Number Seven by Dos
Mike Watt and Kira Roessler’s project Dos scratches an itch I didn’t know I had. Two bass guitars with weird riffs...
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Thorpe’s art rock Love & Weather
Our editor Josh Thorpe has a band and it’s unusual songs with dissonance, consonance, and some pretty neat sounds. Love &...
Goat Girl
“Dance of Dirty Leftovers” by Goat Girl lays easygoing dissonant chords over a psychedelic swirl. Goat Girl by Goat Girl
An hour of Unusual on Clyde Built Radio
This inaugural radio show might be nice to listen to. I think I’ll do some more stuff like this…
Deerhoof’s Future Teenage Cave Artists
Deerhoof’s new album on Joyful Noise Recordings is strange and ecstatic pop music. Unusual production, guitar sounds, lyrics, song structure… Deerhoof...
Big Joanie
Unusual punk band from London, Big Joanie coming out soon on Kill Rock Stars. Nice cover of Solange’s “Cranes in the...
Thurston Moore’s By the Fire
The new album by Thurston Moore: long songs with unusual sounds, deep beats, and a bright, loving vibe. Band is Deb...
49 Americans “Involved in Local Chaos”
A bunch of experimental musicians do songs. Unusual songs.
Holy Beefheart
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band “The Host, the Ghost, the Most Holy-O” on Ice Cream for Crow. 1982.
Horse Lords’ “Against Gravity”
Unusual tunings, rhythms, and fun with it. Listen for the Shepard-Risset glissando on “Against Gravity.” A nod to James Tenney’s “For...
“Bassackwards” by Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile’s “Bassackwards” from Bottle It In. Strange song, one of those songs where only one thing happens.