Preoccupations - Arrangements

Preoccupations taking a chance on a shoegazier sound is a step in the right direction.

Gorguts - "Wandering Times"

Technical death metal outfit Gorguts is following up its fantastic 2013 album Colored Sands (review) with an EP called Pleiades' Dust on May 13 via Season of Mist. Here's a segment of its long, lone composition.

Graham Kartna - Ideation Deluxe

A fun little set of MIDI arrangements from Toronto composer and video maker Graham Kartna, out via Beer on the Rug.

Ian William Craig - Cradle for the Wanting (Teaser)

Drone vocalist and tape musician Ian William Craig has a new album called Cradle for the Wanting out today via Recital; here is a preview of three tracks ("Each All in Another All," "Shipbreaking," and "Empty, Circle, Tremble").

Ulvesang - Self-Titled

The mesmerizing debut album from Canadian darkfolk trio Ulvesang.

Revenge - Behold.Total.Rejection

Here's an official stream for Behold.Total.Rejection, the new album from Canadian war metal group Revenge, out November 13 via Underground Activists.

Nicole Dollanganger - "Angels of Porn II" (Video)

Ontario singer-songwriter Nicole Dollanganger continues balancing the ethereal and the uncanny on new single "Angels of Porn II," which you can check out above along with its video depicting a group of bikers' ice cream get-together. The track appears on Dollanganger's forthcoming record Natural Born Losers, out October 9 via Eerie Organization.

Gregory Pepper & His Problems - Chorus! Chorus! Chorus! EP

Ontario singer-songwriter Gregory Pepper delivers a series of power pop vignettes on Chorus! Chorus! Chorus!, out now via Fake Four. You can tell from the name of his band that this is problematic stuff, so listen above at your own discretion.