OKZharp & Manthe Ribane | Closer Apart | Black Major Release / Hyperdub Release date: 6 July 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock In experimentation and collaboration, the ability to bring within the other – influences and experiences unknown to the outside – to combine all forms of expression from the
Closer Apart / Collaboration / Dance / Electronic / experimental / Hyperdub / Kwaito / Manthe Ribane / Okzharp / Pop / R&B / Review / South Africa
As the middle of the year draws to a close and we are beginning to embrace the second half of 2018 (Yeah, we’re almost at the end of 2018. Pretty crazy.) It’s a good time to reflect on the great releases that have graced our auditory sphere within the last
ambient / Article / Bicep / Brainfeeder / Chrome Sparks / Counter Records / Daedelus / Daniel Avery / DJ Koze / Electronic / Erased Tapes / experimental / Flying Lotus / Four Tet / Högni / IGLOOGHOST / James Blake / Kasbo / Kiasmos / list / Maribou State / Max Cooper / Mesh / Nils Frahm / Ninja Tune / Pop / Techno
Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone / Warner Bros. Records Release date: 29 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock An introspection in hotel rooms; unmade beds and twilight moonbeam – an insomniac in reflective melancholia – presented in bold enthusiasm, a driving dance in the closet of the mind.
Alternative / Damon Albarn / Electronic / Gorillaz / Indie / Jamie Hewlett / Parlophone / Pop / Synth-Pop / The Now Now / Warner Bros. Records
SOPHIE | Oil of Every Pearls Un-Insides | Future Classic / MSMSMSM Release date: 15 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Drenched syrup-swirl; a hallucinatory richness screams The Birth of Venus, the reveal and a shimmering pearl curling in picturesque shine in a nude pop-layered, mermaid-sweetened melody. A dreamlike playfulness in dance
album review / Avant-Pop / Dance / Electronic / experimental / Future Classic / glitch / IDM / Industrial / Los Angeles / MSMSMSM / Pop / SOPHIE / USA
Written by Jenna Dreisenstock With the first half of 2018 coming to a close, our auditory journey has been graced by groundbreaking, boundary-pushing hits that have kept fans across the globe captivated by genre-defying sounds and breakthrough releases. Not only have we experienced a surge in fascinating and enthralling sounds,
Alice Glass / Alternative / Beach House / Childish Gambino / Chromatics / Dirty Projectors / Electronic / Indie / Kygo / list / Lykke Li / Max Cooper / Miguel / music videos / Pop / trap
Leeds-based Menace Beach return with news of their third album ‘Black Rainbow Sound’, which is due out August 31st via Memphis Industries. The band are sharing the album-titled first single from the record online now, which features Brix Smith. New album Black Rainbow Sound is the band’s first new material since early 2017’s Lemon Memory, and after a self-imposed break from tour
electro pop / Electronic / Indie / Leeds / Memphis Industries / Menace Beach / Pop / United Kingdom
Portland-based experimental artist and musician Michelle Zauner, better known as Japanese Breakfast will be providing an original soundtrack to the upcoming indie video-game ‘Sable‘ due for 2019 release, announced via E3‘s annual gaming conference. Check out the E3 trailer for ‘Sable’ featuring Japanese Breakfast’s first entry to the soundtrack, ‘Glider’ below
E3 / Electronic / experimental / gaming / Indie / Japanese Breakfast / Michelle Zauner / Oregon / Pop / Portland / Sable
British singer-songwriter and producer Chantitown has been writing and experimenting with sound since an early age, realising her ever-ambitious true calling at just 13 years old. Chantitown grew up in a household filled with musical influence and received her first musical lesson whilst at still in school, whilst knowing that
Alternative / Chantitown / Indie / Interview / Pop / singer-songwriter / United Kingdom
Beach House | 7 | Bella Union / Sub Pop Release date: May 11th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A golden lyrical weave; sunlight winding, grasping like vines, a stunning bloom of melancholia sewing flowers in // out and around each rib, growing and wilting with the heaving of saltwater
album review / Baltimore / Beach House / Bella Union / Dream-Pop / experimental / Maryland / Pop / Psychedelic / Shoegaze
Maribou State release their first new music since 2015’s breakthrough album Portraits. The British duo – Liam Ivory and Chris Davids – are fresh from an extended studio hibernation and will take their new live show to a string of summer festivals including a headline set at Sonar 2018, Parklife,Roskilde,
