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Review: John Wiese - Seven of Wands

It’s easy to underestimate the effect a good track title can have on the atmospheric provocation of a musical piece. The second track of John Wiese’s Seven of Wands is a thick stream of abrasive sound – ghoulish wails, metallic scrapes, motor grinds – that cascades past the listener’s

Review: Heatsick - Intersex

The two minutes of “Axi Zum No” – the opening track of Intersex – makes for an interesting introduction to the album’s atmosphere and aesthetic. Its combination of a wavering, unsteady string loop and Steven Warwick’s half-minded hums bare little stylistic relation to the dance-orientated jams that seize the floor

Review: R/S - USA

USA documents Rehberg and Schmickler’s 2009 tour across the states, and presents three noise improvisations captured live (two from Chicago, one from New York). This is brash, agitated stuff – synthesizers overlap in warbling, fizzing, quivering gestures all happening at the same time, with both members outright refusing to step