Smerz keep the diary open on Easy EP
Norwegian duo Smerz release Easy EP on 15 May via Escho, following the acclaim around their 2025 album Big City Life.
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Norwegian duo Smerz release Easy EP on 15 May via Escho, following the acclaim around their 2025 album Big City Life.
ETA IVtet release Happy Today on 15 May via International Anthem, bringing Jeff Parker’s quartet back with two extended live-recorded pieces.
Portland post-hardcore band Rhododendron release Ascent Effort on 15 May via The Flenser, one of the key independent labels for darker music.
Father Dionysios Tabakis received a 14 May review for Paradise Metal, one of the strangest and most intriguing experimental releases in the current underground calendar.
Fire-Toolz received a major 13 May review for Lavender Networks, Angel Marcloid’s Warp debut and one of the strangest experimental releases in the current indie-electronic landscape.
Lucy Liyou’s MR COBRA was reviewed on 13 May, giving the Bay Area experimental artist a strong same-day critical moment.