Sandy Ewen & Weasel Walter, Snowpoet, Party Pack Ice, Grind-o-Matic, See You Space Cowboy & Second Grade Knife Fight, Utsav Lal, Сольвычегодск, Nautilus, and Œstre

by Dæv Tremblay

Sandy Ewen & Weasel Walter – Idiomatic

Long time musical explorers Sandy Ewen and Weasel Walter released a new free noise jazz album as a duo. Under the name Idiomatic, the group goes in long form musical peregrinations, which yields three tracks, each over twenty minutes long, that alternate between hectic improvisation and crushing atmospheres of noise and distortion. The verdict is quite simple: this album is awesome!

Snowpoet – Thought You Knew

Lauren is perhaps one of my favourite singers. I became acquainted to her voice with the mind-blowing experimental jazz band Blue-Eyed Hawk, but her work in … Read more

Astrakhan – Without New Growth Process Is Bloodshed

by Dæv Tremblay

The Music

The Words

Alright, Vancouver’s progressive stoner metal crew Astrakhan released an album, in 2016, that was already promising, but today we face the repercussions of that promise. Have they delivered? I’m glad to say they do. Without New Growth Process Is Bloodshed is an improvement on all fronts, and possible one of the best progressive stoner albums out there! One comment on bandcamp compares it to a mix of Protest the Hero, Tool, and Mastodon. I’ve got to say that while I see the latter two parts, I have a hard time noticing the similarities with PTH. … Read more

Futbolín, Colin Hinton, Daniel Saylor, Xenobiotic, 灰野敬二 (Keiji Haino) & Sumac, Fire!, Vitamin Sun, Basalte, and Monoglot

by Dæv Tremblay

Futbolín – Shy Guys, Malmö Days

The Italian post-hardcore trio managed to create an energetic and emotional EP that has just the slightest hints of math rock and mathcore influence, in the form of a chaotic hardcore aftertaste. Even though the album is rather straightforward in its time signatures, except for the odd time here and there, the choice accentuations keeps things fresh and unsettling. The only thing I can fault this EP on is its measly eleven-minute runtime, but it isn’t really a fault if said minutes give you a great time!

Colin Hinton – Glassbath

Coming out on … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Saturday, 27

Brian! – Chasms of Color and Thought (avant-pop/chamber music)

Stygian Obsession – Form Is Void (experimental black metal)

Wormhole – Causation (experimental electronic music)

Sunday, 28

Autger – God Kissing Carrion (cyber dark jazz)

Cyclamen – 阿弥陀 (Amida) (post-hardcore)

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