A Wave That Will Never Break, by WU LYF 7 track album

Somehow, they got even worse wulyf.bandcamp.com/album/a-wave...

Press shot of Stef Kett and Will Glaser from the band Abigail Snail.

'At times, the band sound like they could be Downtown NYC colleagues of ESG and Mars, whilst ‘Stay Rad’ and ‘Attach Bayonets’ sound like warped out-takes from Jim O’Rourke’s vocal albums.'

Abigail Snail Interviewed

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For real. Just absolute savagery at every level

Carve, by Kathryn Mohr 12 track album

#JustListened

The new album by Kathryn Mohr is noisy, slightly chaotic and remarkably intimate in it's own way.
This feels like you are sitting in someones head and getting bombarded with their thoughts and emotions, partly because of the mix that shoves everything to the front.
Amazing stuff!

Hiss, by Wormrot 21 track album

Like being fucking smashed in the fucking face by a different blunt object every six seconds wormrot.bandcamp.com/album/hiss

The Spiritual Sound, by Agriculture 10 track album

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Murmuüre, by Murmuüre 6 track album

Journeying deeper into metal. This is pure fireworks in my brain. A sound collage using black metal instrumentation, a big eureka from me murmuure.bandcamp.com/album/murmu-re

I spent a weekend in the company of the Baltics' punks, oddballs, and weirdos, and here's what I learned. If you ever get a chance to visit Estonia, it is beautiful and it sounds as good as it looks

MR COBRA, by Lucy Liyou 12 track album

Happy release day to the singularly talented Lucy Liyou. Straight up masterpiece in Mr Cobra lucyliyou.bandcamp.com/album/mr-cobra

Henry Birdsey, photo by James Gillespie.

From lap steels gaining sentience to a rethinking of the folk compilation, via wax cylinder kantele ghosts, the return of a dub-folk favourite and a confluence of ancient ceremonial song and left-field techno...

Radical Traditional: #FolkMusic for Spring

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Music in Continuous Motion, by Bill Orcutt 12 track album

Now playing: Bill Orcutt's Music In Continuous Motion.

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First listen. I think I like (love) the idea of Ulver more than I like Ulver. Will be checking out at least four or five more of their albums, though, starting with the 90s stuff

It's kinda sick I get to just swan about talking to my favourite musicians. Marissa Nadler is amazing and so funny and so in love with creating art of all kinds. Read our conversation here

Muuntautuja, by Oranssi Pazuzu 8 track album

I have a weird feeling that 2026 is going to be the year I get really into metal. This absolutely got me in all the right ways oranssipazuzu.bandcamp.com/album/muunta...

Getting to grips with this album was terrific fun. I had no idea he'd have this maximal folk baroque opus in him. Full review here.

Yeah, and there’s a different subgenre of freshly hunted birds (which I don’t like as much obviously) that you see a lot of in lots of exhibitions.

I don’t know loads about this period of art but I was obsessed with it feverishly for about five hours when Spans of Muddy Time came out

Interestingly, no. There was a whole trade of Dutch (or… maybe Flemish) guys doing this whole High Contrast Side Profile Of Loads Of Different Birds thing. It was the hyperpop of his day

Back from Tallinn Music Week. One of my favourite cities in the world. Insane underground scene. Beautiful people. Dozens of great bands and less than 20 hours sleep in five days. Hell yeah

I love this so much

I absolutely KNEW so, I knew you’d be loving it. Absolute triumph

me and big moomin

me and very big kanken

Getting full on Scandi experience during my stopover at Helsinki airport

Big Estonian adventure incoming

Thank you so much Victoria!!! I presume you’ve heard the album, but if not, I know you will be obsessed

incredible convo!!

In first year of uni we heard Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton at the local Loungers Corporation Lounge. It wasn’t as homogenous back then.

Phones were on charge at home.

Spent the day sending people video messages of myself singing the main melody until someone gave in with the truth

AAAAAAAAAH

‘It was an exorcism’: how heartbreak, queer rebirth and finding love over Only Connect shaped Wendy Eisenberg’s stunning new album The guitarist made their name on dazzlingly knotty musicianship and collaboration with the likes of Bill Orcutt. So their new album is their most surprising: a startlingly beautiful reflection of love...

Giving this a re-up because it’s released today and is the single best record I’ve heard all year, and Wendy was such a great interviewee www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

After Party: Cameron Picton follows Black Midi with maximalist baroque folk half-band Going against the exact chaos of his old group, Picton amasses friends and collaborators for My New Band Believe to deliver his singular, acoustic solo album

For Loud and Quiet! I spoke with Cameron Picton about his excellent new post-Black Midi project. Influenced by Bert Jansch and Judee Sill, and made in collaboration with the members of Caroline, the My New Band Believe record is a 2026 highlight loudandquiet.substack.com/p/cameron-pi...

Just Cause Vol. 2, by Just Cause 63 track album

Neat to see a new compilation from the Just Cause organizers, this one benefitting @immdefenseproject.bsky.social -- you got @wendyeyes.bsky.social, @dorjitashi.bsky.social, @drewdaniel.bsky.social in Soft Pink Truth mode, @okkyunglee.bsky.social, many more besides!