John Wiese‘s seemingly endless discography includes harsh noise cut-ups as well as more haunting, nearly cinematic experimental works. His group Sissy Spacek (who, quite amusingly, are vastly more prolific as a recording act than their celebrity namesake) might be best known for their extremist take on grindcore, stuffing dozens of abrupt noise bursts onto 20-minute albums. However, the band also have numerous works which explore musique concrète and free improvisation, as well as large-ensemble performances of works composed by Wiese. In the past, Sissy Spacek recordings have included input from Aaron Dilloway, Kevin Drumm, Matmos, and members of the Los Angeles Free Music Society. Entrance, consisting of four…
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You might think you’re busy, but are you busy like Arnold de Boer of 
A band always keenly attuned to the nihilistic undercurrents of life in Hong Kong, 
We live in an age of multitudes. Our emotions today tilt from joy to horror to humour with the flick of a doom-scrolling finger. Likewise, the art of this era has started to reflect this boundaryless mania. See the multiverse trope in cinema and pop music’s embrace of darker themes and avant-garde producers. Recent cultural history could even be viewed as an arms race of increased emotional complexity; from modernist sincerity to postmodern scepticism to contemporary multiplicities.
Some albums take years to make. The Stone Roses famously took their sweet time over The Second Coming, while Guns N’ Roses made fans wait for over a decade before finally delivering Chinese Democracy. 
“Dodici,” the lead-off track and first single from Solo Sueno, is one of the most ebullient tracks of the new year. Beginning with a literal breath of excitement, the piece plunges into brilliant interplay between sax and electronics, representing the friendship between Cuneo, Italy’s 
…The Deluxe Version expands the original 10-track album into an 18-track collection.
If you had an uneasy feeling that 2025 would somehow be the year of 
The reappearance of 
Imagine you’re in a watering hole somewhere, the English Midlands or the U.S. Midwest. The bar is in a strip mall, but perfectly fine. Perhaps it’s called the Trysting Place or a name with the word ‘lounge’. Maybe you’re alone nursing an old-fashioned, or you’re with somebody you want to get to know a little better.
…The Australian singer-songwriter 
Endless Cold, Endless Darkness, the latest effort from experimental ambient artist 
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In the realm of indie folk music, the strength and veracity of the work springs from the sincerity in which it is sung. All of which may be worth bearing in mind when it comes to a songwriter’s jaundiced perspective on their surroundings. In terms of 
In 1957, nearly seven decades before 
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