On this installment, we focus in on the work of the London-based label, ALTER. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the label that is run by Luke Younger, who is an active musician and sound artist, perhaps best known for his solo output under the name Helm and before that in the duo Birds…
On this installment, we spotlight the work of the Oakland-based label and mailorder outlet, Digital Regress. In its roughly five years of operation, Digital Regress has moved from initially documenting some of the arty, DIY punk activity taking place in the Bay Area to reissuing some lesser known classics from the New Zealand underground. Digital…
New releases from The Cool Greenhouse, R.E. Seraphin, and Cloud Nothings are reviewed by Glenn Donaldson in this installment of Failure Of All Pop.
On this installment, I get back to playing a bunch of new music that I have acquired during these past several months of lockdown. A few of these I’ve played on the weekly radio show, but I’ve yet to include them in any of the podcasts or the Stay-at-Home Editions that I was producing there…
Here’s what has been happening over the past two weeks on the Free Form Freakout radio show heard every Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. (CST) on KMSU in Mankato, Minnesota. For the time being, the show continues to be produced at home in the FFF bunker. If you’re unable to listen to the show live, they…
Glenn Donaldson delivers another installment of his Failure Of All Pop column, this time with a special Alt Rock edition focused on Campbell Kneale’s Brilliant Swords project, the surprise return of 90’s guitar rock darlings Hum, and the super-charged songcraft of Hotline TNT.
Free Form Freakout returned to the KMSU airwaves on May 14th after an extended hiatus due to Governor Walz’s daily press briefings being aired during our usual 2:00 p.m. time slot. As is the case for many radio stations right now, or everything for that matter, we haven’t been able to fully return to business…
Here are the playlists from the weekly Free Form Freakout show from earlier in the year. Sure, it was only a few months ago, but typing these out felt almost like stepping back into a completely different reality altogether. When we did these shows, we were discussing live shows that we were hosting in town…
We have a brand new Free Form Freakout t-shirt available to order that was designed by the talented and incomparable Australian artist, Matthew Revert.
On this installment, we dig deeper into the work of Cafe OTO, a venue located in East London that has become an international hub for underground and experimental music activity since starting back in 2008. In addition to operating a standard cafe, OTO hosts an adventurous live music program seven nights a week and has…
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