The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels. Written by Lori Stratton (LS) and Christopher Porter (CP).

This week:
Lamb Life Orchestra, Mogi Grumbles, Olivia Cirisan, Larrair & Tru Klassick, Hypnogram, Skinned Knees, P-Ro x Hues, Ani Mari, and JDSY.

Lamb Life Orchestra
Sheep Are People
Genre: free music
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: "8 years in the making ... my furthest-out music ... obsessive mess," wrote the great Jib Kidder in the album announcement for Lamb Life Orchestra's nine-track debut, and who am I to debate him? A collection of spacious and restrained improvs among friends, edited and collaged by Kidder, featuring a lot of string scratching, horn squeaks, some low-key clattering percussion, and creeping drones that provide an ominous bed for the itchy sounds to lay upon. If you're aware of Mafu Coffin, Kidder's weekly art- and trash-film showcase at Ypsi's Dreamland Theater, it's easy to imagine Lamb Life Orchestra performing there, conjuring a new soundtrack to a German expressionist flick, a 1960s experimental work, or a Japanese horror movie. Also, Sheep Are People is prettier than my descriptions might suggest, albeit in a burning-candle way: It sounds like beauty melting. —CP
Links: linktr.ee/jibkidder

Mogi Grumbles
End of Line (15th Anniversary Edition)
Genre: synthwave
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: For this reissue, AADL fave Alex Taam went back to his old album "stem by stem, and scrubbed it clean (but not too clean). Mixing down every song to more closely match the vision I originally had for the album all those years ago." The 20-track End of Line is full of meaty analog bass lines, warm synth washes, and sci-fi-infused retrofuturism. The album opens with a track called "Tron's Theme," which is not from Wendy Carlos' 1982 movie soundtrack, but it shows you where Mogi's mind was at when making the album and might be all you need to know before you rush out and buy it (now on vinyl, too). —CP
Links: instagram.com/mogigrumbles

Olivia Cirisan
Bluemoonglade EP
Genre: electronic, experimental
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: When not playing with new-music groups VIRID and FLYDLPHN, this percussionist makes excellent electronic music that bridges the gap between ambient and modern classical. These five songs sound mostly built with modular synths, perhaps improvised, but they seem to be striving to emulate and evoke natural-world analogs (look at the song titles). Lovely. —CP
Links: oliviacirisan.com

Larrair, Tru Klassick
"On My Soul"
Genre: hip-hop
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: Detroit hip-hop artist Larrair, aka Alec Larrair, features Tru Klassick, aka Taylor Michael, on this track from his latest album, Love You Larrair 2. For “On My Soul,” the MCs get introspective and explore themes of loss, identity, and guilt over chill, atmospheric beats. —LS
Links: instagram.com/truklassick | instagram.com/larrair

Hypnogram
Autogynephilia - Collected Gameboy Works 2013-2026
Genre: chiptune
Location: Ypsilanti
Notes: The artist currently known as Erratrix put together this massive 36-track collection as a way to say goodbye to one era as they begin a new one—albeit still with Gameboy bangers as the focus. Autogynephilia features sketches, demos, and compilation tracks made over 13 years, but the album hangs together because of the limited sound palette—such is the nature of working in 8 bits—but there's also a remarkable amount of skill to coax legit jams from such a primitive device. "I want worse sounds, at a lower bitrate, with less polyphony tracked by queerer people," writes Erratrix, and Autogynephilia lives up to the manifesto. —CP
Links: chiptune.gay

Skinned Knees and the Band Aids
Live at the Blind Pig
Genre: indie
Location: Ypsilanti
Notes: Skinned Knees' Sydney Timbrook gathered some homies to play a fundraiser show for Fun Fest 2026. Fundamental Sound Co.'s Taylor Greenshields, also the fella behind Fun Fest, expertly recorded these seven indie-poppin' songs at The Blind Pig. The full-band version of "Soundtrack"—first heard on the December 2025 album Underwater—really drives home the structural comparisons to "Common People" by Pulp (no relation), but Skinned Knees' music is more minimalist, more intimate, and this live recording documents that vibe. —CP
Links: instagram.com/skinnedkneez

P-Ro x Hues 
HueRoGliphics
Genre: hip-hop
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: Fresh off his tremendous July album, GH(ost), A2 producer Hues is back with a superhero team-up. MC and artist—check the vibrant cover for this album—P-Ro took Hues' beats and turned around this 10-track album in one weekend. The Massachusetts rapper's voice sounds like a guy telling a scary tale around the campfire—low-key but intense—and it's a solid fit for Hues' cinematic music. —CP
Links:  linktr.ee/huesproductions | instagram.com/p_ro_kd

Ani Mari
The Masquerade
Genre: alt folk
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: For her sophomore album, Ani Mari explores themes that range from uncertainty and love to growth and risk over nine tracks. One of The Masquerade’s standout songs is “Track Star,” which chronicles a fictional runner from Colorado who decides to trade athletics for music. Another stellar track, “Wool Sweater,” examines the monotony of adulthood and the need to change everyday habits. Mari also deviates from her folk roots on The Masquerade and ventures into shoegazey punk, alt rock, and pop country territory. You can learn more about Mari’s latest album through a recent interview we did with her. —LS
Links: animarimusic.com

JDSY
New and Old Motifs
piNwHEELs
Genre: electronic
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: Electronic music producer JDSY takes you on a sonic journey over two new releases, which explore chiptune, ambient, and cinematic soundscapes. —LS
Links: jdsy.bandcamp.com

Send your music to pulp@aadl.org if you're an artist or label with Washtenaw County associations. Check out more local music coverage here and in the Friday Five archives.