Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balázs Pándi Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balázs Pándi

Published May 21, 2019

John Zorn's longtime engineer, Marc Urselli, had the idea to bring together three musicians who have never worked together for a single day...

LAL Dark Beings

Published May 15, 2019

For a group who typically wait between four and six years to release an album, Dark Beings, LAL's followup to their 2016 LP Find Safety, alm...

Ellen Allien Alientronic

Published May 15, 2019

After a trio of albums that found Ellen Allien exploring the perimeters of instrumental techno, the Berlin musician returned to her roots fo...

LAL Embrace Community on New Album 'Dark Beings'

Published May 15, 2019

On their latest LP, Dark Beings, out May 17 on Coax Records, LAL — the duo of Rosina Kazi and Nicholas "Murr" Murray — open their arms to th...

Tim Hecker Anoyo

Published May 08, 2019

Last year, Tim Hecker released the most adventurous album of his career simply by sticking to a formula. His followup, Anoyo, contains six t...

The Mountain Goats / Shana Cleveland The Bronson Centre, Ottawa ON, May 5

Published May 05, 2019

After 28 years and after almost as many LPs, EPs and cassettes, John Darnielle and his Mountain Goats finally made their live debut in the n...

Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano FRKWYS Vol. 15: serenitatem

Published Apr 30, 2019

In addition to releasing LPs by some terrific acts, RVNG Intl. are known for their serialized albums series, including Beats in Space and RV...

Minimal Violence Tear Up the Techno Rulebook on New Album 'InDreams'

Published Apr 24, 2019

"I don't think techno purists would even bother listening to our music," laughs Ashlee Luk about InDreams, the debut album from Minimal Viol...

Aidan Baker / Faith Coloccia / Jon Mueller See Through

Published Apr 23, 2019

In addition to the 100 or so releases he's put out under his own name or as Nadja, ARC or Mnemosyne, Aidan Baker is also a serial collaborat...

Minimal Violence InDreams

Published Apr 23, 2019

Over nine tracks and 40 minutes, Minimal Violence figured out how to make extroverted techno sound downright brainy. Although the duo of Ash...

The Budos Band V

Published Apr 09, 2019

On "Old Engine Oil," the leadoff track from the Budos Band's fifth LP, V, the Afrobeat band kicks out a gritty, fuzzed-out riff that wouldn'...

Floating Points / Various Late Night Tales

Published Mar 26, 2019

Once a staple of any electronic music fan's collection, the DJ mix has become a rare bird over the past decade. But UK label Late Night Tale...

Apparat LP5

Published Mar 18, 2019

Since his early work with Ellen Allien in 2006, it seems that Apparat has defined his craft through collaboration. After releasing three alb...

Stephen Malkmus Groove Denied

Published Mar 12, 2019

When the rumours that Stephen Malkmus recorded an electronic album began to surface, longtime fans weren't just curious about how it would s...

Matmos Plastic Anniversary

Published Mar 12, 2019

Sometimes it's the pure novelty of a Matmos album that makes it so enjoyable. Sometimes it's that same novelty that makes it hard to separat...

​Matmos's 'Plastic Anniversary' Started With a Plastic Fish-Shaped Jock Strap

Published Mar 11, 2019

Drew Daniel, one half of experimental electronic duo Matmos, is alone in an interview with Exclaim!, preparing to tell the story of his band...

Helado Negro This Is How You Smile

Published Mar 05, 2019

This is How You Smile, the sixth full-length from Roberto Carlos Lange (aka Helado Negro), is a memory of an album — hazy, breezy and slight...

K Á R Y Y N THE QUANTA SERIES

Published Feb 26, 2019

As anyone who has heard the six singles K Á R Y Y N released in anticipation of her debut knows, there's no possible way THE QUANTA SERIES w...

James Yorkston The Route to the Harmonium

Published Feb 19, 2019

Since the release of his criminally overlooked debut in 2002, Moving Up Country, James Yorkston has always written music in reaction to his...

Ben Shemie A Skeleton

Published Feb 11, 2019

As vocalist and guitarist for Montreal quartet Suuns, Ben Shemie has helped provide Canada with one of the most consistently solid experimen...