The Canadian experimental R&B project the Weekend goes from riveting to underwhelming in its transition from its last mixtape to its first new commercial studio album.
Next month, French techno musician Gesaffelstein will be dropping his long-awaited debut album, Aleph. In the meantime, check out his artsy and unsettling video for lead single “Pursuit,” a song that superbly showcases his decidedly aggressive brand of EDM. Aleph is scheduled for release on October 28 via EMI.
Stream: The Field – “Cupid’s Head” A simple, repetitive beat. An interesting, chopped up vocal loop. Snail-paced, subtle alterations. In other words, it’s a new track from The Field. Helmer of the project Axel Willner has been pumping out this kind of music with awesome finesse for a few
Check out a new track from experimental electronic musician Brian Leeds, a.k.a. Huerco S. “Prinzif” is taken from his upcoming LP Colonial Patterns and is an intriguing piece of EDM, with its multi-phased composition coming across as quite grand, even exquisite, despite its fading and crackling analog esthetic.
New Zealand electro-pop artist Lorde is slated to release her debut LP, Pure Heroine, later this month. Above, you can stream the album’s third single, “Team,” whose upbeat vocal melody and dense synth arrangements coalesce into a piece of pop that’s expectedly glitzy, but also a bit dark.
Fresh from its recent tour with METZ, Toronto punk trio Odonis Odonis have a new single out titled “Are We Friends.” The track’s thudding industrial beat, piercing guitar tones, sonorous vocals and powerful hook add up to an exceptionally anthemic piece of post-punk. Check it out above!
Stream: Oranssi Pazuzu – “Vino Verso” Finnish black metal outfit Oranssi Pazuzu is known for incorporating elements of psychedelic and space rock into its music, resulting in a listening experience that is as colorful and vibrant as it is bonecrushing. This bold esthetic is in full-force on the opening track to
“I don’t recognize you anymore,” Sarah Barthel sings at the very end of Phantogram’s new single, “Black Out Days,” atop a surprisingly soft piano. I say “surprisingly” because the 3 and a half minutes that precedes it is a booming, electronic rock song with a hell of a
Juana Molina used to be a hit comedic actress in her native Argentina, but ever since 1996, she has been making decidedly less funny work as a singer-songwriter. She crafts a unique blend of acoustic and electronic sounds, and often creates labyrinthine layers of her vocals. Her new album, Wed
As we’ve already mentioned, electronic music producer Four Tet has a new album coming out titled Beautiful Rewind, and there’s a new track from it streaming above. While it maintains the particularly rigid assembly of electronic sequences that have been prevalent in Tet’s recent works, it does
