Experimental

Experimental Psychedelics Rock 

LISTEN: Painted Faces Share “Laughing Charlie”

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, David Drucker, ESP-DISK, Laughing Charlie, Normal Street, Painted Faces, Steve Holtje

ESP-Disk debut Normal Street out now

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Electronics Experimental Films Instrumental Pop 

Golden Hours: Brian Eno at 75

May 15, 2023May 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Bowie, David Byrne, Devo, Harold Budd, John Cage, John Cale, Jon Hassell, Nico, Paul Simon, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Ultravox

Looking back on the career of rock’s avant-garde icon

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Alternative Rock Experimental Indie Rock Noise Pop Rock 

Your Neck Is My Favorite: Sonic Youth’s A Thousand Leaves Turns 25

May 12, 2023May 13, 2023 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, A Thousand Leaves, Geffen Records, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Sunday, Thurston Moore, Wharton Tiers

How do you explain your favorite album?

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Experimental Noise 

The Extremities of Extreme Music

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Atari Teenage Riot, Berian Eno, Books, Brutal Truth, Carcass, D.O.A, Extreme Music, Feral House Books, La Monte Young, Lou Reed, Merzbow, Michael Tau, Moby, Napalm Death, Noise Music, William Ackerman

A new book brings light to an intense, intricate genre

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Experimental Indie Rock Instrumental jazz 

WATCH: Balmorhea Share Video for “Step Step Step”

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Balmorhea, Deutsche Grammophon, Gillian Welch, Pendant World, Rachel's, Rob Lowe, Sam Gendel, Step Step Step, Tortoise

The Sam Gendel-assisted track appears on new LP, Pendant World, due June 16th

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Experimental Industrial Rock 

Clang Quartet Releases A Slow Death For The Peacemaker

April 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, A Slow Death For The Peacemaker, Clang Quartet, Scotty Irving, Strange Mono/No Rent Records

Scotty Irving delivers his most conventional album yet

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Experimental Fusion jazz Rock 

Japanese Art Pop Greats Koenjihyakkei Revamp Classic Album

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Japan, Koenjihyakkei, Mark Fischer, Nivraym, SKiN GRAFT Records, Tatsuya Yoshida

Nivraym will be available on vinyl for the first time

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Experimental jazz Rock 

Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner and Mike Watt Jam Econo Everywhen They Go

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2023, D Boon, Everywhen We Go, Henry Kaiser, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, Traveling Wilburys, Wall of Flowers

The post-genre OG’s are a power trio for the ages

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Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Nik Turner By Celebrating Hawkwind

November 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2022, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Cherry Red Records, Dave Brock, Elvis Costello, Hawkwind, Lemmy, Nik Turner, Paul McCartney, Remembrance, Stereolab, Steve Miller, Voivod, We Are Looking In On You

As we mourn the loss of an archival Hawk, we revel in the brilliance of their new album

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Experimental Rock 

How Ivan Nahem Captures Cathartic, Yoga-centric Soundscapes

October 26, 2022November 11, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Crawling Through Grass, ex->tension, Ivan Nahem, Live Skull, Marc C, New York City, Norman Westberg, Ritual Tension, Swans, The Cucumbers, Yoga

The ex->tension mastermind, NYC noise-rock pioneer and one-time Swans drummer talks Crawling Through Grass

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Classical Experimental jazz 

ECM Records: Still Beyond Category in 2022

October 16, 2022 David Beckett 1 Comment ECM, Enrico Rava, Fred Hersch, Jason Palmer, Jazz, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Blake, Julia Hülsmann, Keith Jarrett, Kit Downes, Manfred Eicher, Nitai Hershkovits, Oded Tzur

Digging into some of the influential jazz label’s latest titles

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Experimental Indie Rock Noise 

WATCH: Martin Bisi Collective Celebrate Gowanus and Urban Autonomy 

October 13, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Blind Idiot God, Brooklyn, Cop Shoot Cop, Elliott Sharp, Foetus, Gowanus, Iggy Pop, John Zorn, Live Skull, Lydia Lunch, Martin Bisi, Material, Sonic Youth, Swans, The Autonomous People Of The Last Street End Of Gowanus, The Last Street End Of Gowanus, Unsane

The Autonomous People Of The Last Street End Of Gowanus performed and created a flag of secession against gentrification

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Experimental Folk Instrumental 

Glenn Jones is a One-Man Guitar Army

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments American Primitive, Bill Orcutt, Cul-de-Sac, Daniel Bachman, Elizabeth Cotten, Glenn Jones, guitar, John Fahey, John Jackson, Piedmont Blues, Piedmont Guitar, Thrill Jockey

On Vade Mecum, the guitar maestro and John Fahey disciple perfects a style: his own  

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Alternative Rock Experimental Psychedelics Rock 

Spiritualized Floats Back Into Boston

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Boston, Desiree Gillespie, Everything Was Beautiful, J. Spaceman, Jason Pierce, Jenna Byrd, Royale Club, Sha'Leah Nikole Stubblefield, Spacemen 3, The Velvet Underground

Jason Pierce and company compensate stage presence for dazzling visuals

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Experimental Folk Heavy Metal 

Heilung: Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow in the 10th Century

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black Metal, Bo Diddley, Drif, Edith Tudor-Hart, folk, Heilung, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pink Floyd, Season of Mist, Soviet Union, The Beatles, The Who, United States

The Northern European folk-metal collective have made the first truly great album to emerge from the Neo-Primtive Movement

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