Dispatches from the Underground // May 2025 Pt. 1

New Music

Beige Palace / Lo Egin Split (Cruel Nature) / Leeds lo-fi anti-rockers Beige Palace head to head with (also Leeds) brass-infused sludge metallers Lo Egin

Mohamed Alassane Karzo – Mafelawen EP (Sahel Sounds) / Tuareg folk guitar with a melancholic bent –

Hexdebt – Loops / Random Thursday morning musical discover, HEXDEBT. Haunting, angular all-female Australian noise/post-punk – Costa Koutsoutis

Dave Seidel – Live at TAG 2025-04-26 / Just released the hi-def recording of my set last Saturday in Boston. Pay as you like, and will remain that way. You’re welcome to download it for free

G. Gerard Teves – Rewritten Narratives / Ambient pieces shaped by slow movement, tone, and layered guitar

VA – Bind By Root, Bind By Branch / benefit compilation for The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline

VA – Cronework (Difficult Art And Music) / A compilation of spells by self-identified women and gender-diverse artists

VA – Solidarity [complete]: A Benefit Compilation for the ACLU (Voidstar Productions) (h/t Sidetrack Walker)