A personal newsletter from a musician-listener covering monthly listening picks in experimental, drone and heavy music, alongside long-form essays on 2007-2012 experimental music history and a hands-on account of buying and repairing vintage hi-fi receivers. The writing is conversational and opinionated, mixing reflection with practical detail.
Website: https://www.droneworks.org/
A weekly Berlin-based music newsletter featuring concert previews, album reviews and interviews centered on experimental music, improvisation and jazz. Each issue profiles artists performing in the city with detailed critical listening and context.
The Tonearm is a music newsletter of in-depth artist interviews and features on experimental, folk, ambient and cult records, written with a personal, reportorial voice. Readers get long-form conversations with musicians and festival and album write-ups that go beyond release announcements.
A bi-weekly round-up and criticism newsletter covering experimental music, with album reviews, recommendations and essays on producer records, microtonal music and avant-garde releases. Readers get considered write-ups of new and classic experimental albums and context on the artists behind them.
zensounds is a Substack-style newsletter by Stephan Kunze covering ambient, vaporwave, slushwave and experimental electronic music, with long-form artist interviews and playlists. Readers get album context, artist conversations and curated listening recommendations.
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