Detroit Dance-Punk Duo ADULT. Deliver the Goods with Exhilarating New Record ‘This Behavior’
Dark, dangerous, and wrapped in anarchic black leather, ADULT. return with a stunning record that matches the feverish spirit of 2003's Anxiety Always.
Ryan Lathan
Arts Marketer at Fort Worth Opera, Incubating Novelist, Ex-New Yorker, and Recovering Operatic Baritone living in Cowtown.
Studio Killers – “Party Like It’s Your Birthday” (track review)
Studio Killers' sexy, retro-futuristic paean to partying is pool party ready for the hot summer months ahead.
Fischerspooner’s ‘Sir’ Feels Like a Defiant Middle Finger at American Conservatism
Fischerspooner's Sir looks to ruffle right-wing feathers, and it arrives at a moment when the United States is confronting the realities of a profound ideological division.
The Best Dance Tracks of 2017
From the "shamanic techno" of Parisian duo Pouvoir Magique to Stockholm Noir's brilliant string of darkly foreboding, electro-licked singles, here are ten selections that represent some of the more intriguing dance offerings of 2017.
Cigarettes After Sex: Cigarettes After Sex
The Brooklyn-based quartet's smokey-eyed songs breathe with dark nuance, each devastating track allowing Greg Gonzalez’s seductive voice, one of elegant, epicene beauty, to blossom and dance in the shadows.
Foreverland: An Interview with Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy frontman discusses his latest record, cricket, composing operas, Gilbert & Sullivan, posthumous fame, musicals, his European tour, and "Catherine The Great".
C Duncan: Architect
From delicate, pastoral dream pop to intimate, electronic-tinged folk, the Glaswegian composer’s luxuriant vocal harmonies and intricate compositions dazzle with ingenuity.
“The Closer I Look”: A Conversation With Small Black
Recovering from a devastating loss from Hurricane Sandy, Small Black's Josh Kolenik crafted not only his best record, but also one inspired by loss, an affinity for Blue Nile records, and '70s American cinema.
Hurts: Surrender (take 1)
Hurts might have lost their little dark heart, but Surrender is still a rapturous collection of gospel-tinged pop pleasures.
Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us: An Interview with HURTS
English synthpop duo HURTS have consistently delivered visuals as striking as their darkly delicious pop songs. With their latest album Surrender, US and worldwide domination just might be theirs for the taking.
Peaches: Rub
The minimalist rawness of Rub is a stylistic return to form, one that evokes the gritty essence of Peaches's delectably smutty debut.
Shamir: Ratchet (take one)
Far beyond boxes and genres, Shamir Bailey's debut album Ratchet sees the 20-year-old arrive in front of the public eye, creatively unscathed and defiantly confident.