Jonas Cambien Trio “Creationism”
Jonas Cambien Trio’s “Creationism” is like residue from “Pump up the Jam” discovered on a log or beside a pond. Sounds...
Jonas Cambien Trio’s “Creationism” is like residue from “Pump up the Jam” discovered on a log or beside a pond. Sounds...
Our editor Josh Thorpe has a band and it’s unusual songs with dissonance, consonance, and some pretty neat sounds. Love &...
Clark’s strangely tuned synthetic harmony might make you giddy. Colin Clark · Grasslands View this post on Instagram A post shared...
It’s unusual to hear deviations from standard tuning in popular music. Ariana Grande and her group do it so sweetly here....
“Dance of Dirty Leftovers” by Goat Girl lays easygoing dissonant chords over a psychedelic swirl. Goat Girl by Goat Girl
An eclectic radio show on Glasgow’s Clyde Built Radio. We listen to a song of mine, Sonic Youth, composer Allison Cameron,...
LeBaigue’s strange pitch-shifty pop songs are one minute long and only available on his Instagram for now. View this post on...
Monarch Season by Canadian songwriter Jennifer Castle is out on Toronto’s Idée Fixe Records. Check out “NYC” with heavy reverb on...
Deerhoof’s new album on Joyful Noise Recordings is strange and ecstatic pop music. Unusual production, guitar sounds, lyrics, song structure… Deerhoof...
An Australian experimental ambient group, with soft static, tape hiss, and sweet melodic murmurs. Blue Divers call to mind Jon Hassel...
Lol Coxhill & the George Burt & Raymond MacDonald Quintet with some lovely strange noises and dirty improvisation here. Also some...
Unusual punk band from London, Big Joanie coming out soon on Kill Rock Stars. Nice cover of Solange’s “Cranes in the...
Frank Harris and Maria Marquez’s “Loveroom” on Echoes (1985) is a slow dreamy pop song with shades of Sade. Available at...
Gavin Bryars “1, 2, 1-2-3-4,” part of Brian Eno’s Obscure Records project. Lounge music was never more unusual. Hear Bryars interview...
The new album by Thurston Moore: long songs with unusual sounds, deep beats, and a bright, loving vibe. Band is Deb...
A bunch of experimental musicians do songs. Unusual songs.
Matmos’s “You” on Marriage of True Minds. That doubled voice… The Marriage of True Minds by Matmos
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band “The Host, the Ghost, the Most Holy-O” on Ice Cream for Crow. 1982.