Articles by Bryon Hayes

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  Sean McCann

  Ten Impressions for Piano and Strings

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2015

  Sometime around the year 2008, thick vapour trails of delirious drone goodness began emanating from the West coast of the United States, ce...

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  Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase

  Bidden

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2015

  Chris Cooper is a noise prankster with the uncanny ability to — at times — get serious. Having recorded with the likes of Carol...

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  SURVIVE

  SURVIVE

  PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2015

  Somehow managing to blend the minimalist electronic rhythms of coldwave with the warmth of the analog synthesizer microcosm, Austin's SURVI...

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  Afrikan Sciences

  Circuitous

  PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2014

  Releases arriving late in the year typically get lost amid the annual critical pause-and-reflect activity, yet this stellar release from Br...

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  Various Artists

  Compilation No. 1

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2014

  The minor metropolis of Guelph, Ontario is an oft-missed locale for touring musicians, being surrounded by the likes of Toronto and the Kit...

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  Mongo Skato

  I Don't Give It

  PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2014

  New Zealand native Thomas Richards is quite the sonic polymath, playing in noise rock groups with tongue-in-cheek names like Ladieswear Lan...

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  Nick Storring

  Gardens

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2014

  Toronto-based [and, full disclosure: former Exclaim! contributor - Ed.] Nick Storring's deeply rooted love for all things musical is reflec...

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  Excepter

  Familiar

  PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2014

  Excepter are New York's haunted purveyors of stewed electronics and psychedelic goo. They're also a collective in the process of regrouping...