More than four decades after Pelican West, Haircut 100 have returned with Boxing The Compass, their first album featuring the classic line-up since that landmark debut. . Rather than sounding like an attempt to recreate the past, the album feels like the natural evolution of a band finally getting the opportunity to continue what they … Read more
Bob Bert has spent more than four decades at the center of underground music, from his early years with Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore to later work with bands including Chrome Cranks, Knoxville Girls, Lydia Lunch Retrovirus, and Jon Spencer’s HITmakers. Despite that long and varied career, Beach Bongo Bloodbath marks his first album released … Read more
On Garage Glamour, The Claudettes bring together many of the influences that have shaped the band over the years, from soul and classic R&B to garage rock, cabaret, and vivid storytelling. The album also marks the album debut of vocalist Rachel Williams, whose powerful and theatrical presence adds a new dimension to the group’s sound … Read more
Forty years after co-founding pioneering Australian electronic band Single Gun Theory, Jacqui Hunt returns with Desiderium, a deeply personal album shaped by several years of profound change. Since emerging with Single Gun Theory, Hunt has continued to forge her own path through a varied solo career and collaborations with artists such as Delerium. She created … Read more
Last year, experimental musician and vocalist Penelope Trappes released A Requiem, a deeply personal album exploring themes of grief, mortality, and remembrance. For Opvs Novum: A Requiem Reworked, she invited artists including Julia Holter, Saint Etienne, Gazelle Twin, Midwife, and Stephen Mallinder to reimagine the album’s songs. In this email interview, Trappes discusses the collaborative … Read more
An invitation to compose music for a stage adaptation of The Master and Margarita was already unexpected enough. But for Datarock’s Fredrik Saroea, the project became even stranger when he was also asked to portray the enigmatic Woland, Satan himself, despite never having acted before. Presented at Bergen’s Den Nationale Scene in collaboration with the … Read more
Rare DM’s new album Attention finds Erin Hoagg pushing the project further in nearly every direction, expanding both the production and emotional range of her synth-driven sound while continuing to develop the distinct visual identity that surrounds it. Since emerging with the 2021 debut album Vanta Black, Hoagg has steadily expanded Rare DM through extensive … Read more
For over forty years, Laibach have occupied a unique position in modern music, simultaneously participating in and dissecting the systems of culture, politics, media, and technology. Their work has long explored appropriation, repetition, spectacle, and ideology, often blurring the line between critique and immersion in ways that remain difficult to categorize. With their new album … Read more
David J’s latest release, Tracks From the Attic Revisited, began with a return to a box of old cassette demos spanning several decades. Drawn from a selection of songs originally featured on the sprawling 2024 archival collection Tracks From the Attic, the new album finds David revisiting those recordings with a full band, reshaping and … Read more
Portland trio Darkswoon draws from darkwave, post-punk, shoegaze and electronic music while shaping those influences into something distinctly their own. Their music balances icy synth textures, driving rhythms and layered atmosphere with an emotional core that feels deeply human, something that comes through even more strongly on their latest album, Antivenom. Originally formed as a … Read more