[Archive 09.26.12]

1) VWLS, “Tibiythm,” Broadcast in the Moss (Bad Drone Media)

2) Annie Shaw, “Side A: Howe/Wayfaring Stranger,” Shanty Awe (Old Frontiers)

3) Lucky Dragons, “Actual Reality (excerpt)”

4) Destroyer, “Archer on the Beach (Tim Hecker remix)”

5) Mensheviks, “(excerpt)” S/T (Tape Drift)

6) Swans, “Lunacy,” The Seer (Young God)

7) Mt. Eerie, “Instrumental,” Ocean Roar (P.W. Elverum & Sun)

8) Efterklang, “The Living Layer,” Piramida (4AD)

9) Michael Pisaro, “Silent Cloud ft. Julia Holter,” Tombstones (HEM)

10) Brian Ruryk, “Side B,” Toronto is a Really Weird Place

11) SlowPitch, “Untitled”

12) Damian Valles, “Drums,” Guitar and Drums (Komino)

13) Downsampling, “Dumptruck,” Playthings

14) Blake Flemming, “Time’s Up” Time’s Up (Owl Dirt)

15)  Jealousy Mountain Duo, “The Home of Easy Credit,” No. 02 (Blunoise Records)

16) All of Them Witches, “Toyotal Recall” Breathers vs. Drivers

17)  Mike Shiflet, “Asymptotes,” The Choir, The Army (Under the Spire)

[Preview 09.26.12: VWLS, Annie Shaw, Mensheviks and more]

Annie Shaw – Shanty Awe (Old Frontiers)

Tonight on The Upstate Soundscape we’ll hear new sounds from Buffalo drone project VWLS (Bad Drone Media), Albany-based collaborative project Mensheviks (Tape Drift), and a ghostly cassette from Hamilton’s Annie Shaw (Old Frontiers).

VWLS – Broadcast in the Moss (Bad Drone Media)

Lots of other good sounds coming your way tonight, including Jealousy Mountain Duo, Swans, Efterklang, Tim Hecker, Lucky Dragons and Mike Shiflet.

Show starts at 8pm on 91.3FM WBNY. Stream at WBNY.org.

 

[Archive 08.22.12]

1) Blues Control, “Gypsum,” Valley Tangent (Drag City)

2) VWLS, “High Aye,” Reckless in Bed (Bad Drone Media)

3) Patrick Cain ft. Gabe Guiterrez and Jim Abramson, “R.A.A.R. Performance 2012 Live @ Squeaky Wheel”

4) Sax Tape, “Side 2,” Sax Tape   

5) Oneohtrix Point Never, “Sleep Dealer,” Replica (Software/Mexican Summer)

6) Peaking Lights, “Moonrise,” Lucifer (Weird World Record Co)

7) Animal Collective, “Monkey Riches,” Centipede Hz (Domino)

8) Aaron Dilloway/ Jason Lescalleet, “Burning Nest (excerpt),” Grapes and Snakes (Pan)

9) Odonis Odonis, “Seedgazer,” Hollandaze (Fat Cat)

10) National Park Service and Squanto, “Please Sit”

11) Max Neuhaus, “Radio Net (excerpt)”/ Brandon LaBelle in conversation with Max Neuhaus, Berlin 2008 (excerpt)

[Free Music Friday: VWLS, ‘Reckless in Bed’]

Here is a 2010 recording from Buffalo’s drone project VWLS. You can catch VWLS live Tuesday at the Vault opening up for Yek Koo, LA Lakers, and Totem Pole.

Enjoy.

[Archive 01.04.11]

1) SlowPitch, “No Turning Back,” REPLCMNT
2) ProEf, “Fading DeLights,” All Eye Know
3) Beta Cloud, “Crystaline,” Glossy Eyes Vol. 1 (Bad Drone Media)
4) VWLS, “Maurauder Water,” Glossy Eyes Vol. 1 (Bad Drone Media)
5) Alfred Brown, “I’m Not a Fox for Nothing,” Glossy Eyes Vol. 1 (Bad Drone Media)
6) Mutus Liber, “Hesitation Resources,” Glossy Eyes Vol. 1 (Bad Drone Media)
7) Grasshopper, “I Sang a Sad Song Today,” Miles in the Sky (House of Alchemy)
8) Parashi, “Car char odonto saurus,” Parashi/Granitkorridor Split (Stunned Records)
9) Benoît Honoré Pioulard, “A Land Which Has No End,” Plays Thelma (Desire Path Recordings)
10) Claymation, “Solidarity,” The Dolphin Key (Magnetic Eye Records)
11) Richard Lainhart, “Live @ Alfa Art Gallery 4.9.11”

[2011 in Review: Bad Drone Media, ‘Glossy Eyes, Vol.1’]

Ranging from drone, to noise, to improv, this compilation from Buffalo’s Bad Drone Media is perhaps the clearest testament to the breadth of experimentation occurring within the Queen City. The compilation is not strictly a Buffalo affair, however, and does include tracks from friends within BDM’s noise network, including Pregnant Spore from Baltimore, Death Beef from Athens, Ohio, and Hostage Pageant from Virginia.

Without the existence of a single weak spot, Glossy Eyes Vol. 1 presents 13 articulate tracks that draw from distinct sonic wells. Mutus Liber‘s “Hesitation Resources” and Alfred Brown‘s “I’m Not a Fox for Nothing” both employ the workings of drone and ambient, while Pacing’s “Battle Damage,” GOD DAMN DEVIL EYES‘s “The Lady Next Door,”  and The Voidologists‘s “I Remember the Summer” all present different takes on harsh noise. Then VWLS meets the two sides in the middle with “Marauding Summer,” a screeching sci-fi trip down an eerie analog avenue.

Other standouts include Chapels’s “Stumbling,” a chattering lofi excursion, and Abramson Trump’s “Live at the Vault 1-30-11,” a masterful duet between two of Buffalo’s best musicians, drummer Jim Abramson and guitarist T. Andrew Trump. Both these tracks lend the compilation a stylistic depth by exploring territories outside of noise.

With several of these artists performing together on a regular basis at venues like Sugar City and the Jungle Gym it is hopeful that there will be a Glossy Eyes, Vol. 2 forthcoming from the Bad Drone Media label in the near future.

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Review by Cameron Alexander