Kevin Press
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If the title of ACR’s second compilation album is meant to signal an openness to mass appeal, someone forget to tell Foundling, contributor of track #1. “Half Light Soap,” featured on the BADD PRESS podcast on Aug. 13, is a punishing, squealing noise piece that stretches more than five and a half minutes. It is…
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Chicago’s Hausu Mountain has two new releases set for Sept. 22. Both are cassette/digital download offerings worth ruining your headphones with. Nelson Bean has Impossible World ready to go under his Black Hat solo project moniker. These 13 tracks offer pure, cleanly recorded electronics. They’re beat-heavy and wholly unpredictable, making them more suitable for modern…
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We like to talk a lot about our digital-powered global independent music scene. Certainly from a listener’s perspective, the world is our oyster like never before. But can the same be said for artists? How many seek out opportunities to work with others in different parts of the world? Add San Diego duo Astoria Sound…
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It’s a shame that so many music lovers associate the classical genre with symphony orchestras. It’s a little like seeing rock and roll through the lens of heavy metal. All power, precious little finesse. Chamber music has always been where the real action is. Small groups of musicians, taking cues from one another in an…
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This may be the most sophisticated break-up album ever recorded. Portugal’s Rui P. Andrade has produced an electronic ode to heartbreak that is both sad and gripping. All Lovers Go To Heaven features four pieces of primarily atmospheric drone recordings. “A.L.G.T.H.,” a kind of overture for the album, starts quietly. The piece is spacious, but…
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Scott Gray is working on a new album. To be clear, he’s been working on it since before the 2008 financial crisis. The delay has nothing to do with money, nor is it particularly catastrophic. He’s just a bit of a procrastinator (his word, not mine). This is not to say that he’s unproductive. In…
