Experimental

Experimental Pop Rock Zappa 

Zappa Records Unearths 1968 Mothers Gig at the Whisky A Go Go 

May 22, 2024May 23, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Ahmet Zappa, Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Joe Travers, The Mothers of Invention, The Whisky A Go-Go, Zappa Records

The previously unreleased concert will be available in multiple formats on June 21st

Read more

Experimental Industrial Rock 

Einstürzende Neubauten Announce New Studio LP

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Alexander Hacke, Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Felix Gebhard, Germany, Jochen Arbeit, N. U. Unruh, Rampen (apm: alien pop music), Rudolph Moser

Rampen (apm: alien pop music) is due out April 5th

Read more

Alternative Rock Experimental Indie Rock Noise Post-Punk Rock 

Tower of Glower: On Sonic Youth’s Walls Have Ears

February 16, 2024February 17, 2024 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1986, Bad Moon Rising, Bob Bert, Brighton, Goofin' Records, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, London, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore, UK, Walls Have Ears

How the band learned to stop worrying and love the bootleg

Read more

Experimental Folk Indie Rock Psychedelics Rock 

LISTEN: Seattle’s Shi**y Person Shares New Song “Hedonistic”

January 25, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy, Dignity, Fungal Abyss, Hedonistic, Lesbian, Lori Goldston, Seattle, Shitty Person, Tad, Tad Doyle

Semi-supergroup featuring members of Tad, Nirvana and Lesbian have a new EP, Dignity, on deck

Read more

Alternative Rock Art Pop Experimental Rock 

The Smile: Better Than Radiohead?

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 Ted Miller 1 Comment 2024, A Light For Attracting Attention, A Moon Shaped Pool, In Rainbows, Jonny Greenwood, King of Limbs, Radiohead, The Smile, Thom Yorke, Tom Skinner, Wall of Eyes, XL Recordings

The brilliant new album Wall of Eyes certainly makes the case

Read more

Experimental Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

André 3000 is Taking New Blue Sun on the Road

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Carlos Niño, Deantoni Parks, Diego Gaeta, Jesse Peterson, Matthewdavid, Mia Doi Todd, Nate Mercereau, New Blue Sun, New Blue Sun Live, OutKast, Surya Botofasina, V.C.R

Brief winter tour kicks off January 29th in Brooklyn

Read more

Experimental jazz Rock 

Anthony Pirog’s Steady Diet of Ambience

January 23, 2024February 19, 2024 Brad Cohan 1 Comment 2023, Andy Summers, Anthony Pirog, Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, John Frusciante, Otherly Love Records, The Messthetics, The Nepenthe Series Vol. 1, Wendy Eisenberg

The versatile guitarist gets ambient with Andy Summers, John Frusciante, Nels Cline and more on his terrific new record  

Read more

Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Can Announce New Archival Live Release

January 8, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments CAN, Damo Suzuki, Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Live in Paris 1973, Michael Karoli, Mute Records, Spoon Records

Can Live in Paris 1973 due February 23, 2024

Read more

Experimental jazz 

ALBUMS: Reverence for Daniela Mars

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2023, Daniela Mars, flute, Reverence for the Moment, Voces8

Digging into the true flute-based banger of 2023

Read more

Electronic Experimental Folk Rock 

LISTEN: Linnea Hjertén Shares “Uppsåt”

December 15, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Forndom, Linnea Hjertén, Ludvig Swärd, Nio systrar, Nordic folk, Shaam Larein, Sweden

Solo debut from the keyboardist of Swedish doom rock greats Shaam Larein due January 12

Read more

Experimental Noise Post-Punk Punk 

Burning Rubber: No New York at 45

December 4, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, DNA, James Chance, Mars, No New York, No Wave, Post-Punk, Punk, Talking Heads, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions

Looking back at the Brian Eno compilation that put the spotlight on the short-lived No Wave scene

Read more

Experimental Indie Rock Instrumental Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Rock 

WATCH: Terms Share Video For “Blurred Photo of a Fragment of a Drawing”

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Christopher Trull, Danny Piechocki, King Crimson, Mike Watt, Mr. Bungle, SKiN GRAFT Records, Terms

The math rock duo’s second album, All Becomes Indistinct, out now

Read more

Experimental jazz New Wave Remembrance Rock 

Mars Williams, Jazz and New Wave Saxophone Great, Gone at 68

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Albert Ayler, Billy Idol, Billy Squier, Kesha, Mars Williams, Massacre, Ministry, RIP, The Killers, The Power Station, The Psychedelic Furs, The Waitresses

The key member of The Waitresses and The Psychedelic Furs was 68

Read more

Experimental Punk Rock 

The Mystery of mssv Solved

November 6, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Contemplating the Engine Room, fIREHOSE, Human Reaction, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, mssv, Stephen Hodges, The Minutemen

Mike Baggetta may pilot this ship with Mike Watt and Stephen Hodges, but it’s all tugboat and no ball-hog

Read more

Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Pink Floyd to Release Special Edition of Atom Heart Mother

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1970, 1971, Atom Heart Mother, Atom Heart Mother: Special Edition, David Gilmour, Hakone Aphrodite Festival, Japan, Meddle, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sony Music

Special two-disc package includes rare Japan 1971 concert footage

Read more