UNSOUND

Laurel Halo reading 'Quarantine', opening for Chairlift

Laurel Halo‘s Spring EP which was originally set to come out in March under the moniker King Felix as the first release for Mute’s new Liberation Technologies imprint, was pushed back and finally released earlier this month…

Lustmord & Biosphere collaborated in a church (pics/video)

“On Saturday night the festival presented a commission: “Trinity,” a collaboration, from Los Angeles, and Biosphere, from Norway. The West Park Presbyterian Church had been turned into a surround-sound environment…

Maria Minerva helped close out Unsound Fest @ Glasslands

London-via-Estonia’s Maria Minerva made her US live debut at Glasslands last night (4/22) as part of the Unsound Fest closing party. The stage was lit up by an original video montage which included clips of highway driving, old music videos, and tropical storms as Maria performed solo with her laptop/samplers/keyboard and an effected vocal mic which soaked her voice in reverb and delay…

listen to a new Peaking Lights track, see them for free

Speaking of dub/psych artists who are playing Austin Psych Fest later this month, but are meanwhile in NYC for Unsound this week, Madison, Wisconsin duo Peaking Lights (who play a free Unsound show at Lincoln Center on Thursday with LXMP) just dropped the first track off their upcoming album, Lucifer (out 6/19 via Mexican Summer) and it’s pretty great…

Sun Araw collaborated w/ The Congos, appearing at 3 events this weekend (including a film screening)

Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, and The Congos – Speaking of Sun Araw (aka Cameron Stallone), he’s part of the recently released ninth installment of Brooklyn label RVNG Intl‘s FRKWYS series, which brings together modern experimental artists and their influential forerunners to collaborate on an album…

Heat Wave plays 285 Kent (tonight) before Unsound DJ set w/ Sun Araw (and Maria Minerva)

Sun Araw Band at BV SXSW (more by Amanda Hatfield) Heat Wave, who is in NYC this week for the Unsound Festival for which he will participate in a ‘Sun Araw vs Heat Wave’ DJ set at Glasslands on Sunday (4/22) with Maria Minerva, is playing his first ever Brooklyn show TONIGHT (4/18) at 285 Kent with OHBLIV, Pilgrim (not to be confused with the metal band), and North American, with DJ sets, Bessed Of, and Witch Doc…

Unsound Festival (Lustmord, Demdike Stare, Actress, Julia Holter) begins; listen to a mix

Julia Holter @ Le Poisson Rouge in March (more by by Amanda Hatfield) Unsound Festival New York, the Poland-based series of avant-leaning, ambient and experimental music, kicks off five nights in NYC with two events tonight (4/18): instrumental Warsaw band Baaba scores animations at BAM, while Julia Holter, Julia Kent and Jenny Hval playing a sold-out show at Issue Project Room…

Laurel Halo releasing LP on Hyperdub, playing Unsound/Bunker show w/ Monolake & Ital (who plays KF tonight)

Laurel Halo at PS1 in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Brooklyn’s Laurel Halo, who has two solid EPs under her belt and another coming on Mute’s new Liberation Technologies label (that one was supposed to come out this week, but has been pushed back), just announced that she’s signed to Hyperdub, the label founded and run and whose roster also includes Burial…

Unsound Fest posts schedule; tickets on sale

Julia Holter at LPR last week (more by Amanda Hatfield) Unsound Fest, which goes down from April 18 – 22 across multiple NYC venues, has announced its schedule for 2012…

Unsound Fest announces Maria Minerva, other lineup additions

DOWNLOAD: Maria Minerva – “Gloria” (MP3) Last month, we announced that the Unsound Festival is returning to NYC on April 18 – 22 across various venues including BAMcinématek, The Bunker, Lincoln Center, ISSUE Project Room and Le Poisson Rouge…
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