BLOMMA BLOMMA

Published Mar 05, 2020

As BLOMMA, Philip Daniel and Jacob Pavek draw on influences from the contemporary modern composition lineage of Philip Glass and Hauschka (m...

Gigi Masin Calypso

Published Mar 02, 2020

Italian underground ambient electronic legend Gigi Masin pushes the productive momentum of his past five years into the new decade with Caly...

Headstones Peopleskills

Published Oct 29, 2019

Canadian alt-punk stalwarts the Headstones are back with their fifth album since reforming in 2013. Peopleskills strips back most of the gro...

Reuben and the Dark un | love

Published Oct 23, 2019

What if Coldplay didn't suck? If that's a question you've ever pondered, Reuben and the Dark have spent their career answering it. The Calga...

Walrus Cool to Who

Published Oct 17, 2019

With their second LP, Halifax's Walrus temper their psychedelic indie rock with an evolved sense of pop melodicism. Structurally tighter and...

Third Eye Blind Screamer

Published Oct 16, 2019

Let this sink in, doubters and dismissers: Third Eye Blind are still making great music in 2019. Far too many casual listeners unfairly lump...

Penguin Cafe Handfuls of Night

Published Oct 04, 2019

On their fourth album, Penguin Cafe venture further from the musical lineage of Penguin Cafe Orchestra than on previous releases. Composer A...

San Fermin The Cormorant I

Published Oct 03, 2019

One of the decade's most exciting orchestral pop groups, San Fermin, has another grand statement to deliver with The Cormorant I, the first...

Plumes Oh Orwell

Published Sep 17, 2019

Oh Orwell is the latest leg in the always-impressive musical journey of globetrotting Canadian songwriting treasure Veronica Charnley. Bitte...

William Ryan Fritch Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film, Vol. I & II

Published May 16, 2019

Perhaps the most consistently awe-inspiring collection yet in a career brimming with emotional epics, Deceptive Cadence is a stunning achiev...

Disasterpeace Under the Silver Lake

Published Apr 22, 2019

Richard Vreeland has undergone quite the metamorphosis from his days as a chiptune artist and 8-bit videogame composer. While there were ple...

MALK WMAIDIT

Published Apr 11, 2019

Opting to maintain a bit of mystique in the age of overshare, MALK delivers his eccentric brand of freak folk with a refreshing lack of need...

Asuna & Jan Jelinek Signals Bulletin

Published Apr 05, 2019

While the largely warm, unobtrusive ambient instrumental tones of Signals Bulletin make for great background music, it's got some pacing iss...

Vieo Abiungo The Dregs

Published Mar 14, 2019

Composer and multi-instrumentalist William Ryan Fritch has spent the better part of the past decade scoring for film and releasing music und...

Teeth of the Sea Wraith

Published Feb 22, 2019

UK psychedelic noise-rock experimenters Teeth of the Sea embrace the more spectral side of their sound on the tellingly titled Wraith.   T...

Wind Walker Orchestra Hazel

Published Feb 14, 2019

American East coast ensemble Wind Walker Orchestra invigorates their spry big band jazz with an interesting mix of contemporary influences....

Dave Harrington Group Pure Imagination, No Country

Published Feb 01, 2019

Former El Topo guitarist and one half of experimental electronic duo Darkside (alongside composer Nicolas Jaar), Dave Harrington leads his e...

Gavin Miller Meander Scars

Published Nov 15, 2018

UK ambient folk tunesmith Gavin Miller makes his Lost Tribe Sound debut with the meditative rustic charms of Meander Scars. The sparse, eigh...

Eiko Ishibashi The Dream My Bones Dream

Published Nov 15, 2018

Prolific purveyor of experimental, ethereal psych music and frequent Jim O'Rourke collaborator Eiko Ishibashi is back with her sixth album s...

Hannu Karjalainen Drift

Published Nov 15, 2018

Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, sound artist Hannu Karjalainen creates low-key sonic pictures that, as the title suggests, drift along icy c...