#Experimental

Tokyo-Based Experimentalist Noah Releases Fashion-Inspired Étoile EP

Étoile, the latest EP from Japanese musician Noah, is comprised of only three tracks and clocks in at just 12 minutes. Yet, the Hokkaido-born, Tokyo-based artist has packed in an album’s-worth of emotion that unfolds like a film score. One of her influences in making this EP, out October 27 via...

Liz Ohanesian

Kesswa Collabs with Shigeto on MOCAD-Commissioned Short Film "Is My Mind A Machine Gun?"

k.a Shigeto. The audio/visual experience...

Sara Barron

Trimmo's Experimental Electronica Manages both Warmth and Resonance on twin sister LP

DIY and electronica have always gone hand-in-hand. With only a computer and some music software, you can create tracks from basically nothing; you don’t need a good voice, and you don’t need to be good at playing an instrument. But here’s the thing - regular musicians don’t need that shit either....

Sophia Vaccaro

Detroit Artists Keep the Music Coming During Quarantine

While most things are still up in the air, it is a simple comfort to know that there will always be a steady stream of more music. From Saajtak’s...

Sara Barron

Avery Leigh's Night Palace Pairs Opera and Dream Pop on Debut Single

Avery Leigh’s Night Palace gives us that on “Into the Wake, Mystified,” a lushly arranged meditation on the “gossamer thread that...

Sara Barron

LIVE REVIEWXiu Xiu @ The Chapel

Xiu Xiu, touring with members of Swans' live ensemble, played SF's The Chapel on 5/28. Photo by Shomei Tomatsu “Loner,” Thor Harris murmurs matter-of-factly, temporarily seizing the mic from Xiu Xiu frontman, Jamie Stewart. “Lonerrrrrr.” It’s a fitting accusation to thrust into this particular sea...

Lydia Sviatoslavsky

ONLY NOISEGlenn Branca's Final Ascension

I wound up at the Kitchen sort of by mistake. It was a Tuesday - February 23rd, 2016 to be precise. It had been a year since the worst week of my life, and sitting at my desk after a long day of designing women’s underwear, I longed for a little culture that evening, a little date with myself. So I...

Madison Bloom

PLAYING DETROITJonathan Franco Gets Inventive on Debut LP

photo courtesy Jonathan Franco Finally, someone has been able to put what it feels like to be a 20-something into words and music without sounding devastatingly hopeless. That person is Detroit songwriter, poet, and musician, Jonathan Franco. In his debut album, Swimming Alone Around the Room,...

Sara Barron

TRACK REVIEWDia "Covered in Light"

Dia's single "Covered in Light" off her EP Tiny Ocean will transport you to another planet. Track review by AudioFemme.

Nicole Ortiz

EP PREMIERESam Greens "Rugs"

It sounds like a robot gained sentience but instead of overthrowing the human race, it decided to make some sick beats instead.

Emily Daly

PLAYING DETROITBest of + Most Anticipated

wolf eyes It's New Years Eve-Eve, and I'm flooded with the sounds of the past year. 2015 saw the rise of Detroit music in an unforgettable way. Our musicians took to the stage and to the studio with an unmistakable fire under their asses, in turn producing one of the most emotive soundtracks for...

Jerilyn Jordan

PLAYING DETROITMoonwalks "Lunar Phases"

Few bands are as aptly named as psychedelic Detroit four piece, Moonwalks, whose upcoming release Lunar Phases could act as a wild, yet tailored, road map to uninhabited galaxies and black holes, alike. The band's first LP, scheduled to release via cassette tape and digital download later this...

Jerilyn Jordan