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Album Review: Darkside – Spiral

Rob Hakimian·July 23, 2021

When Darkside emerged a decade ago, Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington were both relative unknowns; the Chilean producer...

Jasper WIllems·July 23, 2021

Compared to many of her peers, Annika Henderson’s artistic trajectory has been understatedly singular. Instead of clockworking between...

Carlo Thomas·July 22, 2021

From the first verse heard on Hideaway — the latest album by the Nathan Williams-headed project Wavves —...

Ethan Reis·July 21, 2021

The traditional Hindu practice of kirtan consists of devotional, musical chanting in a group setting, often call-and-response style...

Ray Finlayson·July 20, 2021

Like so many others, The Zolas had their plans to release an album in 2020 scuppered by COVID-19....

John Amen·July 20, 2021

With her new album, Luminol, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Madeline Johnston, working under the moniker Midwife, hones the...

Ray Finlayson·July 19, 2021

Charli Adams has spent most of her musical career reckoning with her demons. Growing up in rural Alabama,...

Jasper WIllems·July 16, 2021

Clairo‘s inclination towards subtlety and nuance appears severely at odds within today’s frantic attention economy. Claire Cottrill, a...

Ray Finlayson·July 16, 2021

Apart from maybe “Embankment”, with its deeply-worn sorrow and ache, there’s no standout single on Stephen Fretwell‘s new...

Tim Sentz·July 15, 2021

For almost 20 years now, NYC’s A Place to Bury Strangers have carried the noise-rock torch that was...