Tricky Ventures Into Indie Rock on ‘Different When It’s Silent’
Trip hop pioneer Tricky continues to surprise on the rewarding new collection Different When It’s Silent, which is heavy on collaborators.
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Miss Grit Creates Hallucinatory Electro From the Soul
Miss Grit’s new LP pulses with intensity and urgency, reminding you of electronic music’s power to lead you down the darkest emotional alleyways.
Tomora’s ‘Come Closer’ Is a Perfect Collision of Styles
Tomora’s Come Closer exists in its own world with a clear sense of identity forged from Aurora and Tom Rowland’s distinctive musical journeys.
Massive Attack’s ‘Blue Lines’ Changed Everything
Massive Attack provided the first truly viable British response to the then-rising—and stubbornly indigenous—sensibilities of American hip-hop culture.
Georgia Knight Is Caught in Desire
What makes Georgia Knight stand out lies in the trip-hop-laced numbers, wherein pulsive and gothic loops are set against breathy vocals and diaristic lyrics.
Yeule Fully Embraces Their Exquisite Pop Sensibilities
Yeule has come a long way from their early years traveling distant galaxies. Ćmiel’s melodies are exemplary pop, and their vocals exude an incorporeal flair.
The Folk Implosion Begin Again with ‘Walk Thru Me’
After a quarter century, Lou Barlow and John Davis of the Folk Implosion return with an album that testifies to their enduring friendship.
Beth Gibbons Ventures Out on ‘Lives Outgrown’
Lives Outgrown seems like an outgrowth of where Beth Gibbons’ mind and talents have taken her in the past decade, which is to ruminate on how life is a vapor.
Just ‘Kids’: Lou Barlow and John Davis of the Folk Implosion Return
John Davis and Lou Barlow revisit the song, album, and soundtrack that helped make the Folk Implosion a seminal trip-hop-indebted indie-rock success story.
Thievery Corporation Mix It Up at the Midway in San Francisco
Support from influential trip-hop duo Kruder& Dorfmeister brings rare air to Saturday night house party for Thievery Corporation in the City by the Bay.
Is Lo Fidelity Allstars Style Big Beat Back After 25 Years?
The current resurgence of Britpop could trigger nostalgia for late 1990s big beat like Lo Fidelity Allstars, while trip-hop remains a vital influence.
Little Dragon Return With Slinky and Assured ‘Slugs of Love’
Drawing from disco, funk, and R&B, Little Dragon’s Slugs of Love is genre-crossing music, achieving an artful balance of danceable tunes and reflective moods.