The new lineup of ZS has arrived with their first new recording since playing together in July 2012, and for the first time in any of Sam Hilmer’s projects, including the latest meditative material from Diamond Terrifier, the result transcends the tired-sounding labels of “experimental” and “free jazz” and “avant-punk-whatever”.
Reviews
ZS – Grain
Death Convention Singers – S/T
Just a few years ago, the noise and experimental music scene of New Mexico consisted of a small handful of unique individuals, all performing in the smallest crevices of the picturesque desert and releasing only the smallest batch of handmade recordings.
Mats Gustafsson / Colin Stetson – Stones
I’d like to write this review as a response to another, specifically Brian Howe’s review written for Pitchfork.
Night Burger – Burnin’ Fast
Feeling around with your pinchers just got a little tight. Darkness swells the mind and further into black you submerge body, skin, mind, eyes; everything shadowed.
Godspeed You! Back Emperor – ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!
The GY!BE gang have always conceptualized their long running climaxes with commentary on American conservativism and the haunting primitivism of traditional religion, but contrary to the band’s ethos, their general makeup and self-seriousness is somewhat religious in itself.
Features
Thurston Campaigns for His Affair through New Band’s Facebook Page
After the unprecedented split of long-time artist couple Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, which was oddly enough revealed to the public through an official Sonic Youth press release, Kim Gordon finally elaborated on the circumstances of the separation following a long stretch of silence in a recent interview with Elle magazine.