Nov 13, 2019
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Rick Smith and Karl Hyde are back with a dance party to soundtrack the upcoming end of decade—which has a whiff of End of Days doom so it's helpful they've released a box set of seven CDs—enough music to rave, rage, and reflect till the sun comes up again. Underworld's eighth album DRIFT Series 1 is a multi-sensory feast created guerilla-style: A culmination of a year's experiment in creative expression-through poetry, visual art, electronica, and film. More
Nov 12, 2019
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Parisian electro-pop pairing Loïc Fleury and Jules Pacotte (aka Isaac Delusion) are back with their third LP, uplifters, released on microqlima. More
Nov 11, 2019
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On their fourth LP, Los Angeles' Allah Las embrace newness, yet still manage to maintain their well-worn essence of cool. More
Nov 08, 2019
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On his third studio album, London's Michael Kiwanuka dives even deeper into the R&B, funk and soul influences of 2016's Love & Hate—setting out to explore distortion, voice samples, darkness and light, and a recurring motif of identity.
Nov 07, 2019
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It's been over five years since FKA twigs released her dizzying debut album LP1. On that record, singer/songwriter Tahliah Barnett outlined her bespoke pocket universe, capitalizing on the momentum of her two prior EPs with a series of statements on what it meant to be a strong-willed woman still plagued by self doubt. More
Nov 06, 2019
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With broadsheet papers in the UK throwing together dirge articles about how "speaking is the new singing" (for fuck's sake) the time is ripe for the remarkable Dry Cleaning's second EP, following the lo-fi delights of their Sweet Princess EP earlier this year. More
Nov 05, 2019
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Grinning North Carolina troubadours The Avett Brothers are approaching their 20-year anniversary of rockin' country shenanigans and "Closer Than Together" is their response to fatherhood, a post-truth world and, unfortunately, a statement of their empirical wisdom. More
Nov 04, 2019
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West Philly weirdos Empath's first full-length sets out of its stall early on-on addictive opener "Soft Shape," a blend of gentle psych, pastoral orchestration and tribal percussion lift Catherine Elicson's fragile but complex melodies and plaintive vocal style-and the fun just rolls on from there. More
Nov 01, 2019
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If the name Steve Binder doesn't mean anything to you that's understandable. In the early days of television, he brought many top musical acts magically into living rooms across America. More
Oct 31, 2019
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There is an inspirational, gleaming Queen in every neighborhood. Everywhere we look, art is being made by divine beauty. Turmoil surrounds us, but turn the other direction. More
