art pop
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“Lawrence Liquors” is the second single to drop from Xiu Xiu’s ninth LP Angel Guts: Red Classroom, after the stellar “Stupid in the Dark” back in November. Despite working with a limited instrumental palette of only a drum kit and analog drum machines and synths, Xiu Xiu is in
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With two tracks being dropped from it thus far, St. Vincent’s next record is shaping up to be her strangest. This latest cut titled “Digital Witness” delivers the kind of funky drum beats and peppy horns that graced numerous tracks on Ms. Clark’s recent collaboration with David Byrne,
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Art Pop is easily Lady Gaga’s most eccentric and colorfully produced album yet. However, she still doesn’t go far enough to keep her very radio-friendly band of pop interesting for an entire album–especially when it comes to lyrics.
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On her debut, Rings, I was pretty impressed with the seductive songwriting and primal rhythms that made their way into the songs of Caren Mesirow, a.k.a. Glasser. While her music was obviously influenced, it was still really enjoyable. Interiors changes things in that regard, however. This time around,
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Art-popper Julia Holter stopped by the KEXP studio recently and did an interview and a lovely performance of “In the Green Wild,” “This is a True Heart,” and “City Appearing” from her latest album Loud City Song, which is, in case you didn’t know already, one of 2013’s
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Singer and producer Active Child has a new instrumental track that’s just dropped on SoundCloud with little warning. While the song doesn’t feature the emotive lead vocals we’d usually expect from a song out of this project, we are getting some angelic background singing against some plucked
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The experimental stylings of New York producer Arca comes through on this new art pop single from UK singer FKA Twigs. Enjoy!
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Swedish singer-songwriter Mariam Wallentin–a.k.a. one half of Wildbirds & Peacedrums–goes off on a somewhat solo journey on her new record, Blood Donation. WATCH THE REVIEW
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The Canadian psych pop outfit Braids is back with a new track titled “In Kind,” which is set for release on the group’s next album, Flourish // Perish. The album is currently looking at a release on Fully Time Hobby in August, and “In Kind” is forecasting a set of
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Singer-songriter Jenny Hval’s sophomore full-length has its share of jumbled ideas with obvious inspirations, but sometimes her vocal expressions and songwriting are just enough to keep this album intriguing and somewhat moving. WATCH THE REVIEW
