Marc Masters

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Read Marc Masters’ review of the album.

Read Marc Masters’ review of the album.

Robert Dean Lurie’s Begin the Begin dives into R.E.M.’s formative years with help from the Athens, Georgia set

Over seven tracks that span 80 minutes, the expansive, looping, shifting synths and rhythms of Bajas Fresh mark the trio’s most diverse and ambitious record.

On the follow-up to their 2013 debut LP, the beer-swilling, self-described former “party band” grows up without slowing down.

Steve Gunn and John Truscinski’s third album of low-key, abstract jams is their most varied and narratively absorbing to date.

A new reissue of this influential 1991 Japanese psych compilation—with gems from Ghost, Keiji Haino and others—is a revelatory listen.

The wiry Atlanta, Ga. rock trio Omni sells its nervous energy as a logical way of dealing with the world. Where other bands might smooth things out, Omni finds angles and sharp turns.

The sixth album from Ian Svenonius’ rock group Chain and the Gang could be his sharpest set of ironic arguments yet. Svenonius’ hot-wired backing band whips his clever tunes into tornados.

For close to two decades, the constantly morphing Michigan trio Wolf Eyes have churned out releases, inspired other low-budget noise-auteurs, and galvanized scenes both locally and globally. I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces, their first record for Jack White’s Third Man imprint, oozes with eerie tones and seat-edge momentum.

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The vocal-heavy No Answer is the clearest and most detailed record in Wolf Eyes’ vast catalogue. There’s little in the way of buried elements or blurred dissonance; in fact, much of the album could be accurately described as minimal.

We discuss how noise has gotten quieter, meet black metal experimentalists Sutekh Hexen, explore Austin multimedia factory Monofonus Press, and look at the methods of “punk rock” lute player Jozef Van Wissem.

On Amplifying Host, British experimentalist Richard Youngs takes his devotion to a single approach to the microscopic level.

Former Harry Pussy guitarist returns from a decade-long hiatus with a set of acoustic improvisations that recalls the best of his electric guitar work.

On their first LP in four years, Lightning Bolt offer a record in which most tracks center around growling chords and monolithic beats.

Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, Matmos, and Boredoms’ Eye Yamatsuka are among participants in a remix LP that’s more like a comp of excellent experimental music.

Taken from his first two post-Buffalo Springfield solo acoustic concerts, Neil Young’s new archival material finds the singer locating his voice-- which, even at 23, sounded weathered and experienced.