art pop
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For an album inspired by the cosmos, Planetarium is lacking quite a bit in the way of flow and harmony.
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alt-J’s third album is the UK art pop outfit’s most inconsistent yet.
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No Shape is Perfume Genius’ grandest and most eclectic musical statement to date.
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With “S.A.D,” Kirin J. Callinan delivers a cheesy, industrial-tinged ballad about drugs that may lack the sex appeal of previous single “Bravado,” but is still too slick and weird for me to resist. Kirin’s new album, also titled Bravado, is out June 9 via Terrible Records.
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Arca’s voice is a welcome addition to her otherworldly production style on her self-titled album, but sadly, many of my reservations about her past full-length efforts still stand.
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The Far Field, the fifth album from NC synthpop trio Future Islands, is a serious case of musical déjà vu.
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My boy Mike Hadreas is back with a stirring single about breaking away from the world’s hate, set to the most primal (though still elegant) instrumental I’ve heard him take on yet! It’s off the album No Shape, which drops May 5 via Matador.
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Xiu Xiu returns after a seriously prolific streak with a new collection of original material via Polyvinyl Records.
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Dirty Projectors return with an entirely revamped sound.
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Japanese singer-songwriter Shugo Tokumaru dishes out an incredibly dense and quirky variety of art pop with this lead single from his new album, Toss. The album is his most collaborative effort yet and, although it was released in Japan toward the end of last year, it’s getting a proper
