Jun 26, 2023 Music So, I Set Myself a Problem by A Great Cloud of Witnesses (Review) This instrumental EP from Luxury’s Lee Bozeman contains one of the prettiest songs I’ve heard in awhile.
Apr 6, 2022 Music Between the Worlds by Martin Stürtzer (Review) An hour’s worth of ambient dub techno that takes the listener on a journey through the interstellar void.
Oct 11, 2021 Music Dependency by Western Edges (Review) The former Hood member’s latest is an ode to underground garage, techno, and ambient music from the ’90s.
Apr 28, 2021 Music Yume No Machi by Opus Science Collective (Review) Opus Science Collective’s latest is a love letter to all things city pop.
Mar 4, 2021 Music L.Y.F by Hong Kong Express (Review) Hong Kong Express’ final album for the Dream Catalogue label is appropriately pensive and elegiac.
Feb 12, 2021 Music This Quiet Fire by Heligoland (Review) Absolutely worth checking out if you’ve ever found yourself pining for the “classic” 4AD sound.
Jun 30, 2020 Music With Puzzlewood, Plone Invites Listeners Into an Analog Synth Wonderland (Review) Puzzlewood is the retro-futurist synth band’s first album in over two decades — and it’s a welcome return.
Jun 15, 2020 Music Chromeo’s Quarantine Casanova is Your New Pandemic Jam (Review) The electro-funk duo tackles the pandemic and quarantine life with their trademark grooves and cheekiness.
Apr 21, 2020 Music Roy by Makeup and Vanity Set (Review) One of synthwave’s finest concludes his Blade Runner-inspired series of EPs with a tribute to Rutger Hauer.
Feb 11, 2020 Music Streams by State Azure (Review) This four-hour collection of improvised ambient/electronic music is as spacious and expansive as its cosmic cover art suggests.
Nov 22, 2019 Music Signal Flow by A.L.I.S.O.N (Review) A dreamy, contemplative release existing at the liminal space between synthwave and vaporwave.
May 4, 2019 Music Invincible by Jyradelix (Review) This side-project by Christian industrial act Mortal exchanged their usual sound for upbeat, rave-friendly dance music.
Mar 22, 2019 Music Before We Rise by Bückle/Vogt (Review) The duo’s debut EP recalls late-’90s and early-’00s indietronica and trip-hop.
Mar 9, 2019 Music ASC’s The Waves Invites Listeners to Lose Themselves Within Its Shadowy Depths (Review) James Clements’ latest collection of ambient techno evokes uncharted and mysterious ocean depths.
Jan 23, 2019 Music Summer Touch by Macross 82 – 99 (Review) The producer’s future funk is warm, infectious, and perfect for chasing those winter blues away.
Oct 31, 2018 Music The Thin Place by Young Hierophant (Review) Inspired by classic horror soundtracks and ’70s educational films, Young Hierophant crafts otherworldly (yet catchy) electronic music.
Oct 23, 2018 Music Launchable Socks’ Quiet Magic Lulls Listeners with its Dreamy, Whimsical Electronica (Review) Joost Kraaijenbrink’s whimsical indietronica sometimes blurs together, but it also contains numerous delights.
Oct 22, 2018 Music Seen and Unseen by The Green Kingdom (Review) A sense of great care and precision always permeates The Green Kingdom’s music.
Jul 7, 2018 Music Ways of Seeing Is The Advisory Circle’s Most Accessible Album, But It’s Still Pretty Weird (Review) The Council’s latest takes the Ghost Box aesthetic in more straightforward — though still odd and otherworldly — directions.
Feb 7, 2018 Music The Honeybear by Hampshire & Foat (Review) This “children fairytale book concept album” is full of enchanting, beguiling music.