Adventure: Weird Work — This new release from Carpark Records marks Baltimore-based electronic artist Adventure‘s third take on the LP format. Adventure (Benny Boeldt) synthesizes chip-tunes, chillwave, and IDM into a signature soundscape very much informed by vintage video-game soundtracks. This release, Weird Work, marks a shift from his previous endeavors. Shaking off the more pop [...]
Team Ghost: Rituals –Call me unimaginative, or maybe just skeptical, but when you name your band “Team Ghost,” it sounds an awful lot like you’re setting yourself up for a traditionally unsettling instrumentals, maybe some creepy strings, and the kind of airy, wispy, half-there vocals that drive me slightly batshit when bands can’t pull them [...]
The Flaming Lips: The Terror — I will say that when I first started listening to The Terror, I had high hopes. The first two tracks took me to a weird place, a disturbing dream set within the congested atmosphere of a house party. ‘Look… The Sun Is Rising’ evokes that feeling of being the [...]
The Empty Bottle hosted a night of art pop gems on Saturday March 30th, featuring two local one-man acts, Jimmy Whispers and Advance Base, and touring band Parenthetical Girls as headliners. It was a show made up of charming frontmen, couples hand-holding, and dark songs that made smiles. Up first was Chicago’s Jimmy Whispers, main [...]
Bonobo: The North Borders — Having listened to, and enjoyed their former album, Black Sands, I was very pleased to see that Bonobo had dropped a new album this March. I immediately got my hands on The North Borders, remembering old tracks like ‘Kong’ and ‘El Toro’ and knowing that I was in for something [...]