DJ hero, dance music trailblazer, French Canadian heartbreaker...you see the hat, you know it's A-Trak! He's been hard at work cooking up new music just for you, and Fool's Gold...
What does anger sound like? Is it thrashing and malevolent, is it entombed in the fixtures of of rock & roll, and of traditionally confrontational music? Perhaps it is something...
With an album as hyped as this, Daft Punk's first LP in eight years if you discount the Tron: Legacy score, it's probably worthwhile actually addressing the instantly tossed off...
Hey. The new Daft Punk album is finally available all over Europe (and in the US) which means that I can write about it. Genre: electronic. Read some very positive reviews and...
I missed Random Access Memories landing on iTunes by about 12 hours. I was on my way home from work when the stream went live, and when I walked in the door I immediately set to...
Exquisite digital schmaltz and visionary analog quackery evokes classics from 'The Wall' to 'The Wiz'
Ben Benjamin is a new solo endeavor brought to life by Ghostly veteran Ben Mullins, founding member of Midwest Product and Postprior. His first album, The Many Moods of Ben...
It's a slippery business, footwork. First you hear the overload, then you hear what's missing. The pace-making beat is rarely or barely there. The commanding voices don't complete...
Hey. The new album by Bibio was just added to Spotify. Genre: ambient/electronic/folk. Enjoy! Bibio – Silver Wilkinson Filed under: 2013, Electronic, Folk
Chrissy Murderbot got his hands on the footwork sound of Chicago back in 2011. His take on the genre was a better fit with international bass music, using higher production values...
With its talk of "anonymity as function" and music "conceived in the shadows to be consumed in the dark," the mission statement on the Vault Series website is hardly what you'd...
Istikaliya is the sophomore album from Juilliard trained trio Aufgang, releasing May 14 in the US on InFine Music. Istikaliya means freedom in Arabic, because today more than ever...
Anamanaguchi is a boy band made up of hackers and producers born and raised on the internet, currently living in Brooklyn, NY. On May 14th they are releasing Endless Fantasy...
Good evening. The new album by Small Black was a positive surprise for me. Genre: electronic/pop. Read this review and enjoy! (Note: Not yet added for US listeners.) Small Black...
It's easy to forget that when Adult. started out, the Detroit outfit was lumped in with turn-of-the-millenium electroclash acts. Though husband-and-wife duo Adam Lee Miller and...
Hello. The stellar new album by ADULT. is a very recent addition to Spotify. Genre: synthpop. Enjoy! (US version here.) ADULT. – The Way Things Fall Filed under: 2013, Electronic...
The Way Things Fall is an album that looked like it might never happen, because since the release of Miller and his partner Nicola Kuperus' last record — 2007's Why Bother? — the...
The Netherlandish man's debut outing is as immersive, emotive and chaotic as we'd have hoped.
Primal Scream have always been a hard band to really love. Their lurching from jangling dreamers (Sonic Flower Groove) to drug-touched genre benders (Screamadelica) to rock & roll...
On their long-awaited tenth album, the compellingly inconsistent Primal Scream sound genuinely determined to prove themselves but whether they pull it off or not is another...
Hybrid is the true definition of Relentless. Thrive is able to put together an album that has a very adaptive rhythm and blues element, mixed in with a classical reggae vibe that...
La Musique Numerique is the second full-length record from Los Angeles/London electro soul duo AM & Shawn Lee. Drawing heavily on late '70s French library, '80s Italo Disco, and...
Hey. From a very recent Spotify update: the new album by AM & Shawn Lee. Genre: electronic/soul. Enjoy! (US version here.) AM & Shawn Lee – La Musique Numerique Filed under: 2013...
Part of the reason we've not heard much studio output from Richard West recently has been down to him training as an actor. That's led to him being cast as the devil in a...
Vicious, austere, revelatory post-punks make high-minded idealism sound apocalyptic
Hi again. The well-received debut album by Savages was added to Spotify earlier this week. Genre: post-punk. Enjoy! Savages – Silence Yourself Filed under: 2013, Rock
Always been a fan of Andy Cato and love the concept of this album, which is basically tracks he sketched on the road before and during his years as half of Groove Armada...
The debut album from Groove Armada's Any Cato. A project that has been gestating for some time, written over 20 years while Andy has been on the road with Groove Armada. Compiling...
Morning. The new album by Kisses is a very recent addition to Spotify. Genre: electronic/pop. Enjoy! (Note: The release date is next week, but Spotify got this one early. US...
Ghostpoet picks up the energy a little on album two with his trademark flow but over some more interesting production
Pause on the title a moment. Process. At first it's gibberish. (At least, it's easy for it to seem so.) But reflect a little longer, and Ghostpoet's second album, the follow-up to...
Chandeliers is what happens when a quartet of dudes from Chicago art-rock bands decide to escape the city's notoriously brutal winters by making nothing but shimmering, beach...
Morning. From last week: the energetic new album by Pretty & Nice. Genre: pop. Enjoy! (One review here.) Pretty & Nice – Golden Rules for Golden People Filed under: 2013, Pop
Hey again. The new album by Adventure was added to Spotify earlier this week. Genre: experimental electronic. Enjoy! (US version here.) Adventure – Weird Work Filed under: 2013...
Adventure’s particular brand of electronic pop is steeped in the work of chiptune acts and electronic pop acts alike. Weird Work is an earned title, many of the songs tilt and...
If we do eventually get a proper summer this year, Victoria Hesketh's latest might well be its surprise soundtrack.
Hi there. It looks like the solid new album by Little Boots has finally been added for all European listeners. Genre: electropop. Enjoy! Little Boots – Nocturnes Filed under: 2013...
Los Angeles-based master of synth, Jonathan Bates, has spent the past decade basically perfecting experimental pop with his band Mellowdrone. Taking a step away from the group...
Straddling genre lines, Big Black Delta's debut full-length is a darkly romantic collection of songs, tied together with a through-line of ear-shattering electronics and roaring...
"Is this guy for real?" "What exactly is his problem?" "Why does he have to be naked?" - all valid questions upon one's first exposure to Har Mar Superstar. After his 2000 debut...
Eric Estornel's DJ-Kicks is branded as a Maceo Plex effort, but its darkness will surprise those who know only his most successful pseudonym. For those familiar with his work as...
It's a comparison that Rainbow Arabia are probably sick of, but there's no way of around it: they sound quite like The Knife. It's not just the way that, in certain breathless...