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After a two-decade interlude, Jim O’Rourke’s Moikai imprint returns with Spectral Evolution, a major new work by Rafael Toral.  Undoubtedly Toral’s most sophisticated work to date, Spectral Evolution brings together seemingly incompatible threads from his entire career into a powerful new synthesis, both wildly experimental and emotionally affecting.

Making his name in the mid-1990s with influential guitar drone platters like Sound Mind Sound Body and Wave Field, Toral has never been one to rest on his laurels. In the... (read more)

Ty Segall returns with his most ambitious, elastic set of songs to date, Three Bells, to be released January 26th via Drag City. Following 2022’s acoustic introspection opus, “Hello, Hi,” Three Bells is a deeper, wilder journey to the center of the self, with Ty using his musical vocabulary with ever-increasing sophistication. In conjunction with today’s announcement, Ty unveils the new single/video, “My Room.” 

Three Bells is an obsessive quest for expression. With much of the album being played by Ty in... (read more)

As Winter starts to bite, gather yourselves around the warm glow of a ‘Bajas’ live experience, a dream-magic conjured from analogue synthesizers, wind instruments and vintage drum machines. Like a balm, the trio of Cooper Crain, Rob Frye, and Daniel Quinlivan create soothingly physical drones, zones and tones that captivate the ears and stimulate the mind's synapses. In other words, a gateway high, without any of the hangups!

Don't miss out on this transformative experience as Bitchin Bajas grace Europe this month -... (read more)

nehan is a Japanese free improvisation & avant-garde rock quintet formed in August 2022 by multi-instrumentalist Masaki Batoh. The role of improvisation has been key to all the musical projects of Batoh. In 2010, as Batoh was winding down the activity of his long-standing “heavy chamber folk” group, Ghost, he became involved in the design of a machine to generate sonic data based on brain waves. An acupuncturist as well as a musician by trade, his interest was spurred by the rhythms of... (read more)

Influenced by everything from Thom Bell to Tommy, to the troll-ish misery of Trip Advisor reviews, Gregg Turkington's extensive body of work continues its satirical examination of America in Neil Hamburger Presents Seasonal Depression Suite, adding yet another facet to his multifaceted portfolio.

An international assemblage of stars bright and bold give Seasonal Depression Suite its epic, musical sweep. With all hands on board, Turkington and Erik Paparozzi created their own kind of masterpiece, like Sinatra’s late-period concept album Watertown fused with... (read more)

François J. Bonnet & Stephen O’Malley’s collaboration initiated in 2018 has continued without interruption with a slow stream of concerts, installations and recordings. With Cylene II, the presentation of tones and resonances where harmonic intersections elevate from the deep and scale up to the far firmament in careful motion, draw emotions viscerally from the chest and give rise to the suggestibility of the soul.

On this latest revelation from the album, "Troisième noire", both guitar and electronics tangle in godless space. Deep and incisive... (read more)

If you’re in Florida we envy you—for once! Ah, Florida—the land of perpetual summer, the occasional flurry of hurricanes and now Bonnie “Prince” Billy? As the temperatures drop elsewhere, Bonny is set to heat up stages at select cities in Florida this January!

It’s been many years since the Prince last traversed across the Sunshine state and these shows in January are a surefire bet to provide the perfect backdrop for an exceptional and intimate evening of music. At these dates (as in... (read more)

The initial cassette-only release of Guitar Improvisations turned lots of heads back in 2012 and now, over a decade later, this release makes its full-album debut on vinyl.

“It really was a formative time for me because it felt like everything opened, as far as the possibilities of what music-making meant. Like improvisation walked in and then there was a volcanic eruption…” - Tashi Dorji

Tashi Dorji’s fleet-fingered mastery of the six string guitar is slowly drawn out on Guitar... (read more)

Death and Rough Francis join forces in the form of new 7" dropping on November 17th!

In the time since the 2009 release of ...For the Whole World to See, happenings in the world of Death have occurred at warp speed. The raw rock ’n roll that the Hackney brothers made in the 1970s became a belated punk rock sensation, leading to shows and tours round the world, as well as two further compilations of old material. A documentary film was released in 2013 and... (read more)

Xylouris White, the collaborative duo of Cretan singer and laouto player Georgios Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White, are making music for the entire world. Their method is simple - just play there! Over the past decade, they've embarked upon countless tours across the world, finding people everywhere who have responded to their music. Following the release earlier this year of The Forest In Me, Xylouris White are on the road again this November with dates dotted across the US, Australia and... (read more)