The Not Not Fun crew continues to dig deeper into the weirdo electronica scene with their two newest releases. Cuticle’s “Mother Rhythm Earth Memory” 12″ is a tilted wonkfest complete with expired-sizzurp-sipped vocals. Cruise Family’s “We’re in Heaven” 12″ stays closer to the dancefloor, delivering the late-night goods. Both are limited and cost $12 and [...]
A new (relatively) record from Minneapolis’ De Stijl always gets us excited. Stare Case is actually the weirdo-basement-blues duo of John Olson and Nate Young (both also of Wolf Eyes). On “Lose Today”, they weave a loosely-knit ode to drone, noise, free-jazz, lo-fi blues, and psychedelic downers like the Velvet Underground. All very bent, of [...]
If you’ve read this site for any time at all, you know we’re huge fans of Mo Kolours. We can hardly contain our excitement for his forthcoming EP, “Banana Wine”. The vinyl, which is extremely limited, will disappear quickly (even with just a one-minute trailer out there so far), especially at only ₤6. Grab one [...]
How about a one-sentence description that will make you want to buy a record? Ready? Axel Willner (aka The Field) has made a brand new ambient album. That’s all it takes. It also happens to be just as wondrous and masterful as his electronic creations. Grab it on LP for $22.20 from our good friends [...]
I am constantly impressed with Further Records. They find incredibly underrated electronic music, make super low pressings, and screenprint the packaging by hand. Their newest LP is “Mechanical Rain” from Rotterdam’s Ian Martin. It’s a dark, damaged slice of electronica, perfect for the late-winter affective disorder us midwesterners are currently suffering through. Give it a [...]
This one showed up at the door and, while it looked cool, I had zero idea who Drog_A_Tek was. Turns out they’re an Grecian audio/visual collective who make strikingly original and varied compositions. Just listen to the album sampler below, you’ll hear everything from creepy film soundtrack to breezy ambient. The pressing and packaging are [...]
Steak Au Zoo is putting out some cool stuff lately, you should take a few moments to give these a spin. The Mpala Garoo / Golden Dwarves split is something that almost came out on SLG (then we got in a massive backlog) and the Lafidki / Orphan I Oliver split LP is a brilliant [...]
NNA, previously one of my favorite tape-only labels, has transitioned into doing some pretty amazing vinyl. Their “Daydream Repeater” LP by Co-La is one of the cooler releases I’ve heard in awhile. It’s a sunny, weird ride through bedroom exotica, crossing almost every beach-dusted genre you can think of along the way. At it’s core [...]
Chuck Johnson was a new name to me, though he’s been around for years in bands like Spatula, Idyll Swords, and Shark Quest. His new gig is virtuosic picking of the steel-stringed guitar, and this one is a real beauty. We’ve been covering some great guitar albums lately, this one stands right up there with [...]
Between other now-sold-out LPs on Bathetic, I kinda missed this stunner by Zac Nelson. I’d heard so much good about it though, I knew I had to check it out. Nelson, best known as a member of CHLL PLL and Hex Love, specializes in a warm, fuzzy crawl that stands as the polar opposite to [...]
