Tapes, vinyl, digital, all audio by:

William S. Burroughs - Le Syndicat Electronique - Blac Kolor - Religious Order - Cofaxx - Pierre Elitair - Privat - Stallone The Reducer - Caustic Window - Tristian ARP - Carlton Doom - Afx - Christoph de Babalon - Blixaboy - Opaque - Alleged Witches - Vergaarbak

Big up to the artists mentioned above.

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February was an insane month with so much good music coming out. It was extremely difficult to whittle this list down to ten so I included some great honorable mentions at the bottom as well.

Adeline Hotel - Good Timing (Ruination)

- Adeline Hotel returns quickly on the heels of their amazing Solid Love LP. This time Dan Knishkowy goes solo for an instrumental guitar album that shows off his impressive range.

https://adelinehotel.bandcamp.com/album/good-timing

Marsha Fisher - New Ruins (Full Spectrum)

- Covered this one here. A fascinating ambient/drone listen.

https://fullspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/new-ruins

Jusell, Prymek, Sage, Shiroishi - Setsubun (節分) (Cached Media)

- The foursome of Chris Jusell, Chaz Prymek, Matthew Sage, and Patrick Shiroishi waste no time following up 2020’s outstanding Fuubutsushi with another beautiful set of ambient jazz.

https://cachedmedia.bandcamp.com/album/setsubun

The National Park Service - (This Is Not) The End (Self-Released)

- Covered this one here. Slowly unfolding ambient guitar folk/rock.

https://thenationalparkservice.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-not-the-end

Night Sky Body - Recurring (Self-Released)

- Wrote about this one here. Beautiful and fragile.

https://nightskybody.bandcamp.com/album/recurring

Picnic - Picnic (Daisart)

- We are living in a great time if you get down with abstract ambient dub. Picnic bring out the big guests (Dntel, Huerco S.) and everyone delivers on this debut full-length.

https://daisart.bandcamp.com/album/picnic

Pontiac Streator - Select Works Vol. II (Self-Released)

- Pontiac Streator’s excellent Select Works Vol. I dropped in February of 2020. Vol. II follows a year later and the quality is equally superb and haunting. Let’s hope these volumes keep on flowing from the mysterious ambient dub maestro.

https://pontiacstreator.bandcamp.com/album/select-works-vol-ii

Sloping - Completed Songs (sound as language)

- Wrote about this one here. sound as language release number three. Enough said.

https://sloping.bandcamp.com/album/completed-songs

Talons’ - New Nightmares (Self-Released)

- Mike Tolan is back with yet another Talons’ release, this time on the noisier side of things compared to last year’s quieter Make America Again. Whatever volume he’s going for, I am way down for the pace of one new Talons’ record a year.

https://talons.bandcamp.com/album/new-nightmares

Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights (Royal Mountain)

- Covered this one here. Wild Pink and John Ross really can do no wrong.

https://wildpink.bandcamp.com/album/a-billion-little-lights

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