Hammer - Parabola EP

September 20, 2019

There’s something delightfully refreshing about the way Hammer makes music. It feels physical and alive. Glittering in cavernous space, emitting vibrations which echo off the walls and stack up to a larger-than-life sound. But it’s also …

Kornél Kovács - Stockholm Marathon Remixes (3SR)

September 20, 2019

A selection of tracks from Kornél Kovács’s spring album Stockholm Marathon have been deemed worthy of a second opinion courtesy of four shining examples of Music Makers. Robert Dietz sends ‘Rocks’ down a secret garden path …

Dusky - Imagine What EP (3SR)

September 20, 2019

Duo Dusky are back on their own imprint for its 25th release, and while I am inclined to call it a return to form, I will not call it such, as the two have not left their form; indeed, Dusky have been crafting and growing their form with …

Mary Lattimore - Quintana

September 15, 2019

Harpist Mary Lattimore slipped a new single into the ether this September via her Bandcamp page, and she thought we wouldn’t notice. ‘Quintana’ is a fifteen-minute amble through a grassy seaside mountain—windblown, haunting …

JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs (3SR)

September 13, 2019

Self-deprecating master Barrington Hendricks aka JPEGMafia has released All My Heroes Are Cornballs, his third and most coherent project to date, chock full of lyrical jags and broken beats. The album is by no means designed to be …

Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

August 30, 2019

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant’s sixth studio album as Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (often mistyped by me as “Normal Fucking Rockwell” and henceforward NFR) is a powerful record in scope, production, and narrative. Grant’s …

HTRK - Venus in Leo

August 30, 2019

Continuing their relationship with Ghostly International, HTRK has released their latest album. The big anti-rock moodfest titled Venus in Leo has haunt to offer in every track. Heavily textured, highly repetitive, and unflinchingly …

Skream - Song for Olivia (3SR)

August 30, 2019

Oliver Jones is here again as Skream to reel in the summer with a tasteful callback to the past on behalf of the future. Simple shimmering synth lines bob up and down on a blue-green sea of bass and percussive steadiness as …

Four Tet - Anna Painting

August 29, 2019

There is this unspoken idea that art has to be about darkness or suffering to evoke something of an audience. “Happiness paints with white,” to quote a professor from my undergraduate years who most definitely was quoting …

Taylor Swift - Lover

August 23, 2019

Taylor Swift’s new album Lover is too long. With false quirk and jubilee masked as maturity, the polemic artist throws up lines about leaving Christmas decorations up until January intentioned to relate to happy people that also are …