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The 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2018
Electronic music is one of the broadest-reaching genres by design, and 2018 highlights that as well as any other year on record. These are the 25 best albums.
07 Dec 2018
The 10 Best Ambient/Instrumental Albums of 2018
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04 Dec 2018
'Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings' Rounds Up Demos from the Louvin Brothers
These early 1950s demos from the Louvin Brothers shine a light on one of country music's most inexplicable duos.
01 Oct 2018
Sarah Davachi's 'Gave in Rest' Sounds Like Music That's Been Floating Around for Eons Waiting to Be Bottled
One of ambient's most austere artists, Sarah Davachi, expands her sound, but her music is more mysterious than ever on Gave in Rest.
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Electronic Producer Shinichi Atobe Takes Us to a New Corner of His World on 'Heat'
Shinichi Atobe, that elusive producer of nautical dub techno, emerges from the depths on his sunniest, most club-friendly release yet, Heat.
18 Sep 2018
Young Thug and Young Stoner Life Records Stage a Party on 'Slime Language'
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23 Aug 2018
Iglooghost Scales Back His Maximalism on the Clear Tamei / Steel Mogu EPs
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22 Aug 2018
Nicki Minaj Aims to Crown Herself 'Queen'
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20 Aug 2018
Jon Hassell Pushes His Patented Fourth World Sound Forward on 'Listening to Pictures'
Trumpeter Jon Hassell adds influences from club music to the rich, long-simmering stew he's been cooking for decades on Listening to Pictures.
07 Aug 2018
RP Boo Remains a Footwork Purist with 'I'll Tell You What'
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12 Jul 2018
Gorillaz's 'The Now Now' Rises From a Personal Place of Ennui for Damon Albarn
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03 Jul 2018
oOoOO and Islamiq Grrrls' 'Faminine Mystique' Is a Hypnotic Merger of Artificial and "Authentic" Cues
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29 May 2018
Yonatan Gat's 'Universalists' Is a Visionary New Album for Rock Music
The former Monotonix guitarist Yonatan Gat presents a bold new idea for what to do with rock: treat your own band noise like other people's samples.
23 May 2018
Teen Poppers Daphne & Celeste Return for Their First Album in 17 Years
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20 Apr 2018
Every Scene Fades: An Interview with Ambient Producer Rafael Anton Irisarri
He was one half of the duo behind PopMatters' top pick for Ambient/Instrumental album of 2017, and now Rafael Anton Irisarri is taking ambient music in a surprising direction: one that's intended to remind you of the apocalypse.
11 Apr 2018
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