Belarusian Fiction ‘Red Crosses’ Creates Story with Confusion
With its deliberately disjointed narrative shifts, is Sasha Filipenko’s Belarusian fiction Red Crosses a story of memory or memory of a story?
Stephan Wyatt
Chavez: Cockfighters
Twenty years later, the New York foursome's new EP does little more than make long-time fans yearn for their older material.
Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen
Kanon Pokajanen features Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's otherworldly exhortations on eternity.
How to Dress Well: Care
How to Dress Well's first album since 2012's Total Loss emerges as a sign of optimism in our all-too turbulent times.
M. Craft: Blood Moon
Blood Moon is a quiet album made at a time when everything else churned out these days comes with pomp and circumstance at wake-the-dead volume levels.
FKi 1st: First Time for Everything (Part 1)
With First Time for Everything (Part 1), FKi 1st continues to construct the supersonic bridge to the days of future past with their amalgamation of trap, drum, and bass tones that sound more relevant than tomorrow.
Mogwai Explores the Nuclear Age’s Benefits and Disasters on ‘Atomic’
Mogwai finds ways to balance their music to their political stance -- complete nuclear disarmament of all countries in possession of weapons of mass destruction -- with a strong emphasis of dynamics to match the themes of annihilation, despair, and hope, albeit bleak.
Digitalism: Mirage
As Digitalism continues to bring back the ghosts of old songs, Mirage demonstrates the duo’s willingness to welcome new ghosts, promising them a more audacious future.
Deerhoof / Ensemble Dal Niente: Balter-Saunier
Not one forgettable moment surfaces; not one skippable track presents itself in this era of impatient listeners waiting for the memorable or gut-punching banger.
Mark Pritchard: Under the Sun
Under the Sun is Pritchard discovering his own voice through the voices of others who continue to inspire him today.
M83: Junk
What connected on a deeper emotional level with Saturday=Youth is replaced by a chasm of wonder: what in good God’s name was the band’s central idea with Junk?
Eric Bachmann: Eric Bachmann
Eric Bachmann continues to age gracefully without sacrificing his youthful essence.