As we move into an age of blogs-turned-record-labels, the NY-based blog Awesome Tapes from Africa is certainly setting a great example. Their second release, Bola‘s Volume 7, is out this month, and it’s a vibrant, living testament to Ghanaian roots music in a digital age. Bola is a young traditional kologo player from a rural,Read more…
There are few songwriters in the world as prolific as Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – let’s be honest. He has 14 solo albums to his name (8 of which were from 2009 and 2010 alone), around 10 albums collaborating with other people in the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group and otherwise, 6 albums and an EP with the MarsRead more…
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealthRead more…
Before Nirvana released In Utero in 1993, the band threatened that their album was an “unlistenable punk-rock nightmare,” thereby challenging their fanbase to embrace their challenging new sound or die. However, many album of the years and top ten lists later, In Utero went on to be a critical success, despite the lack of aRead more…
Noiserock is hard for most people. Sometimes, rejecting all notions of melody, musicality, and structure makes you sound cool. Other times, it just makes you sound like you got a Guitar Center gift card for Christmas, bought a bunch of random effects pedals, and recorded yourself messing with all of them at once. Black DiceRead more…
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealthRead more…
“Turn off your swag… check your bag.” That’s how THEESatisfaction lead off “QueenS”, the single from debut full-length awE naturalE. It’s the perfect call to action for anyone listening to the band’s fantastic new release. If you want to experience awE naturalE in full, you need to turn off a lot of swag. You needRead more…
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealthRead more…
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealthRead more…
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealthRead more…
