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Wednesday, November 9 2011

DJ Cam: Seven

Seven is DJ Cam's first studio album in as many years, and it's a downer to its very bones.


Tuesday, November 1 2011

Tobias Lilja: Delirium Portraits

Delirium Portraits works best in its most Spartan and sparse moments.


Tuesday, October 25 2011

REIGNS: The Widow Blades

An almost perfect interlace of form and content.


Toro y Moi: Freaking Out EP

Energy is at an all-time high for Toro y Moi mastermind Chaz Bundick, who spikes these tunes with MJ-like vigor.


Friday, October 21 2011

Beta Hector: Sunbeam Insulin

Beta Hector is successful on Sunbeam Insulin in marrying diverse and seemingly contrarian styles of music together into an almost seamless blend of electronic pop.


Monday, October 10 2011

Sleep ∞ Over: Forever

As a whole, Forever seems to be covering some awfully familiar territory in the chillwave / witch house genres.


Wednesday, October 5 2011

Gui Boratto: III

When he’s on his game, Gui Boratto can let timbre subsume rhythm without sounding languorous. On III, he sounds languorous.


Wednesday, July 27 2011

Bachelorette: Bachelorette

While Bachelorette is not perfect, it does make a case for an artist who is not afraid to go against the norms of popular recorded music and craft intricately woven sound-songs that can captivate and delight an audience accustomed to going beyond conventions.


Wednesday, July 13 2011

The Deer Tracks: The Archer Trilogy Pt. 2

The Archer Trilogy Pt. 2 is ethereal and as fluffy as a white cloud traveling slowly across a blue sky, and is enjoyable strictly on that level.


Wednesday, June 29 2011

Miracle Fortress: Was I the Wave?

After a four-year hiatus, Miracle Fortress settles for simple electronica on the newest album.


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