Miloš Hroch

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Dead Channel Sky

LA rappers look back to a classic 1984 novel for a dark vision of a cyberpunk future set to the big beats of 90s club music

Marina Zispin

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

Bianca Scout and Martyn Reid zip up their ski jackets and fire up the 606 for an album of cold-sweating synths with hair-raising ambience

Someone Disappears / Someone Reappears: Jules Reidy Interviewed

You are unlikely to hear a more arresting and unique album this winter than Ghost / Spirit. Miloš Hroch talks to Jules Reidy about this statement fuelled by mysticism, ego death and the influence of shoegaze. Portraits by Camille Blake

Wojciech Rusin

Honey for the Ants

The third and final part of the Polish artist's "alchemical trilogy" feels increasingly confined by its own concept, but still offers plenty to delight in

GbClifford

My Heart is Bigger Than the Grief Inside of It

Beneath the digital noise, a pop sensibility still peeks through on this first album under a new name for an award-winning Czech singer-songwriter

The Strange World of… Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi 

Following the unexpected death of the Czech musician Vojtěch Havel last month, Miloš Hroch offers a guide to the extraordinary work he created in partnership with his wife Irena, picking out nine essential releases

A Lone Star: More Eaze Interviewed

Mari Maurice, aka More Eaze, talks to Miloš Hroch about her complicated relationship with her home state of Texas and a glittering firmament of creative endeavours. Portraits by Sarah Beth Tomberlin. Contains a video which is arguably NSFW

Massif Attack: Kali Malone interviewed

Miloš Hroch talks to composer and pipe organist Kali Malone about her astounding new album All Life Long, her relationship with mountaineering, creativity as athleticism and profanity. Home page portrait by Stephen O'Malley

Divide and Dissolve

Systemic

Divide and Dissolve bring poetry and an overwhelming sense of life and light to the doom metal scene, finds Milos Hroch

Bendik Giske

s/t

The Norwegian saxophonist plays in extreme close-up on his Beatrice Dillon-produced third album

Rabit

What Dreams May Come

The Halcyon Veil founder contructs shimmering, pellucid orchestrationsthen slowly pulls them apart

Oneida

Success

After several years' hiatus, Oneida are back, taking indie rock and twisting it into oblivion

ABADIR

Mutate

Mutate is a border-demolishing hybrid of Arabic popular rhythms and western club sounds. It is also an album of dancefloor-friendly bangers, finds Milos Hroch

Radio Heads: Finally, New By They Hate Change

Tampa Bay's They Hate Change channel the pirate sound of 90s London into a full-length debut that breaks all the boundaries, finds Miloš Hroch

The Strange World Of… Stoned To Death Records

Miloš Hroch looks back at a decade of Stoned To Death Records, the label responsible for a tape renaissance in Czechia and for breathing new life into the country’s thriving DIY weird rock scene

If You Go Down To The Woods Today: Forest Nocturne By The Lord

Co-founder of Sunn O))) and Southern Lord records, Greg Anderson joins gargantuan riffs to cinematic grandeur on his very first solo album

Tomáš Niesner

Bečvou

Tomáš Niesner sets out to heal a poisoned river with the power of fingerpicked guitar and ambient electronics

Jenny Hval

Classic Objects

Jenny Hval's eighth album may be her most personal and light-hearted yet, finds Miloš Hroch

A Guide To Ukraine-Supporting Compilations On Bandcamp Friday

Miloš Hroch has come up with 11 suggestions for those looking to buy some Ukraine-supporting music on the latest Bandcamp Friday

Adela Mede

Szabadság

A brilliant debut from Slovakian producer Adela Mede hums with a haunting sense of displacement, finds Miloš Hroc

Claire Rousay & More Eaze

Never Stop Texting Me

Texas-based power duo pitched up their voices, added ear-catching guitar melodies, and invented a hyperpop emo band, finds Miloš Hroch. 

Across The Glass Curtain: Eastbloc Music & Western Media

Recently an anonymous online pressure group accused western media of having a blindspot when it comes to culture from former Eastern Bloc countries, as well as other forms of systemic bias. Miloš Hroch investigates to what extent they have a point

When You Look Out Of The Void: The New Wave Of Czech Noise

Rumbling Under The Mountains: A report On Czech Dungeon Synth

Miloš Hroch journies under Medieval castles (literally) to speak with the leaders of Czechia's small but fantastical dungeon synth scene