Lusine: Sensorimotor
Lusine strikes the same synapses as Tycho. That is Lusine's music feels designed to accompany visuals.
Landon MacDonald
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“If I Was a Studio Rat”: An Interview With Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle
With his band's first new album in a decade, Jason Lytle remarks that “my life and career would be so much different if I liked being indoors".
Bash & Pop: Anything Could Happen
Tommy’s question, “How long can we take it before we break it?” is a perfect summary of the Replacements. And if that isn’t what the line is about, well, I'd prefer to think it is.
Max Richter: Three Worlds – Music From Woolf Works
Max Richter’s sound is best served without real pictures but paired with your dreams.
Tobin Sprout: The Universe and Me
One problem with modern production is its reliance on mathematical perfection, and Tobin proves that genuineness is stronger than perceived perfection.
Cut Copy: January Tape
Cut Copy fans may enjoy this record, but ambient lovers should know to beware of what lie ahead.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Third World Pyramid
Psychedelia has a tendency to seem unhurried while keeping a tempo it can’t quite enjoy, and Third World Pyramid finds Anton Newcombe honing in on a progression that works.
Biosphere: Departed Glories
Vast, open expanses; flowing places full of emptiness and gaps; but at the core, always one thing: life.
Machinedrum: Human Energy (take 2)
Will EDM be destined to the disco burn pile? Probably, but, standing near the flames in 2025, you might take your copy of Human Energy, slip it into your pocket, and watch the rest burn.
Patten: Psi
Like Boards of Canada in fast forward or Aphex Twin if he paired up with a spoken word artist, being trapped alone with Ψ (Psi) would require you to find a psychiatrist fast; as an escape, though, it is thrilling.
Morgan Delt: Phase Zero
Delt sounds like a vinyl LP left out in the LA sun, with the melted wax frozen into a popsicle that melts perfectly while you eat it.
Irezumi: Thirty
Composing art for a relationship is one of the only tools we have to make love last forever.