Dispatches from the Underground // October 2025 – Pt. 2

New Music

London Clay – Private View (La Vida Es Un Mus / Sorry State Records) (h/t Gema)

Golden Brown – Patterner / Newest @goldenbrownmusic.bsky.social LP next on the queue. As a fellow traveler through the works of Ursula LeGuin, I’ve been looking forward to hearing this—sounds lovely so far! – Trummors

Grass – S/T (h/t J.M. Hart)

Pulse Emitter – Tide Pools (Hausu Mountain) / Portland producer and synthesist Daryl Groetsch returns with an album blending Berlin School ambient electronic and kosmische with influences from jazz and progressive rock

Jessica Moss – Unfolding / Well, the new Jessica Moss may just be more wonderful than I expected. And my expectations were high… – De Selby

Sapling – Drop Dead Fred / We dropped a new single today and 100% of proceeds will go to food banks/pantries in southern New England

Lori S Sarid – Ambient $ (Moon Glyph) 12 tunes of dreamlike trap, candy-flavored New Age and Spoken Word. Like feeling peacefully lost inside a shuffling iPod, buried in a quiet zen garden inside a noisy shopping mall

Echoes of Light – Majestic Neon Forest / A psychedelic blend of ambient drone, dub techno, and ambient techno. An atmospheric journey in search of places beyond

Young Weather – The Moss Reprints / solo project of Dustin Ragland

Daniel Bachman – Sycamore City & Other True Stories

Whin – Weeds

VA – Trick or Treat 4 (Sounds for the Soul)

Listening Recommendations

DANIAILYAS – Enough For Me To Remain / DANIAILYAS is the collaborative, cross-continental project from Barcelona-based composer Dania Shihab (Paralaxe Editions), and Portland-based avant-gardist, Ilyas Ahmed (Grails member and collaborator with Liz Harris, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, and Golden Retriever) (h/t Robert Dallas Gray)