Michael Rother
Discusses His New
Solo Album and Box Set
Interview ANDREW PARKS Photography RICK BURGER Like many other visionary musicians, Michael Rother didn’t mean to write and wrap a new record this year. Dreaming just kind of came together as the Krautrock icon and his longtime label Grönland compiled the second half of Rother’s solo career in a seven-disc box set. “I was looking for new […]
Julia Holter Shares
Her Spare Cover of the
Fleetwood Mac Classic
“Gold Dust Woman”
Photo TAMMY NGUYEN To be totally honest, the first time we heard “Gold Dust Woman” wasn’t on the revelatory Fleetwood Mac album Rumors. It was The Crow: City of Angels, a questionable follow-up to the cult Brandon Lee vehicle that featured quite a few alt-rock also rans and other left-field covers like White Zombie bowling […]
Laraaji On…
Trance States,
Higher Dimensions,
and Sonic Mind Science
Photography DANIEL ODUNTAN Words ANDREW PARKS About an hour into our lengthy conversation with Laraaji, we ask the New Age icon what records he relies on when life gets rough. And the first songs that spring to mind are from his own records (“Being Here” and the two “Meditation” tracks on his Brian Eno-produced breakthrough, Ambient […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]