Intimidating Mage, Plainsman, United States, Bloodfiredoom Records, BFD-666-01 CD (2018) From Boulder in Colorado comes this furious horde of …
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Desert Drone Cycle: a soundscape of worlds disintegrating under water erosion
Cristopher Cichocki, Desert Drone Cycle, United States, Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS052 cassette (2019) Hailing from the Coachella Valley in southern
Continue readingRumspringa: low-key and dark power electronics expressing guilt, shame and secret complicity
She Spread Sorrow, Rumspringa, United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR212 CD (2015) Since 2014 at least, through her current solo
Continue readingLife Metal: a radiant and uplifting return to form for drone doom’s dynamic duo
Sunn0))), Life Metal, United States, Southern Lord, SUNN 300 CD / 2 x LP blue vinyl (2019) After three years
Continue readingFull Upon Her Burning Lips: returning home with a stripped-down minimalist approach – and yet not quite the same
Earth, Full Upon Her Burning Lips, United States, Sargent House, SH208 CD / SH209 2 x 12″ vinyl (2019) After
Continue readingConcrete Desert: desert doom drone and techno dub conjure up a dystopian world of faded dreams and post-industrial collapse
Earth versus The Bug, Concrete Desert, United Kingdom, Ninja Tune, vinyl LP / CD / digital ZEN239 (2017) In their
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The Residents The Residents’ Mole Box UK NEW RALPH TOO / CHERRY RED RECORDS NRTBOX010 6 x CD (2019) I’ve
Continue readingMasana Temples: fluffy kosmische retro-1970s kitsch psychedelic rock pop all the way
Kikagaku Moyo, Masana Temples, The Netherlands, Guruguru Brain, vinyl LP / CD (2018) As you can see, the cover art
Continue readingTretiy Album: retro-1980s darkwave from a world of bleakness, depression and casual violence
Pyat’shest’tri, Tretiy Album, Germany, Detriti Records, cassette DR-034 / Squall Recordings, cassette (2018) Pyat’shest’tri (the name means “five-six-three” in Russian)
Continue readingPhilos: traditional Korean instruments used in innovative ways to address issues of modern life
Park Jiha, Philos, tak:til / Glitterbeat, GB077 LP vinyl 12″ ( for release June 2019) Originally released as a digital
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