Real Life Rock & Roll Band applies minimalist techniques to its countrified motorik-emo and essential reissues rescue El Wali's Sarahan desert jams and Patrick Cowley's synth rippers.
Iowa Dream, out Nov. 15, offers to peel back another layer of Arthur Russell's idiosyncratic sense of sound. A newly released single from the record is extremely promising.
Gatecreeper's no-frills death metal offers a masterclass in buzzsaw songcraft, Twink returns to apocalyptic psych and Gridlink's Takafumi Matsubara gets a worldwide assist on his solo debut.