Listen: Guest Mix by Allister Thompson
We heard Allister Thompson’s songs and premiered his videos and were highly impressed by his singing/songwriting abilities (as well as general genrehopping). We couldn’t resist when he asked us about …
Video Premiere: Allister Thompson – Forever Autumn
To paraphrase Talking Heads/David Byrne – and you may ask yourself, what is a gentle acoustic ballad doing on a website like this. Well… This isn’t just any old ballad …
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Video Premiere: Allister Thompson – Spirit
More video premieres in our archives. I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of musical chameleons – artists that effortlessly change genres (and voices even) from one record to another. …
Dispatches from the Underground // February 2025 Pt. 1
New Music Barker – Stochastic Drift / Following 2023’s Unfixed EP and his first full-length release since his 2019 debut album Utility, Stochastic Drift builds on Barker’s singular process to …
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Dispatches from the Underground // January 2025 Pt. 6
New Music VA – les heures claires (Collerette) / another morning cultivating nothingness so there’s space for something to emerge. returning to a sounded world with this new release from …
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Dispatches from the Underground // January 2025 Pt. 5
New Music Moss & Swanke – S/T / I really like this collaboration between @themodernfolk.bsky.social and @johnswanke.bsky.social – lofi longform ambient folk guitar/synth improvisations teetering just on the right side …
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Dispatches from the Underground // January 2025 Pt. 1
New Music Dyr Faser – Failing Stereos / The nods to Sonic Youth are still there, though there is a return to a more directly psychedelic lineage, there are certainly …
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Dispatches from the Underground // September 2024 Pt.1
New Music Sulk Rooms – LF22 / Earth & Horror (Mortality Tables) Polypores – There Are Other Worlds (Castles in Space) Francesco Leali – Let Us Descend / Chamber jazz …
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Track-by-Track // 2024 Sampler (1-6)
Leah Callahan – No One A slight departure from Callahan’s art-pop direction, No One is classic post-punk in the vein of Joy Division. If you, dear reader, stuck with IHN …
Dispatches from the Underground // Dec. 2023, Pt. 2
New Music Chrome – Blue Exposure / Helios Creed is back with a new Chrome album, though this release from Cleopatra is not his preferred mix. With Mel Collins on …
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