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18 Sep 2019
Hanne Hukkelberg's Ongoing Pop Evolution Continues with "The Young and Bold I" (premiere)
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25 Jul 2019
Stereolab's Recent Re-Isssues Are Re-Imagined, and Re-Contextualized to Stunning Effect
Reissues of two early albums are a startling reminder of Stereolab's power and influence. Their music not only re-invents itself, but it refreshes and renews its listeners as well.
18 Jun 2019
Vanishing Twin Travel the Spaceways on 'The Age of Immunology'
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17 Jun 2019
Budokan Boys Create a Strange, Unsettling Musical Landscape on 'DAD IS BAD'
With their second album, DAD IS BAD, the experimental electronic duo Budokan Boys continue to build a soundtrack for a broken world.
23 May 2019
How Avey Tare Made a Whole Album Out of Necessity
The songs on Avey Tare's Cows on Hourglass Pond emerged from a need for material for a live show, but you wouldn't assume that when sucked in by their soothing, intricate surrealism. Tare speaks about his creative process, the technical forces driving the record, and where he's at lyrically.
17 May 2019
Paco Sala Modernize Synthpop on 'Our Love Is the Gold' (album stream) (premiere)
Paco Sala's experimental synthpop blossoms on their third album, Our Love Is the Gold, wherein they produce entrancing, thinking person's pop music.
24 Apr 2019
Lambchop Surveys the Senses on 'This (is what I wanted to tell you)'
Lambchop's new album is the musical equivalent of that final "walk" monologue from Synecdoche, New York. It's a heavy listen, but potentially a rapturous one as well, for anyone who has ever experienced a reverie of aging and all it entails.
20 Mar 2019
Pom Poko Defy Conventions and Classifications with 'Birthday'
Norwegian quartet Pom Poko's debut Birthday is a stunning, mind-blowing mix of monster riffs and sweet melodies.
15 Mar 2019
Angel-Ho's 'Death Becomes Her' Introduces Her Voice and Amorphous Trans Identity
On her debut full-length Death Becomes Her, Cape Town artist Angel-Ho introduces her voice and amorphous trans identity, dismantling the colonial imaginary and its supposed binaries.
11 Mar 2019
Helado Negro and the Gentle Urgency of 'This Is How You Smile'
With his seventh full-length album, This Is How You Smile, Helado Negro offers a soothing, personal musical journey.
08 Mar 2019
Panda Bear's Last Night at the Regency
Panda Bear's show is truly a vocal performance backed by pulsating electronica with his latest, Buoys, as the primary source for much of the set.
28 Feb 2019
SPELLLING's 'Mazy Fly' Revels in a Celestial Imagination, a Consciousness in Accordance with Afrofuturism and Wake Work
SPELLLING's second full-length Mazy Fly escapes present genres and ages, from witching primeval ballads, sultry alternative R&B, to intergalactic disco. Simply, it's celestial, Afrofuturist, and wake work.
27 Feb 2019
Elena Setién's 'Another Kind of Revolution' Is a Stirring Signal to Defy Gender Conventions
Elena Setién's Another Kind of Revolution conceptualizes transformation as rooted in empowerment. The album is a recognition of women and their ability to act as catalysts for a popular and personal insurgency.
13 Feb 2019
The Curls Skewer 'Lowest Forms of Entertainment' in Outlandish Video (premiere)
Chicago sextet the Curl's "Hit Em Where It Hurts" is the latest showcase of the group's addictive quirkiness.
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