current album reviews
Hilary Woods, “Night CRIÚ” (Sacred Bones, 2025)
This latest solo album from this Irish composer/filmmaker is an impressively radical and revelatory reinvention of her sound—especially for me, as I was only previously familiar with Woods’ more dark […]
Paul Jebanasam, “mātr” (Subtext, 2025)
It has been nearly a decade since this Bristol-based composer/sound designer last surfaced with a new album, but that long wait makes sense given his love of grand statements and […]
Clarice Jensen, “In holiday clothing out of the great darkness” (130701/FatCat, 2025)
Borrowing its title from a passage in Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet,” this fourth album from composer Clarice Jensen marks a return to the solo cello fare of her […]
Helena Silva, “Celeste” (Self-Released, 2025)
This debut full-length from Portuguese violinist/composer Helena Silva is a collection of pieces for violin and electronics that first began its life during a 2023 artist residency in Bali. Notably, […]
Saapato, “In Alaska” (AKP Recordings, 2025)
This latest one from upstate New York sound artist Brendan Principato is a collection of site-specific pieces inspired by field recordings made during a 2023 residency with the Alaska Park […]
The Bug vs. Ghost Dubs, “Implosion” (Pressure, 2025)
The Bug’s Machine collection was one of my favorite albums of 2024 by a landslide, as it felt like Kevin Martin’s culminating and defining masterwork as far as his industrial-damaged […]
Kali Malone & Drew McDowall, “Magnetism” (Ideologic Organ, 2025)
This synth-centric debut collaboration between two longtime friends was recorded over the course of a single day in McDowell’s home studio back in 2022. Normally, a one-off recording session that […]
Läuten der Seele, “Unterhaltungen mit Larven und Überresten” (World of Echo, 2025)
This latest opus from Bavarian hauntological supernova Christian Schoppik is a bit of a departure from his excellent “Water” trilogy in a couple of significant ways. The big one is […]