These New Puritans really had an extraordinary first-3-album arc, moving from post-punk revival to percussive art rock to experimental chamb...

Unsurprisingly, I've been tripping down musical memory lane. This comp is a real formative punk classic for me that I've somehow man...

Not to sound like a broken record but: my friend died. No, not that one; a different one. Pat. The person who in middle school introduced me...

Pure minimal drone from Australian composer Brendan Walls, with assists from Oren Ambarchi . If you, like me, haven't been able to shake...

Previously on OPIUM HUM: The Dead Science - Submariner (2003) When I posted the above album, I actually wanted to post this EP because I li...

Related: Ilyas Ahmed - Between Two Skies (2005) Ilyas Ahmed - Speaking of Shadows (2006) Golden Retriever - Golden Retriever (2010) One-o...

Punishing, sludgy metalcore. Groove-heavy, Down-inspired riffs as filtered through beatdown chugga-lugs for husky boys. Sounds like half of ...

This is a mix that I made when I was really, really going through it, probably in late April of last year. Unlike the last mix I posted , th...

Previously on OPIUM HUM: Joan Bibiloni - Silencio Roto (1987) Folk-infused, synth-y Spanish jazz-funk/lite fusion. My commute to work start...

That up there is  Scene from a Deluge  by Anne-Louis Girodet . I saw it in the Louvre when I was 13, and something about it must have really...

I'm gonna be totally honest with the five of you: 2024 was a shit year for ol' DEAR_SPIRIT. Between my friend dying , my cat dying, ...

French progressive/psychedelic black metal. Saxophone and synth factor in pretty heavily. The second entry in my unofficial series "A L...

French raw DSBM. ..Whirlwind is a great example of how production can absolutely make or break a black metal record. It's compositional...

Weird, dystopian prog rock for creeps. Like early Marillion but with a lower budget and a darker worldview. Track listing: 1. We Are Sane 2....

Black metal as ritual dark ambient as scary sounds tape. The album starts as a fog of synth figures, haunted house sound effects, and raspin...