New Music Nathan Bowles Trio – Are Possible (Drag City) / Rex McMurry, drummer from Cave, made a full album with Nathan Bowles out later this summer – Nick J …
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Been awhile since yours truly talked about Spotify and Daniel Ek. The reason to go back to discussion on both is this recent tweet from Ek, one that didn’t win …
2024 in overview – courtesy of Ivo from Bulgarian label Mahorka! 2 hours of music including Skyjelly being remixed by Toxic Derwish. Tracklist 0:00:00 ЧЕРНИХОВ | CERNICHOV – We are …
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 …
New Music Dream/Loss – Lower Ground / RIYL the dreamier side of post-punk and the rockier end of shoegaze – connect_icut Olivia Block – The Mountains Pass / This is …
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Few weeks ago, during a family trip to the restaurant, I overheard my brother saying that he couldn’t get tickets to Khruangbin’s show in NYC. That Khruangbin? Yes, that exact …
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New Music Heavy Cloud – Out of the Ash (Histamine Tapes) / inspired by creation from out of adversity. Building something new from parts old, broken or abandoned Karkara – …
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New Music Mumbles – In the Pocket of Big Sad / Been looking forward to this one for a while – FFO: Los Camp, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, BCNR – Mute …
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Supra-grateful to KLOF Mag for including What Have You Done by Skyjelly on their recent playlist! Other familiar names on the list include Ariel Kalma, Ruth Garbus and, most intriguingly, …
Read more “Playlists // KLOF No. 29 (Alternative, ambient, experimental, folk)”
Another suburban family morning Grandmother screaming at the wall We have to shout above the din of our Rice Krispies We can’t hear anything at all Having recently witnessed a …