ON THE FRINGES OF SOUND

A mid-January release, Gilead is a stellar EP from The Broken Cradle (a.k.a Eric McLean) that further solidifies his sound in a...

This week, I had the pleasure of exploring the newest album by Lars Haur, titled The Cosmological Despair. If you don't yet know, Lars...

I don’t really cover dance music. I find most of it overly loud and irritating, especially with the recent rise in EDM over the last...

I knew after the first track that this would be one of my albums of the year. Dreamy emotive pads with distant angelic vocal flourishes...

There is a space somewhere between music and noise that most artists veer to one side of. Perhaps they are more musical or they closer to...

Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The Aquaerials are a project founded by musically brilliant composer Mark Swanson. The Aquaerials...

Julie Hanney is an Oregon based Pianist who is well versed in multiple genres while showing her own unique voice within it all. Having...

Avant-garde is something of a term of abuse in music. It can mean a lot of different things but the main feature of it is that it is...

Released at the tail-end of last year, Survey Channel’s Holotype Skybox is an intriguing album. While it only consists of three tracks,...

Bricolage continues its fine run of form with a full length from Glasgow's No Arrival to kick off their year in style - an album which I...

I am thrilled to announce that we have a new contributor to the blog: ambient electronic artist Steve Hadfield! Steve is a talented...

Scarless Arms is the name of a diverse Ambient music project by talented German musician/producer/playlist curator Tyves Oben. Risen out...

Hailing from Chicagoland, IL (USA), Brian Sangmeister is a musician with a love for the cinematic, the enigmatic, and the macabre. His...

Endlessly Misplaced Optimism is the latest release from Minnesota-based experimental artist Bargain Noise. It’s an odd assortment of...

A welcome addition to his discography in late November last year, The Poor. The Reign is a strange and seemingly erratic album by...

Have a Cigar is the brainchild of Bree, Belgium based multi-instrumentalist and composer Marc Vliegen. A schooled musician who has been...

Based in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) Voga is a multi-talented pianist who, in his own words, "produces music based around performance,...

A final send-off for 2020, Kh3tis’ single “Icarus” is a slow and dreamy track that calls to mind a certain psychedelic quality that...