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Goldmund’s Latest
Single Leaves Us
Hanging Like an
Arthouse Film
Keith Kenniff has shared the second official single from his looming Goldmund LP, The Time it Takes (Western Vinyl, October 16th). Streaming below, right alongside a previously released piece, “For a Time” is a teaser of a track — over as soon as it’s begun. And all the better for it. Here’s how it all […]
Andy Bell Shares the Stories Behind Erasure’s New Album, ‘The Neon’
The Neon is a place that lives in the imagination. It could be a night club, a shop, a city, a cafe, a country, a bedroom, a restaurant, any place at all. It’s a place of possibility in warm, glowing light and this is music that takes you there. Written and produced by Erasure, the […]
Avalon Emerson Covers
The Magnetic Fields in
First Vocal Track
Avalon Emerson has shared the latest exclusive from her looming DJ-Kicks mix: a brightly lit, keyboard-led Magnetic Fields cover that captures the DJ / producer’s voice for the first time. “In July 2020, my girlfriend and I drove from Los Angeles to New York City, mostly following the I-70,” explains Emerson. “We visited family and […]
New Order
Lift Our Spirits
With Synth-Laced
“Be a Rebel” Single
Photo WARREN JACKSON New Order have revealed their first batch of new material since 2015’s Music Complete LP. Originally intended as a teaser for their fall tour, “Be a Rebel” builds upon the synth-laced strengths of the band’s last record and makes quite a case for their next move. “In tough times we wanted to […]
Mike Cooper
Unveils New Album,
Robert Altman Nod
Kevin Costner kinda had a point, huh? As did Mike Cooper, for that matter. Flash back to the guitarist’s first Hipshot CD-R (1999’s Kiribati) and you’ll find disturbingly early signs of the self-inflicted wounds we all should have taken seriously decades ago. “[Kiribati] was dedicated to the people of that Pacific Island nation,” explains Cooper, […]
Casey MQ
Shares His Favorite
Boy Band Songs
“Watching old tapes of myself over the past year,” says Casey MQ, “I realize much of my childhood world was a multi-faceted obsession with boy bands. Before even knowing about sexuality, I was seduced by their guise of desirability: a five-men crew with subtle homoerotic tendencies singing about wanting ‘the girl’ and basking in the surrounding […]
Fiedel Makes Us a
Groovy Mix In the Spirit
of His Berghain Sets
Words + Mix FIEDEL When I was asked if I’d like to contribute a mix to this series, I immediately had an idea: More Power to the Beat! The rhythm of the beat is what makes my body move. As a DJ, I try to persuade the audience to dance to music I like to […]