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Microcorps releases Clear Vortex Chamber on Downwards Records this September

Alexander Tucker’s electronic project returns with new collaborations and modular constructions Microcorps—the electronic alias of Alexander Tucker—announces Clear Vortex Chamber, out 19 September 2025 via Downwards Records. The album follows his 2021 full-length XMIT (Alter Records) and the Macrocorpse cassette (The Tapeworm) released in 2024. Built around modular synthesis, processed voice,…

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XEELAND Master Builder released on God Unknown Records

A solo project channeling krautrock, drone, dub Jason Stoll, operating under the moniker XEELAND, has released Master Builder, a solo LP issued by God Unknown Records on 18 July 2025. The album is available in a limited vinyl edition and digital formats, catalogued as GOD126. Master Builder by Xeeland The new release continues Stoll’s solo output with a collection of long-form tracks based on…

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Andrew Staniland on EEG, Composition, and The Laws of Nature

Canadian composer Andrew Staniland discusses The Laws of Nature, out August 1, 2025 Transmission 239: Interview with Andrew Staniland Andrew Staniland is a Canadian composer working across acoustic, electronic, and electroacoustic music. His work includes chamber and orchestral compositions, digital instruments, and film scores, often incorporating custom-built technology into…

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Rotersand return with Don’t Become the Thing You Hated

Rotersand present their new album for Metropolis Records in August Hamburg’s Rotersand, comprised of Rascal Nikov and Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg, return with Don’t Become the Thing You Hated, their first full-length since 2020’s How Do You Feel Today?. The album appears at a moment when oppositional rhetoric and cultural polarisation are as ubiquitous as streaming platforms. The record’s title,…

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Interview with Umlaut on the New Album Desolé

Clinton ‘Bär’ McKinnon on Umlaut, Australia, and Desolé Umlaut is an experimental pop project led by Clinton ‘Bär’ McKinnon, former saxophonist and composer in Mr. Bungle. Founded in the early 2000s after McKinnon relocated to Australia, Umlaut has evolved through multiple iterations before settling into its current four-member formation. Alongside McKinnon, the lineup includes Angus Leslie (Sex…

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Forth Wanderers return with The Longer This Goes On after seven years of inactivity

Third Sub Pop album from Forth Wanderers lands this July The Longer This Goes On, scheduled for release on 18 July 2025, is the third album by Forth Wanderers. Based in Montclair, New Jersey, the group had remained inactive since 2018, when their self-titled record was issued via Sub Pop. No official breakup followed, but each member moved on. The new record arrives without a formal announcement…

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Pea Sea returns with A Pyke of Patina Slate on Sea Records

Recorded across Berlin, Sunderland and Oxford over several years Pea Sea’s third full-length A Pyke of Patina Slate arrives eight years after Lonnin Life and over a decade since The Debatable Land, which featured production and instrumentation from Field Music. Tracked across Berlin, Sunderland, and Oxford over several years, the new album continues the thread of sparse arrangements and regional…

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Interview with En Esch on Dance Hall Putsch

A conversation on political urgency, studio methods, and collaborations behind the 2024 Give/Take release Transmission 236: Interview with En Esch En Esch is a German industrial musician who became a key member of KMFDM, one of the most influential acts in the industrial metal scene. Born Nicklaus Schandelmaier, he joined KMFDM in the mid-1980s and played a crucial role in developing their…

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Jamie Stewart on Xiu Xiu's Eraserhead Live Score

Xiu Xiu Reimagines Eraserhead’s Sonic Universe Transmission 235: Interview with Xiu Xiu, Eraserhead Xiu Xiu are set to perform a live score to David Lynch’s Eraserhead, touring European venues in late 2025. Jamie Stewart’s ensemble previously engaged with Lynch’s work during their extensive Twin Peaks performances, retired in 2018. Following Lynch’s recent death, however, they chose not to…

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Cecilia Paredes Vanishes Into Nature Through Body Paint Photography

Cecilia Paredes creates mesmerizing photo‑performances, installations, body‑paintings, and sculptural works exploring nature, identity, femininity, and migration  Transmission 235: Interview with Cecilia Paredes Multimedia artist Cecilia Paredes works across decoration, nature, and the body in her artwork. After graduating from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru with a degree in fine…

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Black Lips Return with Season Of The Peach on Fire Records September 19

Black Lips Record at Sound At Manor Studio for Season Of The Peach Black Lips present Season Of The Peach, their latest full-length statement arriving September 19. The gap spans three years since Apocalypse Love appeared, which mixed Soviet synthesisers with pharmaceutical haze and political upheaval across twelve tracks of unhinged dance music set against apocalyptic backdrops. The new album…

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Fever Ray Announces New Live Album The Year of the Radical Romantics

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Famous Release "Demons in London" with Silver Gore's Ava Gore

Famous Post-Party Album Single “Demons in London” Features Ava Gore Vocals South London band Famous have returned with new single “Demons in London”, their first release since 2024’s debut LP ‘Party Album’. The track arrives via untitled (recs) alongside video material and precedes festival appearances plus a headline show at London’s ICA later this year. “Demons in London” features vocals from…

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SKOLD Returns with AI-Themed Single Ahead of New Album

Metropolis Records releases first single from upcoming SKOLD album Tim Skold has released “All Humans Must Be Destroyed” through Metropolis Records on June 27th as the first material from his upcoming studio album. The track examines artificial intelligence and questions whether certain individuals might already function as automatons. The single arrives as Skold continues his three-decade…

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Interview with The Worm: Sound, Fiction and Lo-fi Theatre

Amy Lawrence traces The Worm through theatre and sound Transmission 234: Interview with The Worm The Worm is an avant folk project created by Cornish performance artist Amy Lawrence (they/them). The project centers on a fictional time-traveling character that Lawrence embodies through music, costume, clowning, and spoken word performance. Lawrence performs using cello, harp, recorders, and…

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Splitsville return with Mobtown after two decades

Big Stir Records issues Mobtown on CD and streaming Mobtown, the first full-length studio album by Splitsville since 2003, will be released on July 18 via Big Stir Records. The ten-track record builds around references to the group’s home city of Baltimore, with direct nods to its neighborhoods, industrial history, and cultural divisions. It includes the tracks “Beth Steel”, “Cold Open”, and “A…

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Whimsical Creatures and Cosmic Dancers in Jette Reinert’s Mixed-Media Worlds