Crucial Listening #126: Fire-Toolz
Beauty in djent-adjacency, solo-Jeep-screamo-touring, "bad guy" music. The multi-genre multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.
Jack Chuter
Crucial Listening #125: Babak Ahteshamipour
Fishing the sound, math rock imposter syndrome, maximalist gratitude. The Athens-based sound and visual artist discusses three important albums.
Crucial Listening #124: Kalia Vandever
Nostalgia rushes, unhurried solo guitar, Pharoah jumps in. The American trombonist and composer discusses three important albums.
Review: ni zheng – body of immanence
Grim and claustrophobic electroacoustics.
Review: DAFAKE – Quiet Geometry
A blur eternally unsharpened on the horizon line.
Crucial Listening #123: Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
Uncomfortable DJ sets, golden ratio songs, the "best band in the UK right now". The primary member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre discusses three important albums.
Review: Fågelle – Den svenska vreden
Beautiful, wrenched songs about inner rage and the rigidity of societal codes.