2015
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仰望海平面 Light Shining Through the Sea by Cicada A pretty chamber music/post-rock project from Taiwanese quintet Cicada. If you dig that, preview the group’s next album Ocean, out December 2 via flau:
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A surprise 10-track mixtape from UK singer-songwriter/experimental hip hop producer Dean Blunt, featuring frequent collaborator Arca and a mysterious DJ Escrow.
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Ideation Deluxe by Graham Kartna A fun little set of MIDI arrangements from Toronto composer and video maker Graham Kartna, out via Beer on the Rug.
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At long last, Missy Elliott is back with a HOT new single called “WTF (Where They From),” featuring a charismatic enough verse from Pharrell. Watch Anthony talk about the track and its video at greater length below:
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孤雁 Gu Yan (Album) by ZURIAAKE A pretty impressive atmospheric black metal project, which as far as we can tell is actually from China — out via Pest Productions.
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PC Music popstar Hannah Diamond comes through with a catchy single and video that comments on romance in the social media age. Anthony’s thoughts:
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Goldlink comes through with an album of rap-singing that’s seriously hard to stomach.
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From James Ferraro’s new album Skid Row, out today via Break World.
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The penultimate track of DC rapper GoldLink’s new album And After That, We Didn’t Talk, out now via Soulection. Review’s going up tomorrow!
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With his new project titled Thumbs, experimental hip hop artist Busdriver comes through with some afterthoughts to supplement the stellar ideas he explored on his last full-length album, Perfect Hair.