Tag: EXPERIMENTAL
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apolitiq – now. 12″ EP (Curious Electricity)
Apolitiq’s latest 12″ EP, “now.,” is an audacious incursion into the expansive universe based upon industrial, electronic, darkwave, experimental, and avant-garde elements. Hailing from Santa Barbara, California, this longstanding collective has returned with an offering that showcases relentless innovation and artistry. The opening track, “fight,” blends industrial noise and darkwave textures. Pulsating beats provide a…
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New Playlist: Top Music Releases Of 2024
After posting the top releases of 2024, we decided to create a Spotify playlist packed with tracks by the bands who ended up on our list. Therefore, you can listen to tunes by Kiper, Hathors, Schedule 1, Baits, Urlik, Stonebride, Savak, Linkin Park, Noopinion, You Know?!, The Idoru, Walk The Plank, Rad Owl, Friends With…
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The Best Music Releases Of 2024
It has been a wild ride through sonic universe this year. From punk rock, post-punk, goth rock, and all over hardcore punk, post-hardcore, noise rock, grunge, garage, alternative, and indie, to more experimental, avant-garde, and artsy music, 2024 has been an auditory rollercoaster worth revisiting over again. Here are our favorite picks this year! Click…
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MUE Released New Track “Labyrinthe”
MUE, a french band of five musicians led by guitarist, singer, and composer Sylvain Jamault, are releasing today “Labyrinthe,” the first single off their second album currently in the works. The single is accompanied by a Music video about mental and emotional confinement, the violence of self-rejection, and then the liberating rupture that enables you to…
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Wanu – Magma
Stepping into Magma, the latest full-length offering by Swiss bassist Wanu, is akin to entering a universe where sound defies gravity and flows like molten rock, fluid, transformative, and alive. This album is a monumental blend of ambient, experimental, and musique concrète, a collision that fits so well together. Recorded live in the ethereal acoustics…
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C’Mon Tigre – Instrumental Ensemble – Soundtrack For Imaginary Movie Vol 1.
In a world where soundtracks often follow cinematic visions, C’Mon Tigre flips the script entirely, creating a vibrant auditory narrative with Instrumental Ensemble – Soundtrack for Imaginary Movie Vol 1. This ambitious release doesn’t just challenge the listener, it completely reimagines the way we interact with sound and story, presenting an evocative score for a…
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Abdou – Gouband – Warelis – Hammer, Roll, And Leaf
Hammer, Roll, and Leaf is an audacious exploration of sonic intimacy, collaboration, and the spaces between sound and silence. This collaborative effort between saxophonist Sakina Abdou, percussionist Toma Gouband, and pianist Marta Warelis feels less like a recording and more like a shared meditation, a soundscape that invites listeners into its vast, fluid architecture. Their…
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Puscifer Release Poster Book Featuring Art From Frank Kozik, Zoltron, Emek, And More
Available now via the Queen B Vinyl Cafe: “Puscifer – Posters, Volume 1, 2015 – 2023”: The oversized, coffee table book (10″ x 13.5″) features Puscifer tour posters spanning from the band’s 2015 “Money Shot” tour to the 2023 “Global Probing” trek. A forward written by Maynard James Keenan with various written and graphic entries from…
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Abdou – Gouband – Warelis Released New Album “Hammer, Roll And Leaf”
Saxophonist Sakina Abdou follows up her first solo album with this trio release, which has all the freshness of a very first encounter. Hammer, Roll and Leaf is the fruit of an improvised, closed session of several days in her home, punctuated by two concerts, and offers an arc of 60 minutes that retraces a musical itinerary that is…
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Poem Rocket – Lend-Lease 12″ EP (Silver Girl Records)
Imagine a world where art is both a weapon and a lifeline, a desperate scream into the void, accompanied by a careful and clever exploration of form and structure. That’s the essence of Lend-Lease, the long-lost EP by Poem Rocket, a band that thrived on the liminal space between post-punk chaos and art-rock introspection. Originally…
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Niton – 11
With 11, their fourth album, Niton has crafted a profoundly immersive, boundary-pushing collection of experimental electronica that celebrates their ten-year journey while pointing toward a future of even broader sonic exploration. The Italian-Swiss trio—Zeno Gabaglio (electric cello), Luca Xelius Martegani (analogue synthesizers), and El Toxyque (amplified objects), have long been known for their unconventional approach…
