Nuit Oceān - FIRE DIVINE

October 23, 2020

Steve Mesmin, establishing himself in the ranks of soulful electronic singer-songwriters as Nuit Oceān, mixes broken-hearted vocals with broken-hearted piano and mournfully glitchy production that somehow summates to something less depressing and highly …

Digitalism - Reality 2

October 4, 2020

Drawn out to the listeners’ delight with extended mixes, Reality 2 is smartly paced for both club and couch. Digitalism’s latest project is easy on the ears, and unchallenging. It’s refined enough to seem obvious, but not oversimplified. What this project uses, it uses …

Joji - Nectar

September 25, 2020

Whoa. Joji’s learned a lot since Ballads. …

A. G. Cook - Apple

September 18, 2020

What the hell is this, I wondered, having listened to A. G. Cook never and wondering what an album titled Apple might be getting after. We’re dealing with a heartfelt man who’s helped as a producer to define the sounds of artists like Charlie XCX and Heather …

Da Vosk Docta - DOCCI (3SR)

September 4, 2020

The sardonicism continues with Da Vosk Docta’s latest release, DOCCI; crunchy percussion and honey-dripped synth leads intertwine in this bawdy wonderland. The Docta doesn’t leave much room for rumination however, with raucous nights and fatigued mornings …

Tame Impala - Is It True (Four Tet Remix) (3SR)

August 20, 2020

For those that hear a Tame Impala song and think, “This is good, but I wish it was even chiller,” Four Tet has answered the call. Sourcing from an artist whose sound is definitively unmarked and unmarred by grit, Four Tet …

Nicolas Jaar - Telas (3SR)

July 17, 2020

Assembling a crew of skilled technicians in their field, Nicolas Jaar has given us yet another deep cut. Usually deep cuts are uncovered in retrospect, but as Jaar moves further into the avant-garde with Telas, we find him making …

Tiga vs Audion - This is a Dream (3SR)

July 17, 2020

Tiga, our old frenemy worked with his frenemy Audion aka Matthew Dear to hit that sweet liminality Tiga so often reaches for in which seemingly diametrically opposed genres or aesthetics come together to form a harsh …

NNAMDÏ - Krazy Karl

July 3, 2020

Nice Job Nnamdï. Krazy Karl is not an easy person to pin down. I have no idea what qualities he would have. Fittingly, neither is Krazy Karl an easy album to pin down. Even experiencing its qualities first-hand, they are difficult …

Arca - KiCk i

June 26, 2020

Arca née Alejandra Ghersi is here with the first of a proposed four part series of albums. KiCk i explores the artist’s journey through non-binaryism and physical transition to female-hood through ruthlessly experimental and …