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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“Squirming the Worm” is a BLISS production presented by artist Lucy Stein and produced by Simon Bayliss in West Cornwall. The show weaves together folk music, Cornish traditional witchcraft, field recordings, synth pop, queer bedroom aesthetics, pagan voice porn, mythological rave noise, and hard dark literature read by Lucy from her astral mattress.
“Squirming the Worm” is a BLISS production presented by artist Lucy Stein and produced by Simon Bayliss in West Cornwall. The show weaves together folk music, Cornish traditional witchcraft, field recordings, synth pop, queer bedroom aesthetics, pagan voice porn, mythological rave noise, and hard dark literature read by Lucy from her astral mattress.