May 29, 2014
Jeffrey Scott Mathews’ Roman Ego leads off the new Metaphysical Circuits triptych with Three Pillars Forming, an all-too-brief set of densely elegiac synth suites that haunt the psyche well after the tape’s end. Broken out into a series of nine miniatures of grim but bright kosmische musik,…
May 22, 2014
Chicago oddity outhouse Hausu Mountain has had a hell of a year, highlighted/underlined/bolded by a string of the label’s strongest outings yet, with entries from Black Hat, Lockbox, Sugarm, William Selman, Moth Cock, and a Jerry Paper/Andy Boay split. HausMo now returns rather swiftly with another…
May 20, 2014
When you explore musical traditions anywhere in the world, at least one prevailing pattern will become clear: people will make use of whatever resources they have to share music with each other. Can’t afford a guitar?—Build your own! No internet access?—Record on cassettes! Second only to basic…
May 14, 2014
Brooklyn’s Juniper Rising are making waves lately with their ingenious and individual take on an idea so fresh and new, it’s shocking it hasn’t been done already (or at least not as well): combine today’s garage rock ‘n’ roll with a vibrant streak of the greatest country music. As…
May 9, 2014
I first came across Marcus Rubio’s work through his collaborative release Only the Imprint of an Echo Remains with poet and Kendra Steiner Editions label head, Bill Shute. Rubio used select spoken word pieces read by Shute as the raw materials for his electronic compositions that found him manipulating…
