Tag: experimental
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Spectreview: Susumu Yokota – Cloud Hidden
The winding, eclectic sprawl of Cloud Hidden provides yet another window into the legacy of late electronic artist Susumu Yokota.
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Spectreview: JPEGMAFIA – All My Heroes Are Cornballs
JPEGMAFIA’s chaotic All My Heroes Are Cornballs is a thrilling exercise in weaponizing expectations.
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Spectreview: Girl Band – The Talkies
Ireland’s Girl Band draw a topographical illustration of mental illness in the cacophony of The Talkies.
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Spectreview: (Sandy) Alex G – House of Sugar
(Sandy) Alex G’s House of Sugar is both challenging and incredibly warm, and it positions the Philly artist as one the most exciting voices working in his genre.
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Spectreview: TOOL – Fear Inoculum
After an extended hiatus, TOOL returns with an accomplished (if very familiar) LP obsessed with the fear and hate driving American discourse.
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Spectreview: Ghost Orchard – Bunny
Ghost Orchard’s twisted, affecting lo-fi bedroom pop blooms in Technicolor on his Orchid Tapes debut.
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Spectreview: Sea Raft – Blending EP
Matthew Reeder’s foray into IDM as Sea Raft is exquisitely produced and deeply moving.
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Spectreview: Bon Iver – i,i
Bon Iver’s fourth album is paradoxically righteous and searching, a meticulously ornate listen that rewards those who untangle its knots.
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Spectreview: LINGUA IGNOTA – CALIGULA
Lingua Ignota’s Caligula is not a fun listen, but it’s an extremely important one: an earth-shattering excoriation of domestic abusers and corrupted powers that swings exhilaratingly between beauty and terror.
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Spectreview: Felidæ – 傷を覚えて (Remember The Wound)
An intriguingly dark side of vaporwave emerges in this pitch-black collection of songs by an unknown Seattle producer.