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Barn Owl’s Jon Porras Gets Demdike Stare-y on Debut Vallens EP
The restless ways of Jon Porras continues with the continental drift of Vallens, a new project that delves into the same murky depths as Andy Stott, Raime, Demdike Stare and the various bleak electronic beats that we bumped in the pale moonlight throughout the year. Essential listening then, as supported by streaming versions of his […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Nosaj Thing, “Snap”
Nosaj Thing has unveiled yet another track from his upcoming album Home. Unlike the recently released “Eclipse/Blue” single–a vehicle for the vapor trail vocals of Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino–”Snap” is a strictly instrumental affair, sounding like a natural extension of the producer’s Drift LP…
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Daniel Martin-McCormick of Ital/Mi Ami
“Raw and live as fuck.” That’s how Daniel Martin-McCormick described his Ital shows the last time we talked. A simple but suitable answer really, considering how Ital fuses a lifetime of loving dance music with actually making the stuff. Before the project’s string of promising 12-inches last year, the producer/multi-instrumentalist was better known as half […]
Earl Sweatshirt Shares “Chum” Video, Reveals Debut Album Title
After some delays due to VEVO troubles and “The Man”–his words, not ours–Earl Sweatshirt has shared the symbolism-heavy video for “Chum,” the first single from his debut album Doris, which is due out next year through the rapper’s Sony Music imprint Tan Cressida. Check the clip out below, alongside the id-indulging mixtape that got everyone […]
Beach Fossils Announce New Album, Share “Careless” Single
Several lineup changes, side projects (DIIV, Heavenly Beat) and 7” singles releases later, Beach Fossils is finally ready to release the full-length follow-up to their self-titled 2010 debut. Due out February 19th through Captured Tracks, Clash the Truth was produced by Ben Greenberg of the Men and features a completely different lineup outside of drummer […]
Thom Yorke Reveals Details of Atoms For Peace’s Debut Album
Thom Yorke has shared a detailed note about the long-awaited release of the first Atoms For Peace album. Here’s what he had to say in its entirety: So finally I can tell you the Atoms for Peace record is coming out on the 25th February, it’s called Amok. The front will look like theez…
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Recent Boiler Room Sets From Regis, Laurel Halo, Cajmere, Redshape, Ivan Smagghe, Ellen Allien and More
Anyone looking to past the time with labyrinthe-like DJ sets–and the occasional live performance–should really keep their eye on the Boiler Room, which has been uploading their weekly podcasts to Soundcloud on the regular. In case you haven’t been keeping up with it, her are some standouts from the past month, including Regis, Ivan Smagghe […]
LISTEN: The Presets, “Promises (Nils Frahm Rework)”
As strange as the headline above may look–a neo-classical take on The Presets?–it’s not that much of a stretch given that frontman Julian Hamilton and drummer/producer Kim Moyes met at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Or as Hamilton puts it, “I still think of big synth pads as string sections, stabbing synths as horns, and […]