Mike Wood

Seattle’s Soft Hills are explorers of sound and psyche.
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Twenty minutes is long enough for North Carolina duo Irata to unleash five massive freakouts that draw from metal, doom, psychedelic rock and many a Southern night of backwoods terror and euphoria.
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Slime and grit is still alive and well in the Australian concept of great rock & roll. Cocks Arquette ooze out of Melbourne with a self-titled assault that borrows from many a daring and deafening predecessor.
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The rocket is ready, now all you need to do is strap yourself in and liftoff.
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This reissue still holds up strong.
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“Snakereigns” is the Oslo band Okkultokrati’s second full-length release, and finds the band in familiar territory.
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“Insides” sets the tone for this haunting, difficult work by the Providence RI vocal ensemble Assembly of Light. Jaw dropping, minimal, accompanied by a soft, understated piano line; this song jolts one into many questions: is this self-titled record a religious piece?
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“Step Three” is a long-lost Afro-funk classic from mid-70s Nigeria, one that combines local funk with Western Soul, and anticipates disco.
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The reissue of the 2009 self-titled debut by Bong is much welcome, and sure to create a wonderful sinkhole in the lives of many a holiday reveler.
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A dense and taut set of tracks, “fistula” is the latest from the absurdly prolific Sujo, this time in collaboration with Sun Hammer.
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In advance of their 2013 release “The Marriage of True Minds,” Matmos send out a teaser in the form of these three tracks.
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Good, eerie ambient industrial music is rare outside of sci-fi or horror films, and even then it is often blasted too loudly for nuance.
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French noise mavens Jean-Marc Montera and Francesco Calandrino recreate the sounds of a broken radio that only plays sci-fi and noir soundtracks.
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