ElectroMatters: The Best Electronic Music of June 2026
Much of June’s best electronic music reflects the long days and sultry nights of early summer, becoming a kind of elevated new age/ambient hybrid.
Andy Bell
Andy Bell’s Solo Career Just Keeps Getting Better with ‘Flicker’
Andy Bell’s Flicker is the sound of a musician known primarily in shoegaze/Britpop circles who decided to make a singer-songwriter album, and it’s smashing.
Erasure: From Moscow to Mars – An Erasure Anthology
From Moscow to Mars is a definitive set that thoroughly explores three decades of pop magic by the veteran British duo.
Hurricane #1: Find What You Love and Let It Kill You
Alex Lowe's resurrected version of Hurricane #1 has recorded an album that you just can't help but admire.
Ride: OX4: The Best of Ride
Reissue of the British dream-rock band's 2001 compilation, to "celebrate" their current reunion. As ever, the back half of Ride's career nearly spoils the party.
Erasure: The Violet Flame
The Violet Flame doesn't really reignite Erasure so much as keeps their torch going..