Good Area’s debut LP on Kye Records, French Antarctica, was one of the few albums from last year that had us completely baffled; yet it somehow left us utterly intrigued and wanting to hear more. This Philadelphia-based duo used an open mic, room sound approach to capture their homespun jam sessions that found them exchanging…
Aside from the usual weather-related grumblings, February has been a rather fun-filled month for us here at Free Form Freakout: we celebrated our 9th year of doing the weekly Thursday show, we put together what we hoped would be an all-inclusive Valentine’s Day-themed show, and we found in Blank Realm’s Grassed Inn an album we…
On this episode of the FFFoxy Podcast, we aired our interview that we conducted with music writer David Keenan from this past Fall when he was in Minneapolis covering the Jandek performance for The Wire magazine. This was a concert that our station KMSU had a hand in organizing, and David’s excellent world exclusive face-to-face…
There was loads of excellent new cassette material to play on this episode of the FFFoxy Podcast, among this a couple of cool ones from the Night People label (now based in the Twin Cities), some wonky found sound/loop-based weirdness from Cruudeuces and Woven Hare (not to mention an unclassifiable piece by Good Area offshoot,…
On this week’s show, we played a few tracks centered around some current and upcoming events: the passing of free jazz legend Arthur Doyle, the recent reissue of The Viktor Dimisch Band’s output, and an upcoming live appearance by Loop in the Twin Cities in April. Carl felt compelled to launch into his first Guilty…
Another week, another show, and, yes, we were still grumbling about the weather in our customary Minnesota fashion. Carl tried to trick himself and others into a warm weather state-of-mind by playing songs about summer and all things hot. David broke out some rockers and some Maher Shalal Hash Baz, who always has a way…
Field Hymns, started in late-2009 by Dylan McConnell, is a Portland-based cassette label that has put together an impressive catalog of mostly experimental and electronic-leaning sounds. McConnell is a talented artist in his own right. His music under the names Adderall Canyonly and Oxykitten and his graphic design work under the banner Tiny Little Hammers…
Last week, we mentioned we were dealing with sub-zero temperatures; this week, it was blizzard-like conditions that actually prevented Carl from making it up to the radio station. David tried to hold down the fort, spinning some favorites both new and old. Though long overdue, it felt like the right time to play something from…
Well, we survived the polar vortex of death with our fingers and ears intact, and we sure hope you were able to do the same. Our playlist for today’s show, though unintentional, seemed to capture the flux of lethargy and pent-up energy that sets in after spending several days hunkered down inside. The new Black…
We wanted to get one more podcast show in before the new year as we had, and still have, a bunch of incredible new music we wanted to share and spotlight. We briefly discussed the return of the Oakland-based imprint DNT Records, gave props to House of Alchemy for their latest batch of tapes (perhaps…
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