Xeno & Oaklander Venture Into Outer Space in “Insomnia” Video
Watch its world premiere and stream their new album
Forma’s John Also Bennett Shares His Solo Debut, Erg Herbe
Photography JULIE CALBERT As if John Also Bennett wasn’t busy enough working with Christina Vantzou, Seabat, and his longtime band Forma over the past year, the composer/multi-instrumentalist also managed to wrap his first proper solo record under the alias JAB. Now available through Shelter Press, Erg Herbe pulls together long-gestating ideas from the past decade […]
Holly Herndon Gives Birth to A.I. Baby on New Album PROTO
"I don’t want to live in a world in which humans are automated off stage"
Kilchhofer Breaks Down the Swiss Films, Customs, and Songs That Shaped His Experimental Sound
From Christian Zehnder to Schöni Chlaus
Daniel Thorne Breaks Down His Bombastic New Album
Photography ALEX KOZOBOLIS While it eventually comes up for air, Daniel Thorne’s debut album starts with a violent shake—a clarion call to put your mobile devices down and pay attention. It’s as if the Immix Ensemble founder had a movie in mind when he wrote Lines of Sight, a riveting Erased Tapes record that paints in broad […]
Ritual Howls Stop Being Polite and Start Getting Post-Apocalyptic
Photo VINNIE MASSIMINO One thing we can’t seem to wrap our collective heads around these days is how we all ended up walking on eggshells around one another—closing all lines of communication to keep everyone comfortable, no matter what. Between the state of the union and the toxicity of our cities, shouldn’t we all be […]
Eliza Bagg Makes Us a Mixtape of Vocal-Led Music, From Johann Sebastian Bach to Jlin
Words ELIZA BAGG The human voice is somehow both the most simple instrument we have and the richest tool available to us. It’s my primary instrument as a performer, but recently in my own songwriting I’ve become interested in it more as a creative tool—the paths it can lead you down if you begin with […]
Michael Rother On… The Songs That Shaped Him, From Roxy Music to Little Richard
Michael Rother hasn’t released a new solo record in 15 years, and frankly, he doesn’t have to. Not when a quick scan of the guitarist/keyboardist’s back catalogue reads like a lengthy checklist of revelatory Krautrock, including countless head-on collisions with Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit and super producer Conny Plank; a crucial run of post-Kraftwerk records […]
Eluvium Readies First Solo Piano Record in 15 Years
Eluvium has shared the details surrounding his first solo piano album since 2004’s An Accidental Memory in the Case Of Death LP. Due out May 31st through the composer’s longtime label Temporary Residence Ltd., the aptly named Pianoworks features 13 new pieces in several different formats. The most luxe of which is a triple LP […]