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Dispatches from the Underground // August 4, 2021

Over at cowsarejustfood > Al Karpenter: Musik From A Private Hell (Bruit Direct Disques) / a scattering of beats and rhythms, microcosms of barely-there melody

Over at Quietus > Chris Carter on Wendy Carlos – A Clockwork Orange: Wendy Carlos’s Complete Original Score

Over at Treble – review of Timeslips & Chimeras by Tangents

Over at ambientblog.net > Clarice Jensen – Ainu Mosir

Over at Closewatch > Reza Safinia – Yang

Over at Slugmag > Review of Vines by Damiana

Over at Backseat Mafia > Video for Fill My Mouth by Goat / their sleaziest recording yet

New episode of Two Penny Hangover show / Monster jam from Sally Pilkington & Richard Dawson (Hen Ogledd)’s new Bulbils project; Seth Graham/More Eaze; Cole Pulis; Sarah Terral and Sublime Frequencies’ Mark Gergis’ Porest project. All v. interesting if you like that sort of thing

New episode of Super Superb with Maggie over at BTRtoday / music by Half Waif, Mega Bog, Pip Blom, Lambchop, L’Rain, The Mountain Goats and many more

New episode of Photo Enforced Futures on Hollow Earth Radio tonight / mostly bummer free survey of good & weird sounds by Santa Sprees, foodman, Dinner Music, Michael Riesman, Black Dice, Bi-Hour, Spaza, Tenniscoats, the Same & lots more!

A Place to Bury Strangers and TV Priest are heading on a North American tour in Feb. 2022! Tickets are on sale from Aug. 6 (h/t Sub Pop)

Up for pre-order > Album Zero by New Pollution

Take a look at classic cool t-shirt from Wormhole World (h/t Flying Pajamas)

Out today > A Dormant Vigor, new album by Cruel Diagonals / explores themes of destruction, emergence, and growth through my deep respect and reverence for geological, and especially, volcanic processes / instrumentation includes voice, granular synthesis, eurorack/modular synthesis and field recordings

Also out today (via DNT Records) >  Meadow Argus III by Meadow Argus / Tape loops made from field recordings collected in Summer 2009 while on a freight trainhopping journey up & down the west coast. Backwards metallic drum circles unspool into industrial muck of monsters struggling

Out this Friday via Werra Foxma > The Metamorph – Return to Splendour

Out on Aug. 24 via Seil Records > Home Stories by Hainbach

Watch the video for Vainglorious by Motorists (h/t Austin Town Hall)

If you’re anywhere near Santa Cruz > Indexical got new space — and an ambitious season of experimental music, visual art, and workshops

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