LargeHeartedBoy — Nina Nastasia's Outlaster is in stores this week, another strong effort from one of my favorite singer-songwriters. The first official release week of summer is relatively skimpy, but based on what I have already heard, I can definitely recommend... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — What kind of music are you in the mood for? I'm rather at a loss at the moment. What I really want is an album to come and kick my ass and take me to places I haven't been in a while, but I don't see one of those on the horizon. ... more info

Guardian Music — The sharpest tool in the box can also cut it as an instrument of spectral, shivering beautyWhat is it? Those big metal things with teeth you use to carve up wood? Add a violin bow and an ear for pitch and you can make farm tools sing.Who uses it? The... more info

Guardian Music — A droning, pulverising sound with shamanic origins, this is ancient soul music from the EastWhat is it? A catch-all term covering different disciplines of extreme vocal technique from around the world, often recognised as a low, pulverising, drone-gr... more info

The Music Fix — Make the pain stop. Grating folk from Nina Nastasia. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Zakk said... Hi all at Fuzzy, Zakkorama reincarnates as ZakkoMix at Twitter, giving you here the playlist: Soya - Ali Farka Toure Apology For An Accident - American Music Club Killing Each Other - Anders Osborne Three Nights Without My Baby - Chris C... more info

Altsounds — Her first album in over two years, 'Outlaster' (FatCat, 7th June) is an achievement of staggering beauty by an artist of pervasive, quiet influence undergoing a sea change in musical form, and follows up her previous two full-lengths for ... more info

Altsounds — Her first album in over two years, 'Outlaster' (FatCat, 7th June) is an achievement of staggering beauty by an artist of pervasive, quiet influence undergoing a sea change in musical form, and follows up her previous two full-lengths for FatCat... more info

Stereogum — Nina Nastasia’s sixth album Outlaster arrives in June. Previously, we heard  the Steve Albini-helmed collection’s “You’re A Holy Man,” a song locating a sacred feel in its somber pace, drone-y cadences, and strings. The dram... more info

The Music Fix — with a new album and tour more info