Boredoms’ guitarist Shinji Masuko’s solo song “Woven Music For Silver Ocean” doesn’t sound particularly similar to the noise rattled up by his main gig, but both end up doing the same thing to me. Masuko multi-tracks guitars over one another on “Woven,” the loud noises created by his instrument blurring together into one hypnotic horizon…
Battles’ new album Gloss Drop wormed its way onto the internet earlier this week, and anyone wowed by the Warp artist’s debut LP Mirrored promptly dropped doing whatever they were doing (cooking up a grilled cheese, folding towels, looking for employment) to get their hands on it. Talking about Battles excessively probably shouldn’t happen on…
The All Tomorrow’s Parties concert series will come to Japan for the first time early next year. The “I’ll Be Your Mirror” event curated by ATP happens at Tokyo’s Studio Coast on February 27. Headlining will be recently reactivated gloom-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor. They’ll be joined on the bill by several noisy Japanese artists,…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZmBNT_ymg&hl=en_US&fs=1] Oh Monday, how you tiptoe upon us. One moment I’m coming home from seeing Inception and trying to gather my scattered thoughts, the next I’m reluctantly tucked in bed coming to terms with another work week. Plus it’s so damn hot on this side of the world sleep is near impossible. Sorry for the…
First, apologies for that headline. Moving on, the Onion AV Club’s “Gateway To Geekery” column covers the world of Japanese noise music this week. It’s got the heavy hitters you might love (Boredoms, Merzbow) but also plenty of other cacophonius acts worth your time. If you need more noise-centric reading material for this weekend, give…