Oakland’s Fyrhtu is a new duo from the very prolific Leila Abdul-Rauf (a solo artist and a member of Vastum, Hammers of Misfortune, Amber Asylum, Cardinal Wrym, and more) and Nathan A. Verrill (also ...

This past Friday, California-based multi-instrumentalist Leila Abdul-Rauf released a sonically intense album when she dropped her sixth studio effort, Andros Insidium via 20 Buck Spin. Known for her ...

Leila Abdul-Rauf (of Vastum, Ionophore, Cardinal Wyrm, Fyrhtu, and more) released her fourth solo album Phantasiai earlier this year on Cyclic Law/Cloister Recordings, and we’re now premiering the ...

Leila Abdul-Rauf has made some righteous noise with Vastum, Hammers of Misfortune, Amber Asylum, and about a dozen others, so it says something that her solo work is where she really plumbs some ...

Irish musician Maria Somerville comes to Gray Area with her debut album Luster, a spellbinding soundworld of gusting ambient electronics, ethereal guitar strums, sparse percussion, and hushed lyrical ...