Tag: AVANT ROCK
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Ravage – Ravage
Ravage’s self-titled debut is an uncompromising work of art, a furious conversation that takes place at the volatile intersection of noise rock, avant-rock, and post-hardcore. Formed by three tireless composer-improvisers, Anthony Laguerre on drums, Bastien Pelenc and Mathieu Werchowski on violins, the trio has engineered a fully organic, cinematic, and feverish soundscape. This is a…
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She’s Analog – No Longer, Not Yet
There is a certain magic in music that resists instant comprehension. It breathes, it unsettles, it waits. “No Longer, Not Yet,” the second full-length album by the Italian avant-rock trio She’s Analog, arrives like a soft tide, reshaping the shore slowly, precisely. This material unfolds like a shadow, purposeful and beautiful in its evasion of…
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Interview: Jarboe
Only a few artists possess the spiritual and sonic intensity of Jarboe. A unique voice in experimental music, she has traversed a path from the raw power of Swans to a deeply personal solo career rich with vulnerability, mysticism, and emotion. With the recent reissue of her 2000 album “Disburden Disciple,” we caught up with…
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Ilun – Bag Full of Empty Bags LP (Grazil Records)
Ilun’s Bag Full of Empty Bags is a sonic labyrinth—dense, hypnotic, and utterly mesmerizing. Blending elements of noise rock, post-rock, and experimental avant-rock, the album feels like a slow-burning fever dream, rich with textures, atmosphere, and moments of explosive energy. From the outset, it’s clear that this is not just music to be heard but…
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OBERHEIM! – OBERHEIM! LP (Spacebucks Recordings)
An up-and-coming garage rock sensation, OBERHEIM!, recently released a self-titled debut album via Spacebucks Recordings. Consisting of six excellent compositions, this extraordinary band breaks the rules and shapeshifts the music of the conventional garage rock sound by incorporating many different but complementary styles into their tracks. Although this particular music genre dominates the most, these…
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LICE’s ‘Mown In Circles’: Unraveling Language & Misinformation Through Experimental Rock
Bristol-formed experimental rock group LICE release their new single ‘Mown In Circles’, taken from their forthcoming album Third Time At The Beach. The album is a three-part epic, exploring the struggle to better understand the world around us, and will be released 20th September via AD 93. Darting between minimalism, rock, techno and more, it sends…
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Ravage: French Experimental Trio Unleashes New Video “Demon Lover”
Experimental French trio RAVAGE shares new video for track “Demon Lover” and announce a first series of shows this summer. The ensemble consists of violinists Mathieu Werchowski & Bastien Pelenc and percussionist Anthony Laguerre. The video was shot by Pierre Veyser in May 2023. When two violins steeped in trance music and noise experimentation collide with a drum kit navigating between fantasized doom and electroacoustic…
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Broken Filters – Uncharted Territory
Released in 2022, “Uncharted Territory” marks the second album from Broken Filters, a band unafraid to push the boundaries of music genres. This offering delves deep into the realms of experimental rock, while expertly integrating elements from krautrock, psych-rock, art-rock, free-jazz, and alternative rock. This fusion creates a unique auditory journey, characterized by the band’s…
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Broken Filters – Broken Filters LP
Back in 2018, Stockholm-based band Broken Filters made a remarkable self-titled debut album, which stands as their first piece of work. This collection of tracks showcases an impressive blend of experimental rock, krautrock, psych-rock, art-rock, free-jazz, and alternative influences, creating an innovative and deeply engaging ambiance. The album, consisting of nine diverse tracks, takes the…
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Broken Filters – ¡Atenciòn! LP
“¡Atenciòn!” is the latest full-length album by Broken Filters, an exceptional Stockholm-based band. The album consists of five longevous tracks, spanning across many different but complementary music genres. Broken Filters are pros in compiling various styles to illustrate a fresh, unique, rich, and luxurious ambiance that immediately grabs your attention and refuses to let go.…
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Pleasing Released New Single “there’s something wrong with everybody”
Luxembourg-based trio Pleasing releases ‘there’s something wrong with everybody,’ second single off their upcoming new EP due for release this fall via label Two Steps Twice. After releasing “bleak” in April, the trio (composed by Patrick Miranda, Xavier Hofmann and Sacha Ewen), has returned with a second single. The essence of “there’s something wrong with everybody” lies in its exploration of the…
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tellKujira Released Debut Self-Titled Album
Italian avant-garde quartet tellKujira has released their Self-Titled album through Superpang Records. It was recorded in December 2021 with the help of the Emilia Romagna Music Commission and Area Sismica. It is the result of eight-handed writing after a number of highly wanted artistic residencies, despite the challenges associated with the pandemic time. tellKujira is Ambra Chiara Michelangeli (Viola/fx), Francesco Diodati (Guitar/fx), Francesco Guerri (Cello) and Stefano Calderano (Guitar/fx).…
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