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Ora Cogan Embarking on East Coast U.S. Tour
by Josh Sharpe - September 05, 2024 Following the celebrated release of her album, Formless, and successful headlining tours throughout North America & Europe, Ora Cogan will be flying out east with her close-knit band this October. The tour kicks off on the 15th in Asheville, North Carolina, and runs through November 3, ending with 6... 
Midwife Shares Dreamy New Single, 'Rock N Roll Never Forgets'
by Josh Sharpe - July 10, 2024 Midwife has shared the latest single from her upcoming fourth studio album, No Depression in Heaven. Inspired by ephemeral moments that make up life on tour, the totemization of vehicles, outlaws, and the psyche of America’s underbelly, No Depression In Heaven affirms Johnston’s existential status a... 
Midwife to Release New LP 'No Depression in Heaven'
by Josh Sharpe - June 11, 2024 Midwife’s fourth studio album No Depression In Heaven explores themes of sentimentality, the interplay between dreams, memory, and fantasy, and a familiar subject seen throughout all of Midwife’s work: grief. Listen to a new single from the album!... 
Jenny Parrott Unveils New Single 'I Hear It All the Time'
by Josh Sharpe - May 29, 2024 Austin’s experimental folk artist Jenny Parrott (she/they) has unveiled their new single “I Hear It All the Time,” the latest taste from the upcoming album Love Spell, out June 28. Across the track, Parrott’s harmonizing vocals flow with melancholy, breezing over the complimenting synths as they lam... 
Experimental Singer-Songwriter Ora Cogan Starts West Coast Tour This Week
by Michael Major - November 20, 2023 Formless, an LP that finds beauty, absurdity, humor, and unlikely joy in the bleakest of times, Ora Cogan is heading out on her headlining tour starting this weekend. She is hitting the road on November 26, starting in Olympia, WA, heading up and down the West Coast, and wrapping up on December 16 i... 
Austin's Oblivion Access Festival 2024 Dates Announced
by Michael Major - July 05, 2023 Having proven themselves with booking the likes of Godflesh, Tim Hecker, Have a Nice Life, Lil Ugly Mane, Faust, Duster, Clams Casino, Clipping. + Earth, Blonde Redhead, Carcass, Andy Morin of Death Grips, Youth of Today, and much more, Oblivion Access 2024 will no-doubt continue to push the boundar... 
Oblivion Access Festival Announces Full 2023 Music Lineup
by Michael Major - February 28, 2023 Austin’s Oblivion Access Festival, the independent festival founded and produced by Dusty Brooks and Dorian Domi, revealed the full festival lineup featuring newly added headliners Faust, who are celebrating 50+ years as a band, Duster, who will perform for the first time ever in Texas, TR/ST, Clipp... 
Oblivion Access Festival Announces 2023 Initial Lineup
by Michael Major - January 24, 2023 Tim Hecker will also be performing a special show in the Austin Central Presbyterian Church with Justin Broadrick of Godflesh’s ambient project Final opening. There will also be a showcase co-presented with dark experimental label The Flenser with artists such as Have a Nice Life, Chat Pile, Plannin... 
Drowse Reveals New Single 'Mystery Pt. 2'
by Michael Major - October 12, 2022 Bates completed an MFA at Mills College, coloring the album with shades of avant-electronic and minimalist composition (Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, Maryanne Amacher, Sarah Davachi etc…). To realize this scope Drowse collaborated with Madeline Johnston (Midwife), Alex Kent (Sprain), Lula Asplund, ... 
Drowse Announces New Album for The Flenser 'Wane Into It'
by Michael Major - September 13, 2022 In 2019, Drowse’s Kyle Bates set out to produce a self-recorded new album. Now, three years later, he’s emerged with Wane into It, continuing a distinctly Pacific Northwestern tradition of self-recording indie experimentalists (Grouper, The Microphones, Unwound’s Leaves Turn Inside You). Watch the n... 
ERA C Share 'DELIRIA (Arms And Sleepers Edit)' Single
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 12, 2021 Arms and Sleepers have previously received support from numerous tastemaker publications including NPR Music, Huffington Post, XLR8R, Brooklyn Vegan, The Line Of Best Fit, Clash Magazine, Earmilk, Magnetic Magazine, This Song Is Sick and Bandcamp Daily as well as airplay on KEXP.... 
JeGong 'I' Out October 16 On Pelagic Records
by A.A. Cristi - August 19, 2020 JeGong - I is out October 16 on Pelagic Records. A new experimental / instrumental project from Dahm Cipolla (MONO) & Reto Mäder (Sum Of R). The debut explores dystopian worlds with ways of ambient, early 70's kraut, cosmic music and nebulous post-rock. ... 
JeGong Announces Debut Album, I
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 19, 2020 JeGong, named in tribute to a track by Cluster's Dieter Moebius, was formed by shared musical influence and a friendship developed during a European tour when Sum Of R and Cipolla's band Watter intersected during the former's routing towards the highly respected European festival Roadburn.... 
Drifting In Silence Announces New Album AWAY
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 03, 2019 Away is the new album released by ambient veteran Drifting In Silence. The project's signature pure tones and bold minimalism return with a shroud of mystery. Just when the environment seems familiar, the entire terrain shifts, revealing what has been hiding in plain sight. The album glows with matu... 
Gasparilla Music Festival Returns in March 2020
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 14, 2019 The Gasparilla Music Festival (GMF) has officially confirmed its 2020 festival dates. The 9th annual festival will take place March 7-8, 2020, along Tampa's waterfront with early bird tickets going on sale in September. GMF will feature an eclectic mix of over 45 local and touring bands covering a ... 
Emerging Music Festival to Return for Fifth Year
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 24, 2019 Returning for its fifth year, Emerging Music Festival (EMF) features eight on-the-rise indie rock, folk, singer-songwriter, and soul bands performing for thousands on the Bryant Park lawn. Between sets, attendees can purchase beer and wine, eat food from local vendors curated by Hester Street Fair, ... 
Drowse Drops New Album LIGHT MIRROR
by Tori Hartshorn - June 06, 2019 Since the project's 2013 formation, Drowse has continued to redefine the possibilities and parameters of slowcore music. Musically adventurous and emotionally charged, each Drowse release has the capacity to build worlds and destroy them in equal measure. The band's forthcoming album, Light Mirror, ... 
Devon Church of Exitmusic Reveals WE ARE INEXTRICABLE Official Video
by Tori Hartshorn - May 23, 2019 Exitmusic co-founder Devon Church recently released his debut solo album, We Are Inextricable. The album which follows up follows up Exitmusic's critically acclaimed album The Recognitions, can be ordered now at Bandcamp and is available on streaming services. This Friday Devon Church will kick off ... 
Tomberlin Announces Fall Tour Dates, Debut Album AT WEDDINGS Out Now via Saddle Creek
by Tori Hartshorn - September 12, 2018 Tomberlin, the rising Louisville, KY-based artist, has announced a fall tour that includes dates supporting Mirah in October, a headlining east coast run in November and west coast solo dates supporting Andy Shauf in early December. All dates below. ... 
NYC-Based Electronic Songstress Searmanas Teases 'SEA' From Debut Album
by Tori Hartshorn - June 14, 2018 NYC-based electronic artist Searmanas presents 'SEA', the second single from her debut album, forthcoming via Cleopatra Records. Slated for release on July 6, her first full-length self-titled release covers a wide spectrum of the electronic music world. This new single follows up her stunning debu... 
Drowse To Release Sophomore Album COLD AIR In March, New Single KLONOPIN Out Now
by Macon Prickett - February 14, 2018 Drowse, the nom de plume of Kyle Bates, will release its sophomore album on March 9th via The Flenser. Titled Cold Air, the record continues to exorcise the demons that sent Bates spiraling into mental turmoil years ago. As evidenced by the album's second single, “Klonopin” (listen now via NPR), Co... 
Slowcore Torchbearer Drowse Announce New Album
by Caryn Robbins - January 19, 2018 Cold Air is due out March 9 via The Flenser; listen to the album's first single today. Drowse, the nom de plume of Kyle Bates, will be returning to the public eye with a second album, Cold Air. Due out March 9 via The Flenser, Cold Air continues to exorcise the demons that sent Bates spiraling into... |
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