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, 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…
In this installment of Failure Of All Pop, Glenn Donaldson highlights another hidden gem from the Bay Area underground in the band, Cindy, and a pair of self-released EPs from the upstart art-punk outfits, The Beauticians and Soot. Give it a read and a listen.
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.
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…
On this installment, we dig deeper into the work of Blank Forms, a non-profit organization based in New York City that is dedicated to supporting emerging and underrepresented artists in the field of experimental music, performance, dance, sound art, and other interdisciplinary art practices. Blank Forms’ activities are wide-ranging: they present performances and artist residencies,…
Welcome to the 9th episode of the Stay-at-Home Edition of Free Form Freakout. Hope you all have had a good week. This is the second to last of these installments, as I’m going to be ending these next week. I figured it would be a good idea to end these at a nice even number,…
Welcome to the 8th episode of the Stay-at-Home Edition of Free Form Freakout. Hope you all have had a good week. Free Form Freakout did indeed return to the KMSU airwaves again this past week for the first time in two months. They aired a feature show that we put together on the music of…
Welcome to the seventh episode of the Stay-at-Home Edition of Free Form Freakout. I hope you’ve all had a decent week. The sun has been shining here, but it’s been unseasonably cold. I got word that Free Form Freakout will likely be able to return to the actual KMSU airwaves at our usual Thursday time…
Delphine Dora first came to our attention through her output on her self-run label, Wild Silence. Since that initial discovery, she has gone on to issue a number of solo and collaborative works across several other notable labels such Fort Evil Fruit, Feeding Tube Records, Power Moves Library, Okraïna and more. Her back catalog covers…
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