The entire broken-down/glitch/lowercase aesthetics was all the rage in experimental/avant circles in the late 90s/early 2000s as exemplified by the output of German labels Kompakt, Raster-Noton and Mille Plateaux (as …
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Few scenes in movie history capture the sense of urban alienation/melancholy/decay with the same palpability that the Pruitt-Igoe segment in Koyanisquatsi does. The helicopter hovering over abandoned buildings is quite …
Read more “Video Premiere: Barbara Morgenstern – Juist / Poose”
First roundup of new releases coming out this November! Handpicked by our followers. Djunah – Ex Voto (Triple Eye Industries) Djnuah is an incredible band, their debut Ex Voto …
If Bloom de Wilde, the subject of our video premiere, will ever blow up in a big way (and chances are, she just might) the first comparison you’ll hear 99% …
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Over those last few years there was no shortage of articles heralding the comeback of a cassette (The Guardian, more recently, but also Pitchfork and LA Times, to name just …
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Volume 8 of our series dedicated to independent record labels! This time our interviewees include Chant Records (US), Wormhole World (UK) and AnalogueTrash (UK). We highly recommend diving into ILR …
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Looking back at playlists of music from Providence and Rhode Island we put together in advance of inaugural I Heart Noise Fest! Named after a line in Morphine song, the …
Going over posts from September yet again! Think new music, video premieres, and so much more. See part 1 of the blog summary here. New Music Releases Pt. 1 …
Second roundup of new music that came out this October – compiled with a little help from our followers! See part 1 here. Say Sue Me – Your Book …
There’s just 1 (!) day left until IHN Fest in Providence. And what that means is that we got one more volume of music from Prov/Rhode Island + music from …