PUBERTY
“THTG” C30
(Flophouse)

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You’ve seen the disclaimer, “No X was harmed in the making of this Y”, right? Said sentiment does not apply here.   Puberty (the lo...

NNN COOK
“Syncretic Offering” C30
(Close/Far)

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Merriam-Webster defines “Syncretism" as "1 : the combination of different forms of belief or practice” and "2: the fusio...

BUTOH SONICS
“Annihilate This Memory” C30
(Zazen Tapes)

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Per Bandcamp bio: "Ashiki - Butoh, gong, spoken word rampaNt - experimental instruments, electro-acoustics, bowed cymbals ...

ZURICH CLOUD MOTORS
“Do More Than Destruct-o” C24
(Zazen Tapes)

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The Rhode Island Trio, Zurich Cloud Motors, plays a fast & loose strain of punk AF noise-improv (…or is that vice-versa? Depends on...

SPANDEX MODEL
“Ventilation” C19
(Glowing Dagger)

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Not so much glitchy ambient-electronica as it is a most sonorous of impressionistic industrial-meets-droning fog-scapes, Spandex Model’...

W.O.E.
“Ultrawarm Indices” C40
(Glowing Dagger)

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On side A of W.O.E.’s “Ultrawarm Indices”, impressionist/glitchy industrial skitterings scurry to & fro to keep a loose pace below ...

GINSU WIVES “Secret Bodies of Work” (Tape Dad)

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Ginsu Wives, more or less Elastica meets Thrill Kill Kult, meet in the parking lot to go fuck-hunting, but not before punching me right ...

CHARDONNAY “Do You Have Maximum Intuition?” (Tape Dad)

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Did you ever wonder what would’ve happened if John Reis fronted Drive Like Jehu instead of Rick Froberg? Well wonder no more! New Orlean...

DAKOTA BLUE “Plaza to Plaza / Specific System” (Third Kind)

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If we were to peg Dakota Blue as anything, it’d be more difficult than you might expect. See, Blue, the LA synth pop/new wave/goth/post-...

EVAN MILLER
“Self Titled” C41
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JACKSON GRAHAM
“Small Impossibilities Vol. I-II” C31
(New Village Tapes)

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Dayton, OH’s drone/texture-focused percussionist and electro-acoustician, Evan Miller, has recently birthed the nervous system-bullying...

NICK DOLEZAL “Christmas in the White House” (self-released)

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It all depends on how much parody you can stomach. It also all depends on how much Donald Trump you want occupying your waking attention...

OBERLIN “Grauer Morgen, Ungewisse Bilder” C40 (Cosmic Winnetou)

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Dissolving the edges: that’s the Oberlin way, whereby nothing is defined and one thing blends into the next. This soft-focus approach i...

AALBERS “F” C30 (Specious Arts)

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Barcelona’s Aalbers have done this before. See, back in November 2018, the trio worked up a routine for musical accompaniment at a conte...