reviews of contemporary underground psych, drone, sound art, and electronic/experimental music from the fringes
James Blackshaw, “Fractures On The Horizon” (Self-Released, 2026)
Back in 2016, this British fingerstyle supernova publicly announced that he was taking a hiatus from music due to the financial pressures of surviving as a working/touring musician, but he […]
Mike Majkowski, “Invisible” (Hands in the Dark, 2025)
This Australian double bassist has quietly become one of my favorite minimalists over the last few years, as he has perfected a signature strain of austere, slow-burning soundscapes that occupy […]
Rat Heart, “Dancin’ in the Streets” (Modern Love, 2025)
I don’t know a hell of a lot about the inscrutable Tom Boogizm other than the fact that he is based in Manchester and runs the Shotta Tapes label, but […]
The Inward Circles, “Shadow Reflex” (Corbel Stone Press, 2026)
This latest full-length from the darkest and most intense of Richard Skelton’s many guises is quite accurately billed as the project’s most hostile and percussive release to date. That is […]
“Creek Drift Mosaic: A Field Guide to Southern Cosmic” (Hooker Vision, 2025)
This landmark collection from Rachel & Grant Evans’ long-running DIY imprint documents and celebrates the diverse community of psych-minded experimentalists from the American South that continued to expand and thrive […]
Esplendor Geométrico, “El Pulso Del Acero: Shinkansen” (Geometrik, 2025)
This latest album from the long-running duo of Arturo Lanz and Saverio Evangelista is pretty lean on background information, which is both very much in character and makes perfect sense: […]
Shackleton, “Euphoria Bound” (AD 93, 2026)
Berlin-based producer Sam Shackleton has been on a white-hot run with his collaborations in recent years (particularly the Six Organs of Admittance and Holy Tongue ones), but his solo releases […]
Old Saw, “The Wringing Cloth” (Lobby Art, 2025)
Now with a second pressing due to drop in March, this sprawling double LP is lamentably the final release from this beloved rustic Americana collective from New England. The decision […]