10/01/2008
Highly Recommended: Hauschka - "Freibad"
"Freibad" by German composer Hauschka teaters on the edge of hope and despair. What sounds like a lost, introspective Danny Elfman piece, or better yet a demented fairy-tale workshop symphony is both haunting and beautiful. Can't. Stop. Listenin ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/01/2008 5:32 PM EST in Experimental, Classical | Permalink
09/12/2008
Lose Yourself in Philip Jeck's "Unveiled"
If you don't know about Philip Jeck, you really should. This guy has been doing really interesting things with old vinyl for years. Like experimentalist Fennesz, Jeck creates noisy, lo-fi textures with subtle, micro-melodies woven in. Though it ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 09/12/2008 2:39 PM EST in Electronic, Experimental | Permalink
08/20/2008
New Music From Parenthetical Girls - "A Song For Ellie Greenwich"
Portland's Parenthetical Girls are a curious group of experimenteers. Their music swings from the more perverse branch on the indie-pop tree. To put it more tangibly, if you like music that makes you or others around you feel slightly uncomforta ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/20/2008 10:57 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Experimental | Permalink
08/18/2008
Stream New Music From Squarepusher: "Delta V"
In October, genre-defying IDM pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Squarepusher, aka Tom Jenkinson will release his new album Just a Souvenir courtesy of Warp Records. Unfortunately, there isn't much more info than that. Oh except for a sweet slice ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/18/2008 10:48 AM EST in Electronic, Experimental | Permalink
08/12/2008
New Music From Members of Radiohead and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Woodpecker Soundtrack
Composer, and Philly native, James Lavino has teamed up with Radiohead's Colin Greenwood and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah brothers Lee and Tyler Sargent to score a quirky film about bird watching called Woodpecker (based on the synopsis, it sounds l ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/12/2008 2:43 PM EST in Experimental, Folk, Movie Music | Permalink
08/07/2008
Best Contest Ever: Win a Theremin Prize Pack!!!
This is awesome! Our friends at Unusual Times, purveyors of all things unusual and the some mighty tasty gin, are giving one lucky winner a full Moog™ Etherwave® Theremin exploration kit just for signing up! The prize pack includes: (1) St ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/07/2008 9:51 PM EST in Electronic, Experimental, Contest | Permalink
Stream The New High Places Album In Its Entirety
We at the Walrus are big fans of Brooklyn's lucid, electronic duo The High Places and we couldn't be more excited about their debut album, due out in September. So, naturally it came as a delightful surprise to us when we stumbled upon the new ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/07/2008 9:48 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental | Permalink
07/31/2008
Watch the New Trailer for The Flaming Lips' Christmas on Mars
Well, it's about goddamn time dudes! The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has been talking up his pet project, the sci-fi, low-budget film Christmas on Mars, since who knows when. Finally, an official release date has been announced and a trail ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/31/2008 6:53 AM EST in Experimental, WTF?, Indie-Rock, Video, News | Permalink
07/25/2008
Remix of the Week: Goldfrapp - "Little Bird" (Animal Collective Remix)
The music on Animal Collective's remix for the Goldfrapp tune "Little Bird" could be thought of as a modern-day, minimalist electronic version of a Syd Barrett composition, with the addition of angelic vocals and a thick texture. The song's ambi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/25/2008 8:29 AM EST in Electronic, Experimental, Remix | Permalink
07/16/2008
Is The New Mercury Rev Single "Sense on Fire" a Sign of Weirder, More Hard-Edged Things to Come?
Once upon a time, Mercury Rev were a band that were constant evolving musically. Their music began as highly psychedelic, avant-garde prog-rock (see landmark albums like Yourself is Steam, Boces and See You On the Other Side). Each album was pro ...
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