Music
High.: “Painbox”
High. crafts the kind of washed out emo that launches a thousand journal entries.
Sunshine Riot: “Looking at the Past”
Sunshine Riot’s new jam sounds like throwback skiffle jive before it explodes into a fiery ball of grunge.
Plastic: “No More”
Noise bath salad, served over a bed of hot coals by New York’s Plastic.
Bedridden: “Soft Soap”
Poppy, gazey, noisy, fuzzy, with a touch of emo despair on Bedridden’s “Soft Soap.”
Dead Gowns: “Renter Not A Buyer”
No one’s got the money to buy, but there’s a certain freedom in not being tied down. Right?
Clifford: “Sea of Tragedy”
Millimeter-precise death metal in bunches from Boston’s Clifford.
Laetitia Sadier: “Find Me the Pulse of the Universe”
Laetitia Sadier is the kind of artist who discovers the infinity of the universe in the palm of her hand.
Maral: “Heart Shimmer”
Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Maral is on a 21st-century vision quest.
The Bad Plus: “Motivations II”
“Motivations II” will remind you of everything you love about Lower East side experimentalism.
ONO: “I Wonder Why”
Chicago’s ONO learned how to be Americans by watching wrestling broadcasts in space.
Keita Sano: “Inner Hall”
Sticky, icky house vibrations kick off the Legacy From Leyton EP by Keito Sano.
Mary Halvorson: “Night Shift”
Mary Halvorson’s first name is buried within the title of her latest album Amaryllis. Coincidence?
Reggie Dokes: “Universe Speaks”
Detroit’s Reggie Dokes spins records with a clarity that eludes most dancehall DJs.
Marta Sanchez: “Marivi”
Our highlighted track is a meditative romancer with some thrilling horn runs
rRoxymore: “Fragmented Dreams”
rRoxymore crafts techno that ventures into unknown territories in time and space.
Sunshine Riot: “Parole Board”
There’s a broken lilt to Sunshine Riot’s “Parole Board” that charms as it churns.