I Dream of Wires: Richard Evans’ ‘Listening to the Music the Machines Make’
Electropop history Listening to the Music the Machines Make comprehensively and at times humorously zeros in on five critical years in UK music.
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Paved with Good Inventions: Norway’s Anja Garbarek on Her Journey Back to Music with ‘The Road Is Just a Surface’
Just beneath Anja Garbarek's deceptively cool and composed music are the raucous emotions of a fevered storyteller, trying desperately to impart an often startling and vicious truth.
Ms. John Soda: Loom
German duo running on radio silence since 2006 returns with a strong, smart showing. The message? The less things change, the more they stay the same.
Chvrches: Under the Tide (EP)
Chvrches serve up an EP of remixes likely to send you back to their original iterations.
The Postal Service: Everything Will Change
Surprisingly, a bunch of sentimental laptop pop songs from ten years ago (Give Up) make for a dynamic and engaging live show.