An old, online only release, this is one of my go-to experimental albums. Continue reading “Alexaziz Al-Hawwazi — Saudi Suite”
Loud – Echo and Flow
Loud, an instrumental duo based in Vancouver, has been together since 1996. Echo and Flow is just their second album. Continue reading “Loud – Echo and Flow”
Introducing : field////
by Daniel Emberg
field//// has been active around Winnipeg since late 2010, and are about to embark on a follow-up to last year’s debut album. The group recently sat down with Stylus on the patio of a local diner to chat about that, some upcoming video projects, and the philosophical stance that partly guides their work. Continue reading “Introducing : field////”
Gold & Youth – Beyond Wilderness
Yet another entry into the ever-growing sea of electro-pop, Vancouver’s Gold & Youth at least have the decency to do it well. Continue reading “Gold & Youth – Beyond Wilderness”
James Blake – Overgrown
Post-dubstep is a somewhat nebulous label that has been applied to sounds as disparate as brostep to revivalist UK garage. Continue reading “James Blake – Overgrown”
Jon Hopkins – Immunity
The brainwave generator is a computer program that uses what are termed “binaural” beats to induce altered states in consciousness in humans, said to mimic the effects of drugs or divine experience. Continue reading “Jon Hopkins – Immunity”
John Cale – Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
John Cale’s latest is a weird one. But then again, you’d expect nothing less from the man. Continue reading “John Cale – Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood”
Bring the Noise and set your dials to KEN mode.
by Scott Wolfe
Fans of heavy music here in Winnipeg are undoubtedly all over the KEN mode train. But the rest of the world is catching up. In case you weren’t at the station when last it pulled out, Stylus caught up with Jesse Matthewson to see how the band is doing on the road and talk their new record Entrench, which is out now on Season of Mist. Continue reading “Bring the Noise and set your dials to KEN mode.”
Butterclock prepares for First Prom
by Kristel Jax
Berlin via Paris artist Laura Clock has built Butterclock into an underground phenomenon slowly and mysteriously, fitting her foggy sound. Though Clock finds many fans through her live and recorded collaborations with Tri Angle oOoOO (NoWayBack, Try), Clock is committed to her own sound and vision: a dizzy blend of hip hop aesthetics, pastel-tinted fantasies, mirrored reflections of top 40 pop icons, and cold New German Cinema heroines. If this sounds like a visual artist you’d love to check out or at least follow on Tumblr, you’ll be glad to learn Clock’s new EP is due later this winter.
Continue reading “Butterclock prepares for First Prom”
Continue reading “Butterclock prepares for First Prom”
Boys Noize – Out of the Black
Alex Ridha’s first album as Boys Noize gave us 2007’s Oi Oi Oi. Continue reading “Boys Noize – Out of the Black”