May 17th Newsletter

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  • K9 Hemorrhoids ‎– Garfield Is Dead
    K9 Hemorrhoids ‎– Garfield Is Dead
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    Michigan-based noisecore. Feel the burn.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
    Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
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    Reissue of cassette on Bizarre Audio Arts from 2018

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Systematic Elimination / Death Cult Ritual – Anti Cult Assassins
    Systematic Elimination / Death Cult Ritual – Anti Cult Assassins
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    Split 7″ from two Midwest noise heavies.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Support Unit – A New World In Our Hearts
    Support Unit – A New World In Our Hearts
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    Harsh Noise Wall from the anarchist project out of Pittsburgh.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Rita ‎– Sharks And The Female Form
    The Rita ‎– Sharks And The Female Form
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    The aesthetics and patterns of a woman’s physical form violently and tragically manipulated in the arts. A revisit of classic sharks/women fetish themes and crackling walls synonymous with THE [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • People Skills – Subalternity Interlude
    People Skills – Subalternity Interlude
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    Avant-folk electronics and surrealistic sound construction from Philadelphia.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Creode – Zep Tepi
    Creode – Zep Tepi
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    The duo of Samantha Flowers and Tyler Hicks have been perfecting their dulcet tones for over ten years now. Combining, as if in a cauldron, blender, or analogous mixing device […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Russell Walker – Back To The Womb
    Russell Walker – Back To The Womb
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    “Stockport’s Regional Bears unleashes their label MVP Russell Walker for what seems to be their debut solo album proper on ‘Back To The Womb’ – a rambling masterclass of British […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hugo Randulv – Drunkna I Ljus
    Hugo Randulv – Drunkna I Ljus
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    The much anticipated sophomore solo album from Hugo Randulv (Enhet För Fri Musik, Amateur Hour, Makthaverskan etc). Drunkna I Ljus was composed and recorded mainly during 2024 and consists of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Five Years Of Failure
    V/A – Five Years Of Failure
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    Five year anniversary compilation from Discreet Music featuring new or unreleased music from Facit, Eftergift, Demeters Döttrar, Sewer Election, Juho Toivonen, Leda, Shadow Pattern, Livskraft, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Parasite Nurse  – Lack
    Parasite Nurse – Lack
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    Parasite Nurse’s follow up to 2023’s “Life Is Beautiful” with “Lack” which as far as I’m concerned, it might be necessary to listen to as a whole, all [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Reona + T. Mikawa – Live at Bar Isshee
    Reona + T. Mikawa – Live at Bar Isshee
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    A live documentation of a collaboration between T. Mikawa: Electronics and Reona: Tap Dance, Metal sheets, Chains, Loud speaker. Disarming, complex tension creeping through a labyrinth of junk [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lovely Midget – Lovely Midget
    Lovely Midget – Lovely Midget
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    A long time in the works vinyl edition of one of our favorite New Zealand albums. Rachel Shearers astonishing debut as Lovely Midget was originally released as a CD on […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Arv & Miljo – Arv & Miljo
    Arv & Miljo – Arv & Miljo
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    The final album from Arv & Miljö consists of two sidelong pieces based almost entirely on field recordings. The recordings roughly span from 2014 to 2024 and were primarily recorded […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sam Prekop and John McEntire ‎– Sons Of (White Vinyl)
    Sam Prekop and John McEntire ‎– Sons Of (White Vinyl)
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    “Sam Prekop and John McEntire are two artists, who together and as individuals, have expanded the definition of rock. Each is acclaimed for their singular musical voice and for their sonic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Marc Miller, Se Jong Cho – Matisse Bath
    Marc Miller, Se Jong Cho – Matisse Bath
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    “cow: Music & Astral Spirits are proud to present ‘Matisse Bath’ by Dr. Se Jong Cho (environmental scientist/ painter/ animal trainer/ most positive person on Earth) & [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Devo ‎– Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
    Devo ‎– Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
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    “Produced by Brian Eno, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! was a seminal touchstone in the development of American new wave. It was one of the first […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Rosali – No Medium
    Rosali – No Medium
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    “While the collection of songs on Philadelphia/Michigan musician Rosali’s electrifying third LP, No Medium, explores the often dark territory of loss, death, sexuality, self-sabotage, and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ekin Fil – Sleepwalkers
    Ekin Fil – Sleepwalkers
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    the drone-pop consternations of ekin fil emerge through vaporous tone and forlorn, distant song, as if plucked from a dream. these exist on their own accord, moving with their own […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ekin Fil – Maps
    Ekin Fil – Maps
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    ekin fil continues her quietly complex dream-pop oeuvre on maps. for many years now, this istanbul musician has been writing mysterious and haunting songs, rich in heavy-reverb effects and an [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ekin Fil – Dora Agora
    Ekin Fil – Dora Agora
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    ekin fil returns to the guitar on dora agora. her earliest recordings, notably her debut on root strata, prominently featured guitar in this urgent expressions of a dreamy dreariness that […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jim Haynes – Inauspicious
    Jim Haynes – Inauspicious
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    in a recent interview, the california artist jim haynes was asked to name his top five noise albums. in quick fashion, he listed off kill the king, send, desnos, persona, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • God’s Own Country : A NZ Mixtape – Radio Topo #16
    God’s Own Country : A NZ Mixtape – Radio Topo #16
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    Kiwi jams compiled by Brian McCabe with help from Robert Scott (The Clean, The Bats) Always fun to jam the Flying Nun Track Listing Included C50

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Natural Information Society* & Bitchin Bajas – Automaginary
    Natural Information Society* & Bitchin Bajas – Automaginary
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    The invisible force meets the ancient object — two ensembles for the price of one and a half! Synths, sintir, and much more. Sky music by deep earth people…

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Mess Esque – Jay Marie
    Mess Esque – Jay Marie
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    A bold third missive from the Australian duo – Helen Franzmann (McKisko) and Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Tren Brothers) – who sound like they literally dreamed themselves into being, and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Apple Cottage – Apple Cottage
    Apple Cottage – Apple Cottage
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    Incredible noise collage work from “Apple Cottage” – rough edits but a good ear made this.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Slacking / Black Corolla – Lonely God
    Slacking / Black Corolla – Lonely God
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    Noisey split from Slacking & Black Corolla.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Black Corolla – Boring Ritual
    Black Corolla – Boring Ritual
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    Psycho harsh tape – B-side is incredible. Hits some weirder nodes & ticks off the “strange” box too many pass over for overt pedal to the floor harsh.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kuroi Ame – Sacred
    Kuroi Ame – Sacred
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    “Wake up in a dream. Looking for someone. Searching an inner world. The memory of a name. ‘Midori’. Black rain. Shelter below the underpass in the Electric District. Hallucinogenic whisper [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Theodore Cale Schafer ‎– Patience
    Theodore Cale Schafer ‎– Patience
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    “Patience is the debut full-length album by Sante Fe-based artist Theodore Cale Schafer. Alternately murky and narcoleptic and bristling with grit and light, this collection of eight pieces [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
    Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
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    Pre-LAFMS art-damaged new-wave weirdness Label: Independent Project Records – IP005 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1982 VG+/VG+. Corner crease and sleevewear. No 7″

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Luggage – Hand Is Bad
    Luggage – Hand Is Bad
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    There’s a moment in a 1980’s BBC documentary on The Velvet Underground when John Cale invokes Dylan as “having all questions and no answers,” illustrating his point with a dismissive […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera – Early New York Silver
    Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera – Early New York Silver
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    Amish Records is excited to announce a new recording from guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Michael Vallera, ‘Early New York Silver’, coming out on March 21, 2025. Ranaldo has long been […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Verity Den – Interrupted Journey
    Verity Den – Interrupted Journey
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    Verity Den was born of chance meetings and life-long dedications. The band is comprised of Casey Proctor, Trevor Reece and Mike Wallace, all of whom spent considerable time in their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎– Wild God (Clear Vinyl)
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎– Wild God (Clear Vinyl)
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    “Nick Cave: “I hope the album has the effect on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • John Zorn ‎– Pool
    John Zorn ‎– Pool
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    John Zorn’s first “Gamepiece” album, in which his free improv ensemble plays to a tight constraint of rules. Label: Parachute – POO 11/12 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Swans – Feel Good Now
    Swans – Feel Good Now
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    Infamous “bootleg” double live album from the Swans 1987 Children of God tour of primarily former “Iron Curtain” countries. Personnel during this period was Jarboe, Gira, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Sister
    Sonic Youth – Sister
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    One of Sonic Youth’s most beloved albums, 1987’s Sister incorporated the dissonance of their earlier releases into more traditional song structures. It’s an innovative and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
    Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
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    Reissue of Sonic Youth’s second full-length album, originally released in 1985. The album is a fascinating examination of “the junction where hippie idealism [meets] the cold hard [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • JJulius* – Vol III
    JJulius* – Vol III
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    In the discourse around new albums from singular, world-building artists, the phrase “a big step forward” can often be a blinking red warning sign. You know you’re about to be […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Wombo – Blossomlooksdownuponus
    Wombo – Blossomlooksdownuponus
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    “The weird world of Wombo is a kaleidoscopic journey of sharp turns and surprising visions, a melting pot of influences with a cheeky cheshire-cat grin that coalesce into a trippy […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Greg Kelley, Rob Noyes – Greg Kelley / Rob Noyes
    Greg Kelley, Rob Noyes – Greg Kelley / Rob Noyes
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    “Greg Kelley, trumpet Recorded January 26, 2019 by GK in his kitchen, Seattle WA Rob Noyes, guitar Recorded January 22, 2019 by Sam Moss at Warrior Camp, Somerville MA” Label: […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • J.R. Bohannon* – Compulsions
    J.R. Bohannon* – Compulsions
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    ‘The isolation of lockdown was challenging for guitarist J.R. Bohannon. In refreshingly vulnerable linear notes, he describes how his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Holt* – Build Yourself A Space
    Holt* – Build Yourself A Space
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    “Holt Bodish is best known as one third of Montana’s finest treble strummers, Mordecai. But with that operation now spread all over this repulsive and insane nation he’s gotta [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nasssau – Anna​-​Lisa & Rosanne
    Nasssau – Anna​-​Lisa & Rosanne
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    “In the heat of summer, Nasssau staggered in a stuffy bus through parts of Europe. They pant in Dusseldorf, they splashed in Hamburg, they rejoiced in Brussels and they mumbled […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chuck Johnson – Precession
    Chuck Johnson – Precession
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    “’Nodal’ features something that I would often mix into my live set during that time: a pre-recorded organ improvisation which was later used as the main track in “Raz-de-Marée” on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jeff Zeigler & Dash Lewis – Eraserhood
    Jeff Zeigler & Dash Lewis – Eraserhood
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    “Atlantic Rhythms is very excited to announce Eraserhood, the new release from Jeff Zeigler and Dash Lewis. Zeigler owns and operates Uniform Recording and is a producer, engineer, and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Romain De Ferron – Notre Dame Des Neiges
    Romain De Ferron – Notre Dame Des Neiges
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    “In 2014 I was at a show in Lyon, France. I had my mind blown apart that day by FRANCE (the band), Junko, and Romain de Ferron. Apparently, I slipped […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Max Nordile – Go To Sleep, Fool!
    Max Nordile – Go To Sleep, Fool!
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    “We are happy to present our friend Max Nordile’s (Preening, Nothing Band, Uzi Rash) third solo release: Go To Sleep, Fool! Pulses (squirms?) like some kind of primitive organism, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ryan Garbes – Tabbed View
    Ryan Garbes – Tabbed View
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    “Ryan Garbes is an experimental musician currently rooted in Minneapolis. He’s been shaping and influencing the sound of the weirdo Midwest experimental scene since the mid-00s with his [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise