Kraftwerk’s Seductive Post-Human
The power in Kraftwerk’s music lies in how they persuade us that the human – sweaty, inefficient, psychologically noisy – is the least necessary component of the future.
electronic pop
Gaby Amarantos Codifies Rock Doido
With Rock Doido, a work of homage and cultural repossession, Amazonic diva Gaby Amarantos solidifies the status of “rock doido” as a musical genre.
Viviane Batidão Sings the Sensual Joys of Amazonian Pop
During her appearance at Brazil’s Psica Festival, Viviane Batidão, “The Queen of Tecnomelody”, talks, dances, and sings the sensual joys of Amazonian Pop.
I Dream of Wires: Richard Evans’ ‘Listening to the Music the Machines Make’
Electropop history Listening to the Music the Machines Make comprehensively and at times humorously zeros in on five critical years in UK music.
Paved with Good Inventions: Norway’s Anja Garbarek on Her Journey Back to Music with ‘The Road Is Just a Surface’
Just beneath Anja Garbarek's deceptively cool and composed music are the raucous emotions of a fevered storyteller, trying desperately to impart an often startling and vicious truth.
Ms. John Soda: Loom
German duo running on radio silence since 2006 returns with a strong, smart showing. The message? The less things change, the more they stay the same.
Chvrches: Under the Tide (EP)
Chvrches serve up an EP of remixes likely to send you back to their original iterations.
The Postal Service: Everything Will Change
Surprisingly, a bunch of sentimental laptop pop songs from ten years ago (Give Up) make for a dynamic and engaging live show.