Aboombong - Asynchronic (Self released) Never Been to Konono June 20, 2009: Four revered avant garde genres - Drone, Freejazz, Musique concrète and Krautrock - set out into the heart of Central Africa armed with nothing but DAT recorders to make an audio documentary on the lost land of Konono. June 22, 2009: Local witnesses reported they saw the genres wandering around the city of Kinshasa. They were asking for a place called Konono, but [...]

Aboombong - Daymare The dude who runs the Pen & Mallet blog is also a music-maker as Aboombong , and a damn good one at that. He's got a few "name your price" albums up on Bandcamp , but "Daymare" is from my particular favorite, Asynchronic . It's a super lush muted free jazz/post rock workout, chaotic enough to blend everything together into a homogeneous blur of skittering drums & [...]

Another week, another round of indie artists- recommend any of your favs in the comments and check out more from our continuing series ! The Layaways - Indie / Rock / Alternative - Illinois, USA Chicago band the Layaways have recently released their 3rd LP, The Space Between , available for free download in full on their official site. Described as a "collection of bittersweet pop morsels", the band offers up dreamy sort of melodic rock that's nearly aquatic [...]