Articles by Bryon Hayes

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  Antwood

  Alousia

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2019

  Canadian producer Tristan Douglas began his career as Margaret Antwood, playing on the name of the popular Canadian novelist.  Initially re...

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  Mukqs

  Mem Aleph

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2019

  Mukqs is the alter ego of Maxwell Allison, the Chicago-based co-founder of the Hausu Mountain label and member of the noisy improv crew Goo...

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  Djinn

  Djinn

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

  Sweden's Djinn are purveyors of the outer fringes of jazz. Albert Ayler's wild timbres, the astral vibrations of Alice Coltrane, and the gl...

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  smog

  sequel'70

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2019

  Raised in the Parisian hip-hop scene before emigrating to Berlin and reinventing himself as a purveyor of post-hardcore electronics, produc...

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  Harry Pussy

  Ride a Dove

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019

  Quite possibly the best thing to come from Miami, Harry Pussy were everything a rock band should be: shocking, violent and noisy. The duo-t...

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  Stranger Still

  Songs of Bread, Wine and Salt

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019

  The music of Stranger Still feels minimal in nature, but is maximal in effect. The spidery guitar lines of band leader Pete Johnston are li...

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  Picastro

  Exit

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019

  On their newest album, and first in five years, Picastro have subverted folk and popular music expectations.  Led by songwriter, guitarist...

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  DJ Nate

  Take Off Mode

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2019

  Mike Paradinas's Planet Mu label has been championing the footwork genre for almost a decade, releasing LPs from the scene's unheralded sta...