On his BBC Radio 1 residency last week, James Blake offered up “Modern Soul,” a sneak preview for his forthcoming Radio Album. It’s everything you’d expect from the downtempo maestro: Ride […]
MUSIC: Johan – Danger_us
“Danger_us” from Boston underground artist Johan kicks off with a lonely blues melody and apocalyptic bass drum. But before things get too O Brother Where Art Thou, electro pulses, […]
MUSIC: Gallant – Blue Bucket of Gold (feat. Sufjan Stevens)
“Blue Bucket of Gold,” the album closer off Sufjan Stevens’ excellent Carrie & Lowell, was already a dramatic affair—as with much of the 2015 album, it found Stevens […]
MUSIC: Skizzy Mars – Crash (feat. Pell)
The lead single off Skizzy Mars’ forthcoming full-length Alone Together, “Crash” delivers on the promise of his early-2015 EP, Red Balloon Project The aquatic atmospherics on “Crash” come courtesy of producer […]
Top Five: Best EPs of 2015
‘Tis the season for all those end-of-year Top Singles and Best Albums listicles. We’re splitting the difference with a list of the five EPs that were most deserving […]
MUSIC: Adrian Younge – Sittin' By The Radio
You may know Adrian Younge best from his cinematic production on Ghostface Killah’s Twelve Reasons to Die and its sequel. With retro instrumentation strokes, Younge painted the moody backgrounds for […]
MUSIC: The Knocks – New York City (feat. Cam'ron)
EDM mavens The Knocks enlisted Cam’ron for this compelling ode to their city. It serves as a neat rejoinder to the 2009 Jay Z/Alicia Keys smash “Empire State of Mind”: […]
Kaytranada and Friends at the Echoplex LA
Night 22 of Red Bull’s 30 Days in LA series was a Canadian fête of sorts. The Echoplex, with its low ceilings, eerily dim lighting, and elongated dance […]
MUSIC: Jimi Charles Moody – Blue Honey
Who is this masked man? It’s tough to be a recluse in 2015, but Jimi Charles Moody is managing it so far. By simply releasing single after fantastic […]
MUSIC: Wet – Weak
From the hotly anticipated fall release Don’t You comes “Weak,” the new single from much-buzzed about Brooklyn trio Wet. “Weak” hews closely to the band’s signature, ‘90s R&B-inflected […]