Aaron Richardson

The term 'experimental' when applied to music can mean a whole host of different things, from being a little too outside of the box to fit in a more mainstream or better-known genre, or something completely nonsensical that could loosely be defined as music if you listened really hard. The newest album from KARITI sits in between those two definitions as an experimental, ambient, folksy record with some compositional choices that seem a little too out of left field to be enjoyable. Still Life...

Hot off the release of their latest album Dreams of Being Dust , THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE  have embarked on a multi-date tour across both the US and Europe, hitting several festivals along the way. During their UK leg of the tour was a date at Nottingham’s Rough Trade, which, for those unfamiliar, is a venue that is the embodiment of intimate - so much so that you may be mistaken where the stage actually may be - tucked away at the back of a bustling bar...

If you’re an appreciator of dark, melancholic, and atmospheric guitar-driven music, then you may have already heard of SOFTSUN . If you’re unfamiliar, this duo, made up of guitarist GARY ACRE and bassist/vocalist PIA ISAKSEN , is difficult to pin down to a genre, and in some ways, that works to their benefit. In their latest album, Eternal Sunrise , this fluidity allows them to explore elements of atmospheric post-rock, dark doom/sludge, and ambient trip-hop. Kicking off with Sacred Heart ,...