Aa, the latest EP from Ricardo Dias Gomes, is a hypnotic record with a strong emphasis on bass and rhythm. Gomes’ ability to manipulate bass tones reflects his acclaimed work on Caetano Veloso’s late 00s albums, Cê (2006), Zii and Zie (2009) and Abraçaço (2012). It makes sense that a bass player who spent so…

Upon hitting play on this record I immediately got transported into a very psychedelic space. The drums and guitar on Dire Wolves’ ‘The Process Of Weirding Out,’ inject the right amount of atmosphere into a track that feels like an album cut from one of Jefferson Airplane’s best records. I hear a lot of Grace…

Adventsong - Happy Accidents Happy Accidents by Adventsong covers a lot of stylistic ground: there’s a lot of ambient sounds, but also elements of dance music. True to their self-description on Bandcamp as “eclectic electronica,” Adventsong released a record that makes for an engaging listen, but one that one can also disengage from. In my…

Upon waking up and putting on STFU’s album Yum 1 I immediately think, okay these guys love Big Black and I dig it heavily. Then the album switches up into something different entirely and I realize I’ve discovered another new album I genuinely enjoy listening to that mixes a variety of influences in an interesting…

Last year the inimitable Gary Wilson quietly released an album called Let’s Go to Outer Space that in my opinion was the best musical release of the year. I wouldn’t have even known about the album coming out, had it not been for Dam-Funk tweeting about how much the album connected with him. Knowing how…