Mono

Japanese instrumental band Mono are back in June with a new album of dramatic and cinematic post rock to caress you soul and shake your walls.  Check out "Winter Daphne" below and pre-order the upcoming "Snowdrop" LP here from Temporary Residence.

Eluvium

May brings us new ambient bliss from Portland's Eluvium.  Sit back, breathe, and maybe meditate on life a little bit and listen to "A.M." below, then pre-order the "Virga III" here from Temporary Residence.

Grails

The long-running, Portland based, experimental rock band Grails have a new album heading our way in May.  Pre-order "Miracle Music" here from Temporary Residence and trip along to the strange sounds of "Silver Bells" below.

Young Widows

Noisy Louisville power trio Young Widows have a new album of punk and alt-rock heading our way in March with the impending release of "Power Sucker."  Check out the crunchy first single "Call Bullshit" below and pre-order the LP here from Temporary Residence.

Mogwai

Good news everyone!  Scottish post rock mainstays Mogwai dropped a new song yesterday.  Listen to "God Gets You Back" below and download it here from Temporary Residence.

Lilacs & Champagne

Grails side project Lilacs & Champagne are back after almost a decade with a new album of psychedelia, jazz fusion, funk, library sounds, hip-hop, exotica, and so much more weirdness.  Check out new tune "Ill Gotten Gains" below and pre-order the upcoming "Fantasy World" LP here from Temporary Residence.

Explosions in the Sky

The long-running Texas post rock band Explosions in the Sky are back in a couple of weeks with new album "End."  Check out the atmospheric and cinematic "Ten Billion People" below and pre-order the LP here from Temporary Residence.

Grails

Portland's worldly, experimental psych rock band Grails are back this fall with new album "Anches En Maat."   Check out our first taste with the cinematic and guitar noodling "Sad & Illegal" below and pre-order the record here from Temporary Residence.

Party Dozen Featuring Nick Cave

Sydney's Party Dozen make noisy, sax-infused, no-wave and punk inspired music to melt your brain to.  Here they are with an assist from Nick Cave making some of that said noise.  Check out "Macca the Mutt" below and pre-order the band's upcoming "The Real Work" LP here from Temporary Residence.

Mogwai with Colin Stetson

Pairing the long running Scottish post rock group Mogwai with saxophonist extraordinaire Colin Stetson feels like such an obvious no-brainer that i'm amazed it's only just now happening on this week's "As the Love Continues" LP.  Listen to the sweeping and majestic "Pat Stains" below and order the record here via Temporary Residence.

William Basinski

Experimental, minimalist composer William Basinski has a new album coming our way in the Fall.  "Lamentations" finds the artist working his magic manipulating old tape loops of sounds into something gorgeous, ethereal, and often haunting.  Listen to "O, My Daughter, O, My Sorrow" below, the sound of a world in decay, and pre-order the album here via Temporary Residence.

Maserati

It's been a few years since we last heard from Georgia's proggy synth band Maserati, and now it looks like we've got a new record heading our way this April.  Check out the propulsive and thumping "Wallwalker" below and pre-order the upcoming "Enter the Mirror" LP here from Temporary Residence.

Steve Moore

Zombi's Steve Moore has a new album of solo material out today, the first non-soundtrack record he's done in 5 years or so.  "Beloved Exile" combines ambient library sounds with new age drone and horror score tones, oozing out over 5 tracks.  This time around, Moore has brought along Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi, harpist Mary Lattimore, and percussionist Jeff Gretz to create something almost a little more psychedelic in nature to any of his previous output.  And The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle provided all the song titles.  This is a cool one folks.  Listen to the crawling album opener "Your Sentries will Be Met with Force" below and order the record here from Temporary Residence.

Grails

It looks like there's a new album from Grails on the horizon, the upcoming "Chalice Hymnal," due in February on Temporary Residence.  This will be the band's first in almost six years.  Hazaa!  Anyway, listen to the proggy "Pelham" below.

William Basinski - Disintegration Loop 1.1

Fifteen years on, and the events of September 11th, 2001 still weigh heavy over this country, and inevitably the world, the twin towers crumbling and creating a definitive and visceral momentary division line between what was and what is.  Like everyone else, i remember the events of that day, both consequential and inconsequential, national and personal, with an almost uncanny vividness, a kind of generational loss of innocence not seen in this nation since the JFK assassination or the Vietnam War.  It's easy to draw a line from that morning to the current events and atmosphere in the US and around the world, a jagged stone rolling down a hillside, building speed and mass until it ultimately smashes into the valley below.  And it makes me sad.  And it makes me feel old.  And it makes me pine for some kind of "good old days," a return to innocence.

But of course that's not going to happen.  So instead, i'm just going to love my family, and love my friends, and salute anyone and everyone who tries to make things better, even if it's hard, or it pisses people off, or it seems like it's not going to make any kind of difference anyway.  And i'm going to try and just see the good in everyone.  It's there.

In August of 2001, classical and experimental composer William Basinski recorded "Disintegration Loop 1.1," one of many decaying pastoral tape loops he was experimenting with at the time.  On September 11th, he filmed the billowing smoke coming from lower Manhattan from the roof of his home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn during the last hour of daylight, and then paired the loop with the images he captured.  It's touching, and haunting, and strangely calming in its own way.

Watch below, and find someone to hug today, even if it's just yourself.

Contact

Contact is the collaborative duo of synthesizer enthusiast A.E. Paterra (Zombi, Majeure) and film soundtrack composer Paul Lawler.  The band create cinematic synthesized soundscapes to marvel to the universe to.  Take a listen to "Distant Voices" below and grab the "First Contact" LP from Temporary Residence.

Watter

Basically some kind of proggy, post-rock super group, Watter is members of Slint, Grails, King Crimson, and Rachel's, and the debut album "This World" plays out exactly how it's supposed to...trippy, sprawling, and at times gloomy.  Get the album from Temporary Residence and listen to "Rustic Fog" below.

Inventions

Inventions is the new ambient side project from Matthew Cooper (Eluvium) and Mark T. Smith (Explosions in the Sky), an echo chamber of serene tone and drone to send you off to the next life.  Beautiful, entrancing stuff.  Get the self-titled album now on Temporary Residence and listen to "Entity" below.

Young Widows

Louisville metal act Young Widows are seemingly described as post-hardcore, an apt description i suppose.  To me they kind of sound like Helmet as sifted through a Joy Division filter.  It's dark.  It's noisy.  There's a lot of echo.  It makes me want to dance and head bang simultaneously.  Well done.  Listen to "Kerosene Girl" below and be on the lookout for new album "Easy Pain" in May on Temporary Residence.

Majeure - Romance Language

Zombi member Anthony Paterra is back with new music from his Majeure project with the new "Romance Language" EP due out next month on Temporary Residence.  Sprawling, epic, cinematic synthscapes for the masses.  Take a listen to the title track below.