Since the late ’90s, dälek have been blending hip-hop with noise and industrial elements, building a sound that leans as much on atmosphere as it does on rhythm. Brilliance of a Falling Moon continues that, but with a tighter focus, built around the core interplay of classic MPC 3000 and effected guitar. It’s a more … Read more
STABBED BY PRONGS is the dark electro project of Craig Drabik, drawing from EBM, industrial, and other electronic influences. On his latest album, Static Skin, he writes the music himself while leaving the lyrics to his collaborators, so the project comes together in a way that’s less about a fixed concept and more about what … Read more
I first became aware of Gail Ann Dorsey when she was bassist and backup vocalist for Gang of Four on their 1991 Mall reunion album and tour. I was lucky enough to see them as part of the infamous “The Tune In, Turn On, Burn Out” tour, co-headlined by Sisters of Mercy and Public Enemy. … Read more
More than 30 years after it was first recorded, Anne Richmond Boston’s second solo album I Should Be Happy is finally being released. Best known as a longtime member of Atlanta’s The Swimming Pool Q’s, Boston originally recorded the album in the early 1990s as a follow-up to her 1990 solo debut. It was completed … Read more
Canadian duo ROMES have built their rise the long way, eschewing traditional label infrastructure in favor of a fiercely independent, self-contained approach. The duo consists of brothers Jacob and Nicolas Bitove, who handle nearly every aspect of their work in-house, from production and mixing to visuals and release strategy. That DIY ethos is central to … Read more
KMFDM have built their career on constant movement, and Enemy captures the band in another phase of that ongoing evolution, with Sascha “Käpt’n K” Konietzko pushing deeper into rhythm guitar and a refreshed lineup shaping the sound. Led by founder Konietzko alongside longtime member Lucia Cifarelli and drummer Andy Selway, the album also features new … Read more
Galecstasy have never been interested in playing it safe, but Wattzotica pushes their free-form ethos into new territory. The Los Angeles experimental duo join forces with legendary bassist Mike Watt for a fully improvised, cross-generational trio session, expanding Galecstasy’s core of Raquel Bell and drummer/producer Primary Mystical Experience (Jared Marshall). What began simply as an … Read more
Few artists have navigated as many creative worlds as Annie Hogan. From her early work with Marc and the Mambas through a sustained solo output and collaborations with artists such as Lydia Lunch, Jarboe, and Barry Adamson, her career has been marked by constant movement and reinvention. With Tongues In My Head, Hogan turns decisively … Read more
There was a time when discovering a film felt like being let in on a secret. SCALA!!! Or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-Up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits traces that feeling back to London’s Scala cinema, where risk-taking programming and word-of-mouth devotion fostered … Read more
Justin Warfield’s first full solo project since co-founding She Wants Revenge, WARFIELD is shaped by the early Los Angeles deathrock scene and its collision of punk, art rock, and DIY culture. Rather than treating that era as nostalgia, the project draws from a specific time and place when scenes overlapped freely and creative identities were … Read more