In 2017, Reader music critic Peter Margasak called Kevin Drumm a “restless creator who’s seriously invested in trying new things within his abstract milieu.” The Chicago tabletop guitarist and electronic musician hasn’t slowed down since then—it seems like every time Gossip Wolf visits his Bandcamp page, there’s more sublime new experimental work to download. Drumm’s herculean output means that a subscription to his Bandcamp—for $28 per year you get access to his huge back catalog as well as new music as he releases it—is an incredible bargain for longtime fans and noise-curious folks alike. Since May, Drumm has uploaded eight releases, including a collaborative set with Brent Gutzeit of TV Pow, totaling nearly three hours of music across a startlingly broad array of tones and moods. Among the most recent, Sundays features two lovely ten-minute drones for organ, piano, and voice that hang in the air like a glowing afternoon sunbeam, and Neighbors (which benefits the Anti-Cruelty Society) raises a menacing and supple rampart of electronic noise that’s sure to unsettle the neighbors.
Reflective Nostalgia by Hunter Diamond
