The Black Angels Share the Songs That Shaped Their New Album Death Song
Photo ALEXANDRA VALENTI The idea behind Guest List couldn’t be simpler: make us a Spotify mixtape of music you’re really into right now. In The Black Angels’ case, means a metric ton of psychedelics (including two deep cuts from the sorely overlooked surgeons in Clinic, a truly strange Radiohead track, and a haunting reminder that […]
Light in the Attic Launch Japan Archival Series With ‘New Music’ Anthology
Rare ambient, folk, psych, pop, and AOR records are also on the way
Cotillon Shares the Stories Behind His Ace New York Album The Afternoons
"I'm attracted to antisocial people. This is a song in the spirit of anti-pop and bummer-pop. The grit and the glamour, the opposite sides to every story."
Krautrock Icons faUSt Return With New Record, Savage “Lights Flickr” Single
Photo JAN LANKISCH In case anyone forgot where Werner “Zappi” Diermaier and Jean-Hervé Péron’s roots lie, the faUSt co-founders make it abundantly clear on their new single “Lights Flickr.” Unlike the longer trips on their looming new LP Fresh Air, the track is three-and-a-half minutes of manic panic from cult singer Barbara Manning, rounded out […]
NE216: Warden CA’s ‘Day Trip to Moon Rock’ Mix
A two-hour ambient set featuring Cocteau Twins, Alice Coltrane, Arthur Russell, Coil and more
Stream Anneka’s Life Force EP and Read the Stories Behind Its Avant-Pop Songs
Discussed: apocalyptic dreams, sci-fi films, and poignant Murakami passages
Félicia Atkinson Edits Seven-Hour Art Film Down To One Trippy Music Video
"Between a melting glacier and a burning forest, I felt a strange electronic breeze"
Shawn O’Sullivan Shares a Standout Track From His 400PPM Album Fit For Purpose
"There's something here that I really love, and that's not something I often feel about my own music!"
Ryuichi Sakamoto Performs New async Album At New York’s Park Avenue Armory
Words GAMALL AWAD Set in the Veterans Room of New York’s Park Avenue Armory, Wednesday’s Ryuichi Sakamoto concert was simply billed as a “new work”. It’s a pleasant surprise, then, to discover the evening is devoted to the composer/iconic musician’s new album async, already out for a month in Japan and set to drop today […]