Check out my review of the newly remastered version of Lush’s Split (4AD), on FLOOD‘s website.
Lush’s ‘Split’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Lush, shoegaze, Sigur Rós on 08/11/2023 by Kurt OrzeckBruce Licher on Creating ‘Beautiful Physical Objects of Music’ for Independent Project Records
Posted in Features, Inside The Label, Interviews with tags Bruce Licher, Independent Project Records on 08/08/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my interview with Independent Project Records founder and former UCLA art student Bruce Licher for New Noise. Buy the latest copy of the magazine, which features the story, here.
Oxbow Pull Back the Curtain on New LP Love’s Holiday
Posted in Interviews with tags Oxbow on 08/05/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Six years elapsed since notoriously confrontational ruffians Oxbow last issued a record. Now they’re bursting back with more wisdom more distinctive approaches to their deeply affecting forays into experimental art-noise.
For my latest FLOOD feature, Oxbow’s members pull back the curtain on each song contained on the just-released Love’s Holiday (Ipecac).
Holy Wave’s ‘Five of Cups’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Holy Wave on 08/04/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Locate S,1’s ‘Wicked Jaw’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Locate S1 on 07/28/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Lauren Watkins Had Something To Prove—To Herself
Posted in Interviews with tags Lauren Watkins on 07/28/2023 by Kurt OrzeckMaintaining humility as both a songwriter and a musician could be the key to Lauren Watkins’ success: She never demands that luck go her way—instead, she puts herself in the best places for it to happen. Read my Music Connection profile on the artist here.
Oblivion Access Cofounders on This Year’s Fest: ‘This Is the Biggest Deal for Us So Far’
Posted in Interviews with tags Oblivion Access on 06/21/2023 by Kurt OrzeckDusty Brooks and Dorian Domi explain in my New Noise interview how this year’s edition of their experimental-music festival in Austin raises the bar.
Boris & Uniform’s ‘Bright New Disease’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Boris, Uniform on 06/21/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Jeromes Dream Say New LP ‘Gray in Between’ Is Hardcore Done Right
Posted in Interviews with tags Jeromes Dream on 06/20/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my interview with hardcore legends Jeromes Dream for New Noise about their latest LP, The Grey in Between — an early contender for best album of the year. Buy the print issue that features the story here.
Faust Feast Their Eyes Over New Explosion of Experimental Music
Posted in Interviews with tags Faust on 06/19/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out my interview with 74-year-old Faust original member and kraut-rock pioneer Jean-Hervé Péron for New Noise.
The Bad Penny (beta) 