her devotion to the instrument.

jenny hval classic objects review

Julia Holter – Aviary

The Los Angeles art-pop artist delivers a stunning expression of warmth amid chaos and disorder.