Whether locked in a deep, hypnotic groove or awash with squalls of distortion and dissonance, being at a Blanck Mass show is a galvanizing experience that hooks you in and doesn’t let go. On Saturday night (March 19), the show was at a cool, low-key venue in the Arts District called the Resident, which upon
Public Memory has shared a stream of his full-length Wuthering Drum before its release this Friday (March 18) via felte, and it’s the best thing you’ll hear this week. The Brooklyn artist Robert Toher, otherwise known as Public Memory, concocts this surreal electronic-meets-organic music, which is equal parts mesmeric and harrowing. Textural synths, stunning
A spectacular new festival is set to bring the worlds of music, science and technology together at the UK’s famous Jodrell Bank observatory this summer – headlined by Jean-Michel Jarre, Underworld and Caribou. The Bluedot festival, referencing the photo taken of Earth by the Voyager 1 space probe back in 1990 after a request by astronomer
A projector shoots a vibrant amalgam of colors onto a giant mural of psychedelic abstractions. Each color blends, and morphs, to the surreal sound the band is creating on stage. That band is the one and only Animal Collective – and it is easily one of best shows I have gone to this year so
Thursday night at the Echo in LA and the crowd is buzzing, lined up and ready for the one-two punch of Seattle label Hardly Art’s Chastity Belt and Protomartyr. Shortly after homegrown opener Shark Toys’ loud, fast set, Chastity Belt take the stage and immediately drop into woozy, washed out grooves that send the audience swaying.
Former One Direction star Zayn Malik has revealed the full track list for his debut solo album Mind of Mine. The singer posted the list, which includes his first single Pillow Talk, on Twitter and Instagram ahead of its release on March 25. The album listing features 18 tracks including an intro and an “intermission”.
The incredible punks of Wire have been working hard the past year or so to give us music. Last year they came out with a new album and just now they have announced a mini album titled Nocturnal Koreans that they will be releasing on pinkflag. The new single is simply enough titled, “Nocturnal Koreans.”
What happens when Yoshi and Adventure Time’s Jake the Dog take mushrooms in Mario’s Mushroom Kingdom? Apparently, the answer is a new video from Animal Collective. Featuring bouncing houses, bad weather and a brightly colored girl swinging double-dutch jump rope, Golden Gal is just as trippy as you’d expect. Laid back and layered, “Golden
It’s always great to see musicians releasing their music on their own labels, doing everything on their own, and giving a big middle finger up to the man. TOKiMONSTA is doing exactly that on March 4 for her newest album Fovere through her imprint called, Young Art Records. And it’s now available for pre-order on
Unbeknownst to many mainstream hip-hop fans, Stones Throw Records has played a huge role in the movement since their arrival on the scene in 1996. Being known as an underground hip-hop label using jazz and funk as a main sound in their music, many of their signees have played a huge role in getting this sound