Monday, November 7 2011
Ladytron: Gravity The Seducer
Ten years into their synth-poppy career, Ladytron's music is still frigid and shows no signs of thawing.
Thursday, October 13 2011
Erasure: Tomorrow’s World
Club-thumping forefathers continue to sound pretty good, talk a bunch of nonsense.
Tuesday, September 6 2011
Stepdad: Ordinaire EP
Stepdad is a fresh breeze blowing through the self-important indie scene, clearing away the thick irony and Parliament Light smoke for something a little more enticing... fun.
Thursday, August 4 2011
Xylos: Xylos
Xylos may be an unassuming synth-pop album, but it's also full of surprises.
Wednesday, June 8 2011
I Blame Coco: The Constant
By turns aggressive and vulnerable, sophisticated and childlike, punk and pop, The Constant is the product of a young, but talented, multi-faceted artist.
Tuesday, November 30 2010
Pet Shop Boys: Ultimate Pet Shop Boys
Che Guevara and Debussy would both have major problems with this compilation -- and not just because they already shelled out for Pop Art back in 2006.
Thursday, November 18 2010
The Pipettes: Earth Vs. the Pipettes
Having shed Spectorian pop nostalgia for an altogether more '80s synth-pop approach, the Pipettes struggle to find a unique voice without any of their original female members remaining.
Thursday, November 11 2010
We Love: We Love
In their push for a minimalist sound, We Love never allows their songs to take off.
Wednesday, September 8 2010
Hurts: Happiness
Hurts have come so far commercially in the last 10 months, and yet lost none of the substance and power that they produce so beautifully in their music.
Friday, April 30 2010
Things We Were Due to Forget: The Cold Undertow of Minimal Waves
When a music such as minimal wave “comes back”, it forces us to think about its lifeline, particularly its death. Yet what does it mean to relive a memory that we never even had?
