We’ve kept close tabs on the hyperly anticipated second album from The xx, and its time has (almost) finally arrived. While you’ll have to wait till next week to purchase Coexist via iTunes or Amazon, the fine and awesome folks at NPR have set up the entire album for streaming. Yaye! We’ve previewed as much [...]
4
Sep
Romy Madley-Croft, Oliver Sim & Jamie xx's sophomore album
5
Jun
Fourth studio album out August 21 from Wichita Recordings
Bloc Party has been working hard ever since they elusively decamped to New York in the winter of 2011 to create their fourth studio album Four — a welcome surprise for fans who mourned the band’s earlier announced “break-up”. While repetitive synthesizer anthems blow in a through breeze and Okereke’s vocals escalate from mild annoyance [...]
11
May
3rd & final installment of our feature with the reclusive producer
Although not a name well known outside music nerd circles, Amon Tobin has lit the interwebs aflame with his recent Coachella performance. We were among those that were there, and were properly dazzled. The Brazilian born, London-raised, Redwood Forest-dwelling electronic music maverick has always been two steps ahead of his sonic contemporaries. But with his [...]
27
Apr
Part 2 in a 3-part feature with the reclusive sonic magician
Although not a name well known outside music nerd circles, Amon Tobin has recently lit the interwebs aflame with a Coachella performance these past two weekends. It was, by all accounts, a cinematic tour de force. We were among those that were there, and were properly dazzled. The Brazilian born, London-raised, Redwood Forest-dwelling electronic music [...]
26
Apr
Part 1 in a 3-part feature with the reclusive sonic magician
Although not a name well known outside music nerd circles, Amon Tobin has recently lit the interwebs aflame with a Coachella performance these past two weekends. It was, by all accounts, a cinematic tour de force. We were among those that were there, and were properly dazzled. The Brazilian born, London-raised, Redwood Forest-dwelling electronic music [...]
7
Jun
Ninja Tune's bass virtuoso using digital mapping for upcoming shows
Ever pushing the boundaries of music — both in production and presentation — Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin, aka Amon Tobin, is taking his next project ISAM to the highest level of live digital execution. The Brazilian producer and electronic music soundsmith has decided to present his latest album with a live experience only [...]
29
Apr
Elegiacal indie confessions from Alpharetta, Georgia
There’s no shaking the undeniable catchiness of Manchester Orchestra, the Alpharetta, Georgia band whose elegiacal “Simple Math” has taken over college radio. At first listen one could brush it off as a very capably written indie pop song, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But at second and third listens the track becomes an earworm, and [...]
