Foxy Digitalis
Each time I’ve listened to OHYUNG’s stunning “tucked in my stomach!” I feel like I’ve lived through another lifetime. Piercing sonic passages coalesce with waves of emotive chord changes and lilting tonal arrangements in ways that amplify the smallest moments. Burning memories are woven into the aural fabric of screeching strings, granulated synths, and wistful […]
Lay Llamas is the duo of Nicola Giunta and Gioele Valenti and they refuse to be held in by any singular dimension. On the Black Sweat released Goud, the group gets into some seriously psychedelic zones. Dub-infused rhythms hold hands with magnetic bass pulses, creating a dizzying journey backward through time. Mesmerizing vocal incantations invite the […]
Pete Nolan’s Spectre Folk/The Folk Spectre has gone through numerous evolutions in the past two decades and with his forthcoming record, Mountain Transmission, the shadows are getting longer and our vision is becoming blurred. “82 Ford Escort” is a slow crawl through the woods fueled by lysergic acoustic strums and searching leads. Nolan’s voice is a […]
Making a debut album comprised of country covers is a bold move, but Caleb Dailey’s Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings: Beside You Then finds its strength in the restraint and emotional depth it mines from a collection of solemn cowboy hymns. “If I Could Only Fly” finds Daily joined by The Notwist’s Markus Acher who brings a wistful […]
Hot on the heels of the announcement of Sontag Shogun’s collaborative album with Lau Nau, Jeremy Young veers into woozier territory with his new solo effort, August Tape Sketches. Created primarily with sine and square wave oscillators plus tape loops, the album glows in its restraint. On “Untilted For Toma,” Young twists guitar laments into a […]
Take a deep breath. Get ready. We’re going for a ride. (and it’s all for a good cause). Ben von Wildenhaus assembled an all-star cast to kaleidoscope around the world, splitting off into cohabitating factions where skeletal guitar melodies and weird incantations dance in harmony. Snaking through abandoned streets, vocalizations become signposts to lead us […]
For almost two decades, lutenist and composer Jozef Van Wissem has explored the boundaries and possibility of the lute. His work mixes baroque stylings and experimental approaches to create something continually evolving and often surprising. His forthcoming album, Behold! I Make All Things New, is an enticing mix of masterful lute playing and ruminative electronics. “What […]
Anteloper will play live in Chicago at Sleeping Village this Friday, February 25th. Get Tickets Here! Within the hollowed-out spaces of bass synth globules and bricklayer drum machines mixed with acoustic rhythms, Anteloper – the duo of jaimie branch and Jason Nazary – send rockets across the Chicago skyline. This polyrhythmic approach on “Bubble Under” (from […]
With Laura Cannell’s new album, Antiphony of the Trees, she elevates the recorder into a higher realm. On “The Girl Who Became An Owl,” the latest preview, a solemn, contemplative feeling flows throughout. Languid squalls breathe inside the middle register imbuing a peacefulness beneath the melancholic movements. Drones ground the lyrical dance of multiple interwoven melodies […]