An audio scrapbook compiled by sound artist and musician Graham Dunning, comprised of sonic art and experiments, improvised music, textures and rhythms, as well as selections from Dunning's archive of found home tape recordings, and a variety of regular features.
"New Weird America" emerged in the late 90s and early 2000s, blending folk, psychedelic rock, and experimental music. Popularized by journalist David Keenan, this movement showcased American musicians embracing DIY ethos and drawing inspiration from folk traditions, avant-garde, and outsider art.
Delve into bands like MV & EE, Chalambides, and Fursaxa, alongside influential acts like Sun City Girls and Jandek, in this guide exploring the genre's innovative sound.
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The narrative is bursting with color and impossible to fit into a 60 minute timespan - but here is an effort to both timehop a personal story and nod to a timeless musical vignette of influences and inspiration that spans intensely amongst all corners of the artistic globe: shining bright into film + design + literature + circumstance as much as the sonic palette itself presents. Here’s a little exploration and adventure celebrating both the underbelly of the unknown with all that is beautifully pop.
The narrative is bursting with color and impossible to fit into a 60 minute timespan - but here is an effort to both timehop a personal story and nod to a timeless musical vignette of influences and inspiration that spans intensely amongst all corners of the artistic globe: shining bright into film + design + literature + circumstance as much as the sonic palette itself presents. Here’s a little exploration and adventure celebrating both the underbelly of the unknown with all that is beautifully pop.