Dispatches from the Underground // March 18, 2022

MSCTY_EXPO_UNKNOWN PLEASURES ZONE (MSCTY_EDN) / artists’ responses to the unbuilt & unrealised work of leading architects – ft. Loraine James, Bill Fontana, Hannah Peel, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Rogers, Lily Jencks et al. – dense (h/t Nick Luscombe)

Jason Sebastian Russo ~ Gym, Tan, Laundry / it’s short, dialogue-heavy, and the closest thing to micro-fiction I’m currently capable of

After COVID and turmoil, a female-led indiereemerges as a safe space for noisy women / Very awesome piece on @sargenthouse by @latimes. It encompasses everything I love about the label & its roster. And not gonna lie…the article had me at “…Pellow’s seven dogs.” Need a resident dogsitter? I know a guy.  – Juan D. ¡VIVA LA RAZA!

The international mystery of ‘the Hum’ (h/t Pope Dan Gusset)

hinako omori – a journey… (Houndstooth) (h/t Patricia Wolf)

Weekly choice of records from Shiny Beast

bedbug – S/T (Disposable America) / I love @bedbugOFFICIAL indie rock forever – (T-T)b

residual energy boss – S/T (Loren Central) / spacey ear bubbly gear – lighght

Broadcast – Mother is the Milky Way (Warp Records) (h/t Odd Nosdam)

Joan of Arkansas – Make It Uglier / Ima keep tweeting this till you fuckers get on board. Every song on this short EP slaps. Just give it a listen – Mishka Shubaly

Watch: ‘This Shame Should Not Be Mine’ by GGGOLDDD (via Aural Aggravation / Chris Nosnibor)

A Place To Bury Strangers: My Head Is Bleeding (via Destroy/Exist)

Springtime – S/T (Joyful Noise) / Debut LP from Aussie supergroup feat. Jim White (Dirty Three), Chris Abrahams (The Necks), & Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm). Combining free jazz, poignant lyricism and improvisation – a Vegas lounge act from another planet – South Records

“Pay what you want” offer from Neurot Recordings

Dust Volume 8, Number 3 (via Dusted Magazine)

Blanck Mass – Ted K Original Score (Sacred Bones)

awakened souls – Night Songs (Past Inside the Present) (h/t Tyresta)