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Saturday, December 31, 2016

These Small Things Rebuild by Ghost Signs

Friday, December 30, 2016

Monday, December 26, 2016

Of Natural Magic and the Breathing of Trees by Robert Scott Thompson

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Really? by R. STEVIE MOORE

Friday, December 23, 2016

The All Seeing Hand - Cro-Magnon Corp.

Single by Kangarilla

Thursday, December 22, 2016

(Split) by moduS ponY and Belmont Lacroix

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Lacrimis de ex Arborum by Reid Karris

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

There Is No God In America 7" by R. Stevie Moore

Monday, December 19, 2016

Increase The Delusion! by Laine

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Mary In Color

Friday, December 16, 2016

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

love by dema

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Wet Reduction by DUDS

Monday, December 12, 2016

Parlance by Vernacular String Trio

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Friday, December 9, 2016

Abduction Volume One by Jothi

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Data Transfer by IN LINE 404

Monday, December 5, 2016

Stay Being by Holophrase

Saturday, December 3, 2016

xero​.​xero​.​xero by Lexeme

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Bem​-​vindos à Selva by HABITAT ARTIFICIAL

The ILLusionist by E+RO=3

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Parallélismes by Liminal

EurNoVision 2015

Saturday, November 26, 2016

J! Rex - Warhead

Orion/ La Selva by A'ishra-Sol

Thursday, November 24, 2016

irarrazabal / lópez / quinteros - la corporación

Pieces of the Unknown by UTU

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

SCANS Vol. 1 by NO END

The Lords Of - His Thirst, My Victory

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

New Body Tapes Bary Center - "Dead Savant"

Bordun Chorus by Jockel Liess

Monday, November 21, 2016

Astoria Sound

Kappa by Fransis

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Proto Amnesia by krzyzis

i think the neighbors are listening by Charniak

Saturday, November 19, 2016

This Side of The Polymer Planet by Mu Vonz

Your Grace Adrianna Natalie - The Unseen Shadows EP

Your Grace Adrianna Natalie's debut EP is out today on Alrealon Musique, who earlier this year produced a Below The Radar compilation with The Wire Magazine. Her sound is inspired by nature and underground industrial sounds she experienced throughout the globe. You can move to it, but you can't be pinned down. You can't expect what's around the next turn. There is a nod to Jean-Michael Jarre and Shackleton, herein.  -MP
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

HÄXAN by EORÐESLAJYR

"Three Sides" by SLANTED SQUARE

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Flowers by Participant

10 by Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Svengali Gaze by Rivener

I L L U S I O N by V O Y E U R

Monday, November 14, 2016

C​.​D​.​+​LENS CLEANER by Earzumba

Galore in the Place of the Dog by The Greg Olsen Experience

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Midnight Garden - Something Blue

Levain by Nathan McLaughlin & Jeremy Purser

Saturday, November 12, 2016

_AmericanDemon_ by saneLIV

Melquíades - Windows Pt. 1

Friday, November 11, 2016

All Is Empty And Silent by Sketchquiet

schaus - Handshake

Thursday, November 10, 2016

It Only Gets Worse by FANNYLAND

Naomi Greene - No Skin

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

alex zethson - pole of inaccessibility, excerpt I

Your Time Is Up by David Hahn

Monday, November 7, 2016

la corporación by cecilia quinteros amanda irarrazabal cecilia López

Depths by Baswoom & Stationer

Sunday, November 6, 2016

Clockwork by Dan Kassel

The Strand by Jeanscape

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

The Temptation Of Succubus Angel from Deus Lux by Grey Pale Sinister

Hieratic Teen by Vapor Lanes

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Where the Moon Don't Shine by The Brown Christmas

Ummagma's Frequency

Ummagma's Frequency is a dreamy pop rock album, layered with prog sounds, but with a raw unadulterated edge. The captivating voice of Shauna McLarnon, though reminiscent of Nico and Astrud Gilberto to me, has a unique cadence and organic delivery which makes Ummagma really stand out. -MP

Monday, October 31, 2016

Games Violet - Tin Box

O Futuro de Ontem by O Ar Da Montanha

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Hologram Teen (Keyboardist from Stereolab)

Hologram Teen is releasing a 2-track single on 7" vinyl via London's Happy Robots Records. This is the solo electronic motorik disco project of Morgane Lhote, former long-term keyboard player of Stereolab. It's the upbeat EDM for people who like a bit of dissonance, a bit of tension in their soup. It won't wear you out- it'll just challenge you a tad while spanking you with upbeat chords and a solid beat.

Friday, October 28, 2016

Rodney Cromwell's Fax Message Breakup EP

"Rodney Cromwell's Fax Message Breakup might be just what you need to start your weekend off right. Lush with melodic hooks and counterpoint, the vocals are inviting and unpretentious.  A perfect Halloween soundtrack for your daily struggle."  -MP



Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Part of Growing Up by Zachary Zena Giberson

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Infectious Anxiety One by PureFinder

Monday, October 24, 2016

Psalms for the Sunder by Alder & Ash

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Well, That About Wraps It Up For The Sea by Alan Jenkins

Friday, October 21, 2016

Music Made With Voices by Alexander Noice

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Liquefaction from Amber by ACUARION

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Thanatoloop / My Aeons in Nigredo [Split] by Thanatoloop / My Aeons in Nigredo

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Monday, October 17, 2016

Unicornucopia by Some Some Unicorn

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Fingerprints by Koyl

Arthur Dent & Deeper Than Space | Drift. Promo Video

Saturday, October 15, 2016

i by YF

Friday, October 14, 2016

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Visions of Don by Sad Rick's Unique Experience

Martinus - Fade

Monday, October 10, 2016

Ropes of Maui by Adam/Palantris

Sinceres EP

Sunday, October 9, 2016

A Parcel in the Oak Tree by Oariana

DEFENDER OF THE EARTH by FUGUOSSS

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Vacuum Cycle by PLY | ERS

En Femme - Sol from My Goddess Has A Crazy Bush 5: Hair Piety by The Big Drum In The Sky Religion

Friday, October 7, 2016

Black Triangles​/​ExtraDimensional Love EP by SOLAR MAXIMUM

dream of flying by VOOS

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Chromesthetic

Teddy Serious - For The Ride Home

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Chi Tocca Muore by Polbrone

lauren sarah hayes - MANIPULATION

Monday, October 3, 2016

Opuntia by Camila De Laborde

How to save a man from himself? by Foreber

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Kiu by Fuego

The Art And Magic Of Milzenvirgil by Milzenvirgil

Friday, September 30, 2016

Battered Boyfriend by Creature from Dell Pond

Yosonu - "Parucercaparu" trailer

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Patience by Hayden Ryan

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Upheaval by Flak

Friday, September 23, 2016

ASMR by Barn Duet

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

through recording by express yourself

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Monday, September 19, 2016

These Are But Dreaming Men, Breathe and They Fade by Patkus

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Plitvice Botany 4 from Plitvice Botany by J Mundok

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Monday, September 12, 2016

Before You Hate Others, Please Learn How To Hate Yourself Well Enough! from Seldom Spoken About by Wings Of An Angel

Sunday, September 11, 2016

twylyte from Knockturnes by Kafari

Friday, September 9, 2016

Mixtape #1 by MOONOVERSUN

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Monday, September 5, 2016

Topographies / Surface Noise by Seth Chrisman & Nathan McLaughlin

Friday, September 2, 2016

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

lawnliness by NOTWOLFY_

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Course Pack MegaMix by Tax Haven

Saturday, August 27, 2016

DMARC by Alan Gleeson

Friday, August 26, 2016

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Transformation Cues by Emerging Industries of Wuppertal

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Sunshine Girl - Flicker My Insides

The Alternative is Nothing by Trees Take Ease

Saturday, August 20, 2016

天国の南(South of heaven) by Sufus Hufus(voice,balafon,instruments) Mitei Narico(ALL remix)

Spirals by Mondo Flockard

Friday, August 19, 2016

Entropy by An Ant And An Atom

dreamsynth by Radiobot

Thursday, August 18, 2016

A Walking Prayer by KLAMINGO

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Invictus by Mr. Abstract Butta Fingas

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Left Mannequin by Plastic Spoon

Monday, August 15, 2016

Cracked Soul by Dusk Horizon

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Elevated by Naked On My Own

Friday, August 12, 2016

Thursday, August 11, 2016

twylyte from Knockturnes by Kafari

SOLAR MAXIMUM - Soundtrack Event I: Uranian Fire (Full album)

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Salvaged by Sunset Wrecks

Monday, August 8, 2016

The Dead Sea And Sima Humboldt by Sconce

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Exorcise from It Will Make Sense for Now by Cut Shutters

Thursday, August 4, 2016

angel artifax by shamane

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Centuries Under Buried Light by Verufycim

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Nagawor by Urok

Monday, July 25, 2016

Baffy the Musical Original Soundtrack by Baffy

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Tarantula Eyes from Darondo by mickey chaos

Friday, July 22, 2016

TriAngular Bent

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Expurgo by Cássio Figueiredo

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Hologram Summer by Damare

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Friday, July 15, 2016

Brain Terror by iknowimanalien

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

More Songs About Politics And Religion by The Big Drum In The Sky Religion

Monday, July 11, 2016

Subliminal from 4​.​2% by ACUARION

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Music For Waiting Rooms by Infinite Plastic Internal

Monday, July 4, 2016

Tellem Hawk - Gz + HZ [FREE DOWNLOAD]

SERIES 1​.​1: Ten Simple Pieces for Piano by Rob Collier

Sunday, July 3, 2016

She Seethes by Blank Nurse/No Light

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Hot Tropic by Reptile tile

Thursday, June 30, 2016

TEIAM from Finest Cuts by Kill Phollins

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Rialto Boulevard by Belmont Lacroix

Sunday, June 26, 2016

flightless by krzyzis

Friday, June 24, 2016

Sound Continuous by Anthony Weis

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Addicted Lovers by Mario The Alencar

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Rejection Song by Iserlohn

Friday, June 17, 2016

History Written In Chechen Blood by Gazawat

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Desert Pyramids // Single by Sketchquiet

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Delicate Power (Markus Mehr v Antonymes)

Nowie Ash - The Dreamer In The Valley

Monday, June 13, 2016

EP1 by Monkey Warhol

Metalli​(​ɔ​)​a by t1nn1tuzzzz

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Obsolete by Memorybell

Saturday, June 11, 2016

I N T E R N E T G O L D by V N C F

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Melodies from boLOW by WESQKcoast

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Hibernation by Ygg

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Trundlebox by RP Collier

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Lonely And Wild by COSMIC ZULU

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

January from hateworldnotself by Trent Noir

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

ROBOT VALENTINE by trash CAN

Monday, May 30, 2016

Ben Bennett / Weren't // CS200 by 1980 recs

Saturday, May 28, 2016

P L E A S U R E D I S T R I C T by V N C F

Friday, May 27, 2016

The future is black past and present also - Ep by Obasquiat

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Arrest in Acquiesce by lafflines

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Music for Modern Furniture​.​.​. Volume One by Spunk Floyd

Monday, May 23, 2016

Whirlwind, Immobile by Bobby Barry & Graham Dunning

Friday, May 20, 2016

moduS ponY and friends - You Need This Album (an exploration of advertising and some other stuff)

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

phonictheebomber meets solar maximum uptown

Fluid Variations by Jockel Liess

Monday, May 16, 2016

Microflora by 0point1

Saturday, May 14, 2016

DEMO​-​2 by Gravitsapa

Friday, May 13, 2016

Albatros by Rodrigo Morris

Thursday, May 12, 2016

The Boy in the Barley Bag by Doug Seidel & Todd Tuttle

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

HAPPY THE WORST by COMB

Monday, May 9, 2016

"The Xenochronic" by Nicholas Arthur Tallidis

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Take Time by ∆F∆LCHI

Saturday, May 7, 2016

TREE AM

Friday, May 6, 2016

Atarah by DIVERGENT SERIES

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Liven by K.lust

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Passage To Paragon by Carl Andre

Saturday, April 30, 2016

GEENA - MODAL

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Comfort Food - Waffle Frolic (review)



Over the past decade or so, the idea of the rock band has been in flux. Smaller, more unique acts have become prevalent: anywhere from 1-3 members, sometimes involving laptops or other hi-tech toys, and some sort of unique instrumentation or gimmick in that regard. There are impressive examples out there of one or two person “bands” that get a big sound out of not much more than a guitar and a loop pedal (Dustin Wong being one of my favorites), but traditionalists will probably tell you all this technological corner cutting is hurting the music scene, that some authenticity or intimacy is being lost. Anyone leveling that criticism at independent music should first listen to a bit of Comfort Food’s latest EP: Waffle Frolic. Not only does Waffle Frolic manage to engage listeners with Comfort’s unique funk-noise sound, the musicianship in this two piece is as solid as ever. Waffle Frolic has a strong rhythmic and melodic foundation that’s often improvised on with a plethora of overdubs: trumpet, auxiliary percussion, field recordings, and plenty of pitch shifted or otherwise effected bass flourishes (no guitar on the album). The result is a quirky blend of punk, jazz, funk, noise, and art rock. Fans of Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Tune-Yards, The Bad Plus, or even more traditional funk/jazz acts like Medeski, Martin and Wood, Miles Davis, or Fela Kuti should definitely take notice.

Waffle Frolic has an air of authenticity that is perhaps due to it’s traditional recording process as much as the work ethic of the musicians and engineers. Recording in a real studio is almost a lost tradition in the days of DAWs like Ableton or Pro Tools allowing artists to record and engineer in the comfort of their own bedroom. Recorded in an old Chicago studio, Wall to Wall studios, just before it was shut down this past January, Daniel (bass, trumpet, vox) and Jake (drums, percussion) would first lay down the bass and drums, sometimes recording as many as 20-30 takes for one track. Once they had a jam they liked, then came the array of overdubs, and of course, mixing and mastering (courtesy of Alex Borozan).



Listening to all that hard work, you almost wouldn’t imagine that two musicians were capable of such a sound. It also comes off very natural, un-automated, like these two have been playing together all their lives. The tracks usually start with an infectious groove that progressively builds to a noisy, ecstatic climax that sounds more like a whole psychotic orchestra than a two piece band. The album flirts with chaos but everything is on beat. Everything is in the pocket. It’s a testament to the idea in jazz that there are no wrong notes. As long as it’s got a funky beat, the listener will follow almost anywhere.

Consonant with that idea, the album has sort of a dada or nonsensical character to it. The album and song titles all have quirky, Zappa-esque titles like “Rubber Pickles” or “The Happy-Good Time Fun Situation.” I can’t even explain the dark album cover. It’s either a snap shot from a weird art installation, or a stuffed animal murder scene. Then there’s the rambling tangential monologue by someone’s crazy aunt Karen on “moneypowerglory,” an interesting if not disturbing listen. Through this sort of absurdity, and through stylistic consistency (the repetition of certain melodic elements, etc.), the album is tied together into a cohesive work, rather than just a collection of jams. You won’t find a three minute hit single on the album but the track that comes closest is “Rubber Pickles,” with the catchy, slightly ironic chorus line: “I want to be on the radio. Yes, I swear.”

All the tracks on Waffle Frolic however, are equally fun and weird. Overall, it’s a charming, unique, and rhythmically compelling listen. It’s a contemporary experimental album with an old fashioned authenticity not easily found today. It’s worth more than the five spot they’re asking. That’s for sure.

You can download and stream it on Bandcamp or Already Dead Tapes.

Matt Ackerman

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

New Smell by Kibble