As the world continues to crumble around us, 2023 nevertheless saw the release of a ton of fascinating sounds. Not Continue Reading
Among The Rocks And Roots – Pariah
This is heavy… an atmospheric, elegiac, yearning, defiant, soul-scrubbingly cathartic, harshly beautiful suite of doom, noise, metal and indie esoterica. Continue Reading
Samuel Goff & Mariam Rezaei – The End Of The World… Finally
A meeting of forces, minds, equals, aliens, sides, languages… A shared tongue channelling a neo-Muse. Rezaei’s electronic sounds are pure Continue Reading
Samuel Goff – Transmissions
Caveat: Whatever you read here, however long I ramble on, it’s unlikely I will be doing this album justice. Rich Continue Reading
The Best Jazz & Noise of 2019…?
As a card-carrying pedant, of course this isn’t the “best” jazz and noise of the last year. It’s just what Continue Reading
RAIC – Häxan
The latest from the Richmond Avant Improv Collective and it’s a soundtrack… kind of. Häxan is the first in a Continue Reading
RAIC – Multiplicity
In their bio and liner notes, RAIC claim various genres – noise, post rock, classical, black metal, free jazz, avant Continue Reading
RAIC – Love Lingers Like Poison in the Veins
Samuel Goff – drums, percussion, bowed dulcimer, vocals, electronics Abdul Hakim Bilal – bass, percussion Erik Schroeder – alto saxophone, Continue Reading