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• The Juan MacLean – A Place Called Space

  

  After a string of striking and well-received 12”s, eminent DFA producer The Juan Maclean will release his first official album since 2009’s uneven but on... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Rustie – Raptor

  

  Glasgow’s electronic music producer Rustie is set to follow up his solid Glass Swords with a new album titled Green Language on legendary Warp Records later thi... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Shabazz Palaces – #CAKE

  

  Shabazz Palaces previous single ”They Come In Cold”, along with their perplexing 2011 album Black Up were instant favorites of mine. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Video: Ought – Today More Than Any Other Day

  

  Montreal’s Ought recently shared the visuals for “Today More Than Any Other Day, the semi-title track from their knife-sharp  More Than Any Other Day. An album ... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Alice Boman – Red Eyes

  

  Just shortly after her endearing new EP, Alice Boman recorded this cover of “Red Eyes” live on a Swedish national radio set. “Red Eyes”, an energetic stand-out... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Video: Clipping. – Body and Blood

  

  I’m getting more and more convinced that “Body and Blood” from the LA noise-rap trio clipping. is the most impressive hip hop track of the year so far. And if... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• People Get Ready – Rainbow

  

  Here is an intriguing track from Brooklyn’s People Get Ready. “Rainbow”, from the bands upcoming new album Physiques, dodges easy pigeonholing, but its... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Matt Kivel – Open Road

  

  In the past, Matt Kivel’s music could come out as rather humble and discrete, but the swirling feedback and distorted riffs of “Open Road” paint a rather... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Bueno – Little Joe

  

  ”Little Joe” by the NY band Bueno is an absolute gorgeous distillation of free-jazz and ‘protopunk’ / new wave or whatever you want to label the sort of nervy,... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Rosebuds – In My Teeth

  

  Once husband and wife, Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp has for over a decade created a steady stream of consistent albums under their The Rosebuds moniker. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Los Campesinos! – Little Mouth

  

  2013’s No Blues was in many ways Los Campesinos! most melodic album. Not necessarily my favorite from the Welsh indie rock band, but it had enough good songs... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Alice Boman – EPII

  

  Unlike many great contemporary singer/songwriter, Sweden’s Alice Boman isn’t a storyteller. Her lyrics are direct and don’t leave much room for... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Video: Parquet Courts – Black and White

  

  Today Parquet Courts released their third album, Sunbathing Animal, which I’m still trying to form an opinion on. In the meantime, here is the visuals for the... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Caribou – Can’t Do Without You

  

  I think the main appeal with Swim – Caribou’s magnificent 2010 album - was the way Dan Snaith created electronic music that didn’t really sound like electronic... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• High Ends – Downtown

  

  Jeffrey Innes a.k.a High Ends follows up his languid ”The Weight” with “Downtown”, a catchy synth heavy number, on where he takes full advantage of his... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sharon Van Etten – Are We There

  

  The story of Sharen Van Etten is not a new one, but important for better understanding from where she finds the fuel for her intimate narratives. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Clipping. – Body and Blood

  

  Here is a pretty insane noise-rap cut from L.A. trio clipping.. Over abrasive and dark post-Yeezus beats, rapper Daveed Diggs spit sexual, violent and very... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Swans – To Be Kind

  

  Since Michael Gira’s reactivations of Swans in 2010 (he doesn’t like to use the word ‘reunion), it’s been more difficult than ever to categorize, or trying to... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Zeds Dead & Twin Shadow – Lost You (feat. D’Angelo Lacy)

  

  On ”Lost You”, Canadian dance music producers Zeds Dead provide a feel-good pop-house setting for Twin Shadow’s Gary Lewis Jr’s – and D’Angelo Lacy’s  –... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• La Roux – Let Me Down Gently [Prins Thomas Diskomiks]

  

  La Roux made a big splash five years ago with the irresistibly catchy “Bulletproof”. She has been fairly absent since then, but about a week or two ago, she... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC