BEACH HOUSE — DEPRESSION CHERRY AND THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS
Dream Pop Duo Releases Dual Albums
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Barnett + Coloccia — Weld
Two years after their debut, the Chicago and Washington-based duo of Barnett & Coloccia have finally seen fit to unleash Weld, their…
Slug Bugs — Wanna Be Slug Bugs?
Wanna Be Slug Bugs? I kinda do! I can’t find a whole lot of info on this Columbus-based Casiopunk four-piece, but I…
Wume — Maintain
Subtle tremolo-like dynamics and unending variations of repeating lines are what make Maintain. It’s German-inspired, drawing somewhere from Kraftwerk and Manuel Gottsching’s…
Wume — “Ostinaut”
Wume has got it going on, in that Baltimore (via Chicago) style that I DO love!! We at the Hassle have been privileged…
Squarepusher — Damogen Furies
The UK’s ever-prolific electronic music master Tom Jenkinson, better known as Squarepusher, has just come out with his fourteenth full-length album. Some…
Hama — Torodi
He is a driver for a wealthy businessman during the day, playing his Yamaha PSR-64 at night. He has had his music…
PEINE PERDUE — “CERCEAUX”
In their native France, Peine Perdue’s band name translates to English roughly as “a wasted effort”, though if the video for “Cerceaux”…
Al Marantz — Forgotten Device
Al Marantz, the Cambridge-based writer and performer of regularly catchy, lo-fi pop tunes, has a way of reaching into thin air and…
Tetrolugosi — “The Milky Way”
TETROLUGOSI are a theatrical gothic synth duo from Ripatransone in central Italy. The pair are composed of Camillo Perazzoli on keys, organ,…
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…
JERRY PAPER — “REAL. NOW. LOVE.”
It’s almost like Mac DeMarco sent a challenge out to the world: “Hey guys, who can be weirder than me?!”, and Brooklyn’s…
