Rabit — Baptizm
Grime has been making a big splash in the past year or so. The raucous, staccato style of urban dance music has…
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Isakleksr, L Lewis, Wilted Woman / SCANNERS @ Deep Thoughts, JP
Last month I headed over to check out SCANNERS for the first time. Billed as an “underground electronic dance party,” I knew…
Oren Ambarchi — Quixotism
For the 47-minute Quixotism, Australian experimentalist OREN AMBARCHI recorded bits and pieces in different places all over the world over the span…
Eartheater — Metalepsis
Alexandra Drewchin, the Brooklyn-based vocalist for cosmic noise ensemble Guardian Alien (featuring Greg Fox on drums), is soon to release a new…
John Carpenter — Lost Themes
JOHN CARPENTER is one of my personal heroes. He’s directed influential and groundbreaking movies like Halloween, The Thing, and They Live, as…
PLACES YOU CAN HANG: (es)SB(ee)C(ee)
Originally published in the November 2014 Boston Compass, #59 PLACES YOU COULD HANG S_____ B___ C___ The best electronic music venue in the…
BEST NEW MUSIC 2014!
Well, 2014 sure has happened. It’s been tumultuous and trying and kinda funny and I’m happy to say I listened to a…
JAM CITY – “CRISIS”
Now what the fuck am I supposed to do with this, Jack Latham?? Jam City threw me for such a loop last…
DREAMCRUSHER – ANTIPOP
ANTIPOP is a 30+ minute kaleidoscope of dystopian dance beats and power electronics summoned into this world by Wichita solo outfit DREAMCRUSHER. The music’s individual pieces…
DEAN BLUNT – BLACK METAL
Dean Blunt’s version of Black Metal is not quite what you’d expect. The UK producer’s follow-up to 2013’s dense, sometimes inscrutable breakup…
SLEAFORD MODS — DIVIDE AND EXIT
Last year, writer and illustrator Molly Crabapple wrote a piece for Vice which made several points that I’ve been unable to get…
CARIBOU – OUR LOVE
CARIBOU‘s Dan Snaith has an ever evolving sound, ranging anywhere from techno to neo-psychedelic sprawl. Snaith once more upends expectations on his…
