Blessings Bestrewn Part 1, the first in a two-part album sequence by California-based Walking Bombs, is now streaming exclusively at IDIOTEQ alongside a track-by-track breakdown of the record ahead of its release this Friday. The album features guest appearances from members of Chrome Waves, Geezer, Cycle Sluts From Hell, Globelamp, Gridfailure, and more. Stream Walking Bombs’ Blessings Bestrewn Part 1 here:
As much as I love speeding and blasting The Haunted around SoCal, sometimes you need something more heady and all-encompassing. Leila Abdul-Rauf is known for a wide array of brilliant solo and group works within the underground and remains one of the music world’s most uninhibited creative thinkers. Calls From A Seething Edge is her latest solo endeavor, a remarkable heartfelt journey of mourning polycrisis whilst still holding space for dreams of a better world. It is a must-hear 2024 haunting release that will seep into your pores and remain with you for a long time, body music for the head and soul.Continue reading
World-famous trumpet genius Mac Gollehon has toured and recorded with a who’s who of rock, pop, and jazz artists since the 1970s. Having appeared on over two-hundred gold and platinum albums will see this prolific, maverick artist collaborating heavily in Nefarious Industries label family. Mac Gollehon will release a fully collaborative album with Gridfailure, with details to be issued in the coming weeks. Watch “What Could Possibly Go Wrong” by Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics here:Continue reading
Prolific extreme sonic manipulators Gridfailure are releasing a brand new album tomorrow, Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery I, via Nefarious Industries. Celebrating three years since being birthed into existence, Gridfailure makes brutal, ugly psalms for people gravitating to the seedy underbelly of the heavy-weird musical landscape. Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery I marks the first of five new albums, a series of concept records serving as a lit match to the gasoline-drenched house of cards that is our borrowed-time of life on Earth. Stream the album now! Continue reading
It’s a cruel irony that, for music which is such a personal and unrestrained expression, so much Noise sounds interchangeable. By forcing the player to respond to orthodox patterns, traditional instruments make it much easier to develop a singular “voice” – by making and manipulating their own sounds out of nothing, Noise artists ironically often end up sounding the same as each other.Continue reading
