Review: Posset – SCUM (Index Clean, Jan 27)
Noise Not Music
by Jack Davidson
2d ago
Is the tribute album a lost art? Was it ever an art to begin with? If it wasn’t, it is now. This deconstructed love letter to Napalm Death’s cornerstone grind record redefines what it means to pay tribute to a work of art: to celebrate the reasons it’s so important to you while also injecting ..read more
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Review: Ted Byrnes – Minutia (un poco fría, Jan 28)
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by Jack Davidson
1w ago
The word “minutia” almost always appears in its plural form, “minutiae,” a collective designation for any number of things so small or trivial that they evade a first or even a second glance, or are intentionally ignored. In opposition, Ted Byrnes’s new tape goes beyond mere “attention to detail” and celebrates the specifics. If you ..read more
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Mix: Movin’
Noise Not Music
by Jack Davidson
1w ago
Captures the transitional phase between classic funk and disco among bands hailing from the New York metropolitan area: in the mid-70s, tempos began to climb and kicks started to hit on every downbeat, but the silky smoothness and sheeny string melodies hadn’t yet stifled the earthy grit. A memorable and eternal sound. 00:00. Brass Construction ..read more
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Review: Breathing Heavy – not bad (OTOroku, Jan 13)
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by Jack Davidson
3w ago
With how unassuming their setup is (one alto saxophone, one sampler), no one could be faulted for expecting Breathing Heavy’s music to be similarly reserved. But that’s just their cover, a strategic misdirect to throw off rivals in the running for the Most Likely to Give Your Grandmother a Heart Attack superlative. I’m spearheading a ..read more
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Review: 日常 – 一​,​二 (Sub Jam, Jan 12)
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by Jack Davidson
3w ago
No artist’s oeuvre exemplifies the variety and radical creativity of Beijing experimental music culture than Yan Jun, so it follows naturally that his humble label Sub Jam has become a crucial platform for both established figures and newcomers. The new batch presents material by cross-genre veteran 李维思 (Li Weisi), young but already well-accomplished 孙一舟 (Sun ..read more
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List: Favorite Releases of 2024
Noise Not Music
by Jack Davidson
1M ago
Looking ahead to 2025, I’d love to finally follow through on making this site more collaborative. If you want to write a review or feature or scene/show report, make a mix, do an interview, whatever, hit me up. As always, thank you for reading. All the love. Mamaleek – Vida Blue (The Flenser, Aug 9) Shocking ..read more
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List: Favorite Split Releases of 2024
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by Jack Davidson
1M ago
Outdoor Horse Shrine / Heat Signature C30 (self-released, July) There are a modest handful of reasons why I’m proud to be from southwest Ohio, and one of the biggest is its noise history. These two projects both originated in the Cincinnati/Dayton area and represent some of the best that contemporary US harsh noise has to ..read more
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List: Favorite Compilations, Reissues, and Archival Releases of 2024
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by Jack Davidson
1M ago
Charles Gayle, Milford Graves & William Parker – WEBO (Black Editions, Jun 21) The last installment in Black Editions’ Milford Graves archival series, Children of the Forest with Arthur Doyle and Hugh Glover, was a shoo-in for inclusion on this list last year. But WEBO is truly on another level, a three-LP box that immortalizes some of ..read more
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Review: Arek Gulbenkoglu – Swan in the Past (KINDLING, Dec 1)
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by Jack Davidson
2M ago
Melbourne’s Arek Gulbenkoglu has been honing an elusive but distinct approach for the past two decades, a trajectory that began with his earliest guitar-based material in the mid-aughts and telescoped with the release of cult classic The Reoccurrence in 2014. The past few years alone, however, have seen the sound artist’s most refined and purposeful ..read more
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Reviews: Unknown Artist, Belisimo (Everyday Samething, Nov 8)
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by Jack Davidson
2M ago
I’ve written extensively about Everyday Samething on the site, so there’s little I could say here that I haven’t already said… other than that 2024 is almost over and they’re still killing it. In love with this new batch. Unknown Artist – James Blunt Documentary Have you seen the new James Blunt documentary? Yes, it’s ..read more
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