Vibin with This Heat's self-titled, an anxious collage of off-kilter rock experiments. Absolutely wild that this was made in the 70's, outside of the recording quality it would totally parse as a modern experimental rock record. Some people call it scary, but I find it exciting.
Swans just put up preorders for their new live album "Newly Sentient Being", consisting of the final performance by this iteration of Swans. Their previous live album, Live Rope, dethroned Swans Are Dead as my favorite live album of all time, so suffice it to say I'm excited.
Also vibin with Vladimir Oidupaa's "Divine Music From a Jail" today, Tuvan throat singing with solo accordion. Very lonely, intimate and personal music, like you're hearing the depths of a person's soul. Regardless of whether he was innocent or not, Oidupaa's music is immense.
Vibin with Melankolia by Stolen Kidneys, Finnish noise rock just the way I like it: dissonant but still riffy, sharp but still meaty. Grim, desperate and crushing. Really underrated, I only found them by sheer happenstance.
Up to 99 Piranesi. pieces now. This batch's are half an hour each, a bit more digestible in length but no less weird and abstract. I haven't had time to work on 100., so there will be a bonus series of smaller pieces between now and that. www.youtube.com/@piranesi.pr... piranesiproject.bandcamp.com
Vibin with Om today. As much as I love Sleep's Dopesmoker, I do consider Om the best Al Cisneros project, the focus on hypnotic bass grooves and middle eastern influences gives it a very unique character you can't really find elsewhere in the stoner rock sphere.
Vibin with the self-titled album by Nerves, their first and only release. Damn shame too, because this is still by far one of my favorite mathcore albums. It's not as crazy as the genre can get, but the pacing and heaviness more than make up for it.
Sprawl Zero seems very promising from its demo. The slower, tankier pace fits well with the pick-up-and-drop combat where each weapon only has a few shots of ammo. The presentation is great, the gameplay very juicy, the navigation sometimes a bit confusing, the pace nonstop.
Never expected to have the chance to see Arrington de Dionyso live but I'm glad I did
Vibin with Geinoh Yamashirogumi's Ecophony Rinne, which I'm very glad finally got a repress (after 40 years!). They're best known for the soundtrack to Akira, but for me, this is their masterpiece. A spiritual journey with chants, gamelan, synthesizers, organs etc. Vivid.
Finally watched Memoria after putting it off for years. Glad I waited until I had a home theater setup, one of the best sounding movies I've ever seen. Apichatpong Weerasethakul you've done it again.
11 Piranesi. pieces in 1 week has got to be my new record. Hopefully this will be enough to keep a few fans of weird, atmospheric and abstract music fed for a while. We're approaching triple digits, which might call for something special? www.youtube.com/@piranesi.pr... piranesiproject.bandcamp.com
Shoutouts to Sweet Smell of Success for taking up 2 spots on any list of the most despicable and fascinating sociopathic manipulators in movies, and for also having some insanely punchy dialogue. Feels like every scene had at least one really quotable line. Incredible film.
With another big update out of the way, I once again have some time for making more Piranesi. pieces. This batch includes the quite unexpected Metal Studies trilogy, as well as a new logo brought on by the new year. www.youtube.com/@piranesi.pr... piranesiproject.bandcamp.com
I'm always caught off guard upon revisiting Charles Lloyd's take on La Llorona, the piano is so tastefully restrained even on these dramatic chords and when the band finally comes in, they do it so gracefully it feels like they were always there.
My all-time favorite albums as of the beginning of 2026. Maximum 2 albums per artist.