Absolutely Free’s ’80s Style Synthpop Is a Little Too Reverent on ‘Aftertouch’
Absolutely Free are back with their first album in years, Aftertouch, and have fully embraced ’80s synthpop as their music template.
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PM Picks the Best New Songs: Butterfly Ali, Elina, W.H. Lung
The PM Picks playlist features the best new songs. Today, we feature Butterfly Ali, Elina, W.H. Lung, Reliant Tom, and Luna Morgenstern.
Garbage Return After Hiatus with Smart, Witty Answer to Our Chaotic World
Arguably Garbage’s most political record, No Gods No Masters is simultaneously novel and familiar. It’s a stark reflection of the recent overwhelming angst.
Genghis Tron Contemplate the End of Human Life on ‘Dream Weapon’
Genghis Tron turn 180 degrees from their metal past for one of the most breathtaking re-inventions in heavy music history on Dream Weapon.
Stockholm’s Holy Ship Find a Trippy “Rabbit Hole”
For their second single, “Rabbit Hole”, Holy Ship up the psychedelic quotient considerably.
Ohio’s Stella Research Committee Cook with Open Powder Kegs
Stella Research Committee cook up a record that will make you question your expectations of art-rock… maybe even rock-art.
Django Django’s ‘Glowing in the Dark’ Is Thrilling and Engrossing
Django Django invite listeners to a swirling, twirling tour of the music they love on Glowing in the Dark.
The Notwist’s ‘Vertigo Days’ Is Disorienting Even As It Elevates
The music on the Notwist's Vertigo Days is "organized sound", as modernist composer Edgard Varèse would say. It clangs, hisses, and pops with human voices, clattering synths, and stylized repetitions.
Steven Wilson Goes Electronic on ‘The Future Bites’
The Future Bites objectively deserves applause for perpetuating Steven Wilson's integrity and creativity, even if it's a markedly—and perhaps intentionally—divisive collection, too.
The 15 Best New Order Songs
New Order's danceable rhythms and quick, clean melodies inspired a slew of paler imitators then and a new onslaught of dance-punk bands in the past few decades.
Reaching For the Vibe: Sonic Boom Fears for the Planet on ‘All Things Being Equal’
Sonic Boom is Peter Kember, a veteran of 1980s indie space rockers Spacemen 3, as well as Spectrum, E.A.R., and a whole bunch of other fascinating stuff. On his first solo album in 30 years, he urges us all to take our foot off the gas pedal.