Moon Diagrams Taps Shigeto, Angel Deradoorian and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma On Trappy Bats
Photo DAVID NAUGLE Deerhunter drummer Moses John Archuleta has revealed the latest record from his Moon Diagrams project. Due out August 2nd through Geographic North, Trappy Bats features three new tracks and welcome reworks from Shigeto, Angel Deradoorian, and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. Archuleta says the record was largely inspired by the tour cycle behind his debut […]
His Name Is Alive Brings Us Back to Childhood on New Compilation
Considering we can’t even write a simple sentence some days, it’s a little disconcerting to hear that His Name Is Alive mastermind Warren Defever was just 10 years old when he made some of the songs on All the Mirrors in the House. Due out this Friday through Disciples, the compilation features tape recordings captured […]
Broken English Club Shares the Stories Behind His Savage New Album White Rats II
Words OLIVER HO Welcome to White Rats II. This album is a Victorian prison in West London, car crashes, ’70s TV entertainment, street violence, racism, car parks, happy hour, war, and public toilets covered in shit. Don’t come looking for answers; it’s all tangled up in dreams and obsessions. What good is music if it […]
Soft Kill Tap RA Image For Intense “Saint” Video
Photo SAM GEHRKE Soft Kill has shared the highly experimental video for their new single “Saint,” the A-side of an imminent 7-inch that features additional vocals and musical arrangements from Adam Klopp of Choir Boy. “‘Saint’ was originally written for a side project,” explains frontman Tobias Grave, “and sent to Adam to play around with. He […]
Pedro Vian Makes Us a Mix of Spiritual Music and Field Recordings From Morocco
While we try not to repeat ourselves with our Needle Exchange mix series, artists sometimes approach self-titled with a concept we simply can’t refuse. That’s the case with Pedro Vian this week, as the Modern Obscure Music founder builds upon his three-year-old Balearic mix with “a collection of field recordings and spiritual music collected during […]
Lawrence English Interviews Merzbow For Noise Mass Book
Words LAWRENCE ENGLISH In 2019, Merzbow enters its fourth decade. This project — created by Tokyo based artist Masami Akita in 1979 — has become one of the most recognizable musical statements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Merzbow is responsible for a prolific output that is only matched by the amplitude and […]
8Ball Unveils Bogdan Raczynski Mixtape, We Used To Corrupt Each Other With Art & Coffee
In case you missed the return of Bogdan Raczynski last April, the braindance auteur is back with yet another look at his Rephlex archives. Now available in a digital edition after two sold-out tape runs, We Used to Corrupt Each Other With Art & Coffee is actually a 60-minute survey of choice Raczynski material by […]
Visible Cloaks Explain Their Elemental Album With Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano
"A game of exquisite corpse"
Pharmakon Taps Into Our Cannibalistic Tendencies
Photo JANE CHARDIET Margaret Chardiet has announced her fourth Pharmakon album. Due out August 30th through Sacred Bones, Devour is described as “the most intense output of her 12+ years creating industrial noise… using imagery and language of self-cannibalism as allegory for the self-destructive nature of humans.” Uniform guitarist Ben Greenberg captured the entire record […]