Downtown Boys’ Victoria Ruiz Bites Back
The frontwoman speaks vulnerably about her experiences as a woman of color.
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Minais B Eroticizes the Electronic
As intimacy becomes radical, the sensible becomes sensuous.
Jake Meginsky Spins, Splits, and Spits Sound
“Fifth Gate” swings open to an alternate dimension—beyond the Pythagorean and the Platonic, beyond the shapes and forms that structure everyday cognition.
Giant Claw Gets Unfamiliar on “Soft Channel 003”
Keith Rankin plays with sound, tickling it out until it spills.
Stream Brian Case’s Walloping New LP
Overcast and portentous, Brian Case’s Spirit Design lurches.
Dance Your Head Off With Moon King’s “Ordinary Lover Ft. Natty G” Premiere
Sometimes, the ordinary can be infectious. On “Ordinary Lover Ft. Natty G,” the sparkling bonus track off Moon King‘s latest tape for Arbutus, standard kicks, punchy bass, and a earworming piano melody play out along a familiar house thump.
Hypoluxo Stream Delicious ‘Taste Buds’ on AdHoc
The shoegazey new album embraces all feelings, including boredom.
Kepla and Deforrest Brown, Jr. Recode History on “Absent Personae Postscript”
“Absent Personae Postscript” is weaponized history, rerouted through trauma, cybernetics, and orality.
Chino Amobi Likes to Stress the Distressing
Chino Amobi recently tweeted that “the best compliment” he got about Paradiso was that it was “unlistenable.”