Long before he was a voice actor in Studio Ghibli films or a ubiquitous television personality, Shigeru Izumiya cut one of the most dissonant, quietly radical folk-rock albums of 1970s Japan.
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Long before he was a voice actor in Studio Ghibli films or a ubiquitous television personality, Shigeru Izumiya cut one of the most dissonant, quietly radical folk-rock albums of 1970s Japan.
The Durham band’s fifth album, recorded fully analog by Matt Talbott, sinks into a world of Flannery O’Connor grotesquerie and Cormac McCarthy fatalism without offering easy escape.
The electronic pioneers add September dates across the U.S. and Canada, joined by I Speak Machine, as they prepare to close their farewell tour in Europe this October.
Captured between the Irish band’s debut and global breakthrough, the recording features early performances of “Zombie” and more from a group road-testing future hits.
L’Rain has mapped out a North American tour this fall in support of her forthcoming album Fata Morgana, and shared a new video for “Borderline” featuring Arooj Aftab, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and an ice sculpture paying tribute to her mother.
The third single from *This Mirror Weighs a Ton* adds strings and woodwinds to the band’s familiar brooding post-punk, marking a deliberate expansion of their sound.
The Scottish band’s first single in half a decade faces down the fear of calling it quits, choosing persistence over an easy exit.
The Patti Smith Group guitarist and *Nuggets* curator steps out with a record that folds country, garage rock, and psychedelic energy into a single, personal statement.
The former Magic Gang member returns with a first project under his own name, built around the direct, self-questioning single ‘The Weight’.
After the inward turn of IN/HARMONY, Just Geo returns with music made for the room. The roots are still there, but they now serve a clearer, more immediate purpose. The control is steady and the choices are deliberate.
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