Hear New Beacon Track “L1” Now
With a new EP en route entitled L1 due out December 2nd on Ghostly International, Brooklyn ambient-elecronica band Beacon promises to delve further into the complex psychological realm first unveiled in their debut…
Album Review: Odesza – In Return
When club music veers into alternative territory, splashes through the waters of chillwave and resurfaces amongst the electronica glitter, you get the sound that is Odesza. For sure, the Seattle duo’s first full…
Watch Future Bible Heroes Video for “Living, Loving, Partygoing”
We adore all things Stephin Merritt and Claudia Gonson. Yes, we beat ourself up every day because our review for their most recent and excellent album Partygoing still isn’t up yet. But we are…
Album Review: Selebrities – Lovely Things
There are Eighties flashbacks aplenty in the second album from Brooklyn-quartet Selebrities, whose finely-honed expression of new-wave, nu-disco synth-pop keep bringing flickering scenes of late-night mopey teenage-laments to my mind — the kinds…
EP Review: Alex Burkat – Tarot
Out this week on the Los-Angeles based label 100% Silk, Tarot arrives from the mind of Brooklynite musician Alex Burkat. The four-track EP, purportedly inspired by “mysticism and global warming,” loops its way…
Album Review: Jon Hopkins – Immunity
In the intro of his fourth solo album, UK electronic musician Jon Hopkins (prominently known for his collaboration with Coldplay) takes us through a locked door and into a lone hallway where the…
DIANA Signs to Jagjaguwar, Announces LP, Video, and Tour with Austra
Dream pop group DIANA has signed to Jagjaguwar while simultaneously announcing a self-titled debut full-length, new video, and late summer string of tour dates with art-pop band Austra. The psychedelic, neon video is…
Album Review: Beacon – The Ways We Separate
With their debut album The Ways We Separate, Brooklyn based-group Beacon has fashioned a wholly original mode of soft electronica. From the press circulating over the album it might be interpreted that The…
New Track: White Prism – “Dance On”
NYC’s White Prism will release a self-titled EP on April 23rd and has shared “Dance On,” a cut from that debut effort. White Prism is the project of Johanna Cranitch, who creates light,…
Album Review: Vondelpark – Seabed
Listening to Seabed, the first full album from London trio Vondelpark, can feel a lot like reclining in a steamy sauna. There’s no easy way to pinpoint its sound, which tremulously undulates between…
