Batholith

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Bardo Pond's 2008 LP, Batholith.

"Collection of six tracks that are near and dear to bardo pond but, for some reason or another, have never previously been released. that one-sentence description might lead one to think that these tracks are "outtakes" or cutting-room floor type material - neither conclusion could be further from the truth. the tracks included on batholith range from previous live staples ("a tune," one made 'famous' by opening bardo's set at terrastock II in san francisco as joined by roy montgomery [and a recording of which was featured on the KFJC compilation live from the devil's triangle, volume 2]) to tracks the band recorded in john peel sessions. Collected as a whole, these tracks form a fluid and cohesive album. Batholith is not just an exciting moment for long time bardo pond fans, but a great jumping on point for folks who are relatively new to their craft."-Three Lobed Recordings. Enjoy!

Common Era

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Yet another gem released by Kranky records. Belong's second album Common Era and very different from their first as a drone/noise act. Common Era is a washed out, dark pop album with tones of Shoegaze, new wave, and grainy reverb drenched layers of bliss. Highly recommended! Enjoy!

An Imaginary Country

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Tim Hecker's 2009 Kranky release, An Imaginary Country, picks up right where Harmony in Ultraviolet leaves off. Tim Hecker employs strings, guitars, synths, pianos, etc. creating a mist of drenched sound. Opening the record with 100 Years, finding Borderlands in the middle, and ending with 200 Years, An Imaginary Country is a piece of contemporary gold. Enjoy!

Under the Shadows of Trees

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Tor Lundval's summer themed album Under the Shadows of Trees from The Seasons Unfold. Just like Ice & Mist, Lundvall captures a ghostly ambient of the season at hand. This may be my favorite of the four. Purchase the whole Seasons Unfold boxset from Dais Records. Enjoy!

God Destroyer

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God Destroyer is a drone/noise project out of Christchurch, New Zealand. With two free self-release, I & II, God Destroyer delivers two very solid blissed out drone experiences. Excited to see what this band can do with a full-length opportunity. For fans of Stars of the Lid and Thje, Enjoy!

Ajshbka

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New Zealand's, Thje 2010 release Ajshbka. Ambient/folk drone similar to Natural Snow Buildings or Twinsistermoon. Highly recommended, enjoy!

Ashes Against the Grain

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I get shit for liking this band, but Agalloch's Ashes Against the Grain is a solid album combining many styles I enjoy from black metal to post-rock to even neo-folk influence at time. Hailing from Portland Oregon, Ashes Against the Grain captures the feeling of the woods with catchy melodic guitar hooks, black metal vocals with the occasional sung chorus and lengthy songs bringing an epic feel to the record. Not re-eventing the wheel or anything but Ashes Against the Grain is certainly an album I enjoy, hope you do too.

Mothers & Fathers &

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Frode Gjerstad is one of the most important characters in the Scandinavian jazz scene. The Frode Gjerstad trio consists of Frode on alto sax, Øyvind Storesund on bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums. The trio manages to create a "very free and spacious environment, yet with a strong unity, focus and internal logic, with sufficient variation, changes of tempo and high energy." Mothers & Fathers & is a solid example of the continuing modern free jazz scene. Enjoy!

Small Craft on a Milk Sea

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Brian Eno's 2010 release Small Craft on a Milk Sea on Warp records, brings back an Eno style similar to Ambient 1 & 2 and Music for Films, in which many of the songs on the album were intended for film scores as well as some heavy hitting heavy electronic beat and Kraut vibes. Eno creates yet another beautiful soundscape that he is known to deliver. Enjoy!

Sterile

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Philadelphia's exciting hardcore outfit Leather 7" release on Jade Tree Records, Sterile. A second 7" is coming later this month on Fan Death Records called Wretch. Think a grittier, drugged out, Cro-Mag's that only Philly would provide. Four ripping songs clocking in under 10 minutes with awesome album art. Highly recommend the purchase.

"With only a hard to find cassette demo, one sold out 7”, a smattering of blog posts and some messageboard banter in their wake, Philadelphia’s Leather have just begun to emerge from an existence unknown to all but those “in the know.” Sterile is surely not the first adjective that crosses one’s mind when confronted with the noisy hardcore on this 4 song EP, aptly described by compatriot and Clockcleaner frontman John Sharkey as the likely result “...if Tad Doyle had owned Age Of Quarrel and actually listened to it.” It’s safe to say that picking up this vinyl will mean reliving these ten minutes hundreds of times over while waiting for the next recorded dose or a chance to witness a live show (likely to be in a dilapidated warehouse or a basement as grimy as their sound)."-Jade Tree. Enjoy!

Dauði Baldrs

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Burzum's Dauði Baldrs is a dark ambient album, recorded by Varg Vikernes while in prison using synths and a tape recorder. The album is about the legacy of Baldr, one of Odin's sons in Norse mythology, who fought the battle of Ragnarok, which ended of the world in Norse mythology. Very different from Burzum's classic black metal sound, but enjoyable for fans of ambient synth music, Norse mythology and the history of black metal. Enjoy!