Dispatches from the Underground // December 2024 Pt. 3

New Music

Bill Orcutt – How to Rescue Things / My word this new Bill Orcutt album is spectacular. Bill doing his thing over loops of schmaltzy old tunes. Don’t sleep on this one – first run was gone in an hour – Brian H

pä – dialogue sur le sommeil / reel to reel loop of two sine waves of different frequencies through an analogue feedback circuit and two opposite attenuation notch filters (h/t JOHN//OBLADADA)

J.M. Hart – As We Know It / J’aime ça / I really dig this album – ‪L’Oie de Cravan

Sulk Rooms – Boudoir Mementos Volume Three

Ergo Phizmiz – Leisure and Tourism

Spiral Joy Band – Waves of Higher Bodies (bud tapes)

wombscape – FORCED LABOUR SONGS Chapter 0 / so, this came out in Japan in May, but showed ip on bandcamp in October and i didn’t hear anything …I think they just made this bandcamp page recently / it’s also got an album from 2016 I never heard / their album from 2022 was pretty crazy – Svvan “gone” Ronson a.k.a. Cory Peterson

MEMORIALS – Memorial Waterslides / Members of Electrelane and Wire and this pretty much sums it up: “they sit comfortably alongside Broadcast, Portishead, Arthur Russell, The Velvet Underground, Yo La Tengo and Tortoise.” – Peter Meeuwsen

Paul Wormhole – Conversations

Trepidation / Kakodaimonia Split (SDSTP RECORDS) / Had fun making this split back in April with Trepidation. My side is all about social work history in relation to oppression, deportation, and racism – Taylor Belanger

VA – Aliens in the Ocean (Spaghetti Riot Records) / FIRST EVER COMP IS HERE ” ALIENS IN THE OCEAN ” /
a variety of genres and musicians come together under one theme in this Epic Under Water Out of the World Adventure! / all proceeds are donated to Charity at ” No Kid Hungry” / Lets Feed some kids and jam with those who lurk at the bottom of the sea <3 (h/t Petridisch / Fish Prints)

VA – Coming Up Like A Flower: A Dragon’s Eye Recordings Mixtape (h/t a wave, a mouth;)

Listening Recommendations

The Library of Babel – blue nineteen (Blue Tapes) / People were and are really passionate about this release. It’s a bit of a special one. I discovered Library of Babel’s guitarist, Shane Parish – then known as Shane Perlowin – through his friend Tashi Dorji, who we had just one released one instant classic by.

Elaine Mitchener – Solo Throat / Singer, voice poet, improviser Elaine Michener with a beautiful tapestry of sounds emanating via her voice and it twists and slips in and out every conceivable crack and cranny. This is wonderful! – LittleTokyo

Th Blisks – Elixa (Efficient Space) / I got this the other day & it was an instant purchase for me since its the members of Troth as well as Yuta Matsumura. His album “Red Ribbons” on Low Company was one of my faves of recent times. Troth is pretty prolific but they always hit the mark – Tarotplane

Alan Sparhawk – Solo Guitar / It’s really cool if you’re like me and listen to slow music like Kali Malone and Morton Feldman, but also think Jim O’Rourke is a genius for deconstructing “Fast Car” – Roz

Veins Full Of Static – A House Wrapped In Sleep (Machine Records) / This is perfect for gazing at the winter sky, drinking a vat of coffee, & ignoring the things you really should be getting on with. Delectable sounds – ‪Martyrs