This is a wonderful track from a band I overheard while doing some revising at Voodoo Child. I love these moments of serendipity, where I hear something that simply sounds “new” yet check the boxes (motorik, electronic, Stereolab-ish). Everyone’s Crushed by Water From Your Eyes The post Barley, by Water From Your Eyes appeared first on imaginary magnitude ..read more

I just discovered Glenn Branca. I don’t actually remember how this came about, but it was late last week that I tripped over him, perhaps as part of a randomized Spotify playlist or some post-rock/Minimalist rabbit hole I was chasing. [edit: what’s odd is that I couldn’t have discovered him on Spotify because what I’d first heard was a track from his tremendous early album The Ascension which doesn’t exist on Spotify; a bit of a mystery, I admit.] It’s like both barrels of a shotgun going off. The first barrel fires and I’m like Whoa — what’s this? And all I want to do is dig furthe ..read more

One of my favourite tracks currently. Peanuts by Yard Act The post Peanuts by Yard Act appeared first on imaginary magnitude ..read more

At some point early this year I found myself sitting at one of my writing spots in Little Portugal and hearing a really good post-punk band, Ought (note: the album to hear is 2015’s Sun Coming Down). It was everything I liked, reminding me very much of one of my favourite post-punk bands, The Fall. And I was sick of it. I’d had enough. I’d heard too much. And so I’ve spent the year focusing intently on other types of music: ambient (which I’ve written about here), classical, Afro-funk, R&B, soul, you name it. Especially coming back from Memphis I rediscovered blues in all its forms (g ..read more