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Natural Information Society celebrates its idiosyncrasies, warts and all
Monday, April 17, 2023
Unreleased for decades, Joyce Moreno's 'Natureza' is a snapshot of newfound freedom
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
Iconic at 50: Alice Coltrane's 'Journey in Satchidananda'
Friday, July 23, 2021
First Listen: Lee 'Scratch' Perry, 'Rainford'
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Classic Dose: Larry Heard
Friday, September 16, 2016
First Listen: Eluvium, 'False Readings On'
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Dâm-Funk's Time Machine Boogie
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Middle America At The Dawn Of Outlaw Country
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
First Listen: John Carpenter, 'Lost Themes II'
Thursday, March 31, 2016
First Listen: Leon Vynehall, 'Rojus'
Thursday, March 24, 2016
First Listen: Bwana, 'Capsule's Pride'
Thursday, March 17, 2016
First Listen: Prins Thomas, 'Principe Del Norte'
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
When the music of Norwegian producer Prins Thomas began to be heard outside of his native country back in 2005, it was crafted in collaboration with his friend Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. The material was deemed "cosmic disco" — a fitting tag, as the duo loved both the moon-boot-stomping beat ...
First Listen: Benji Hughes, 'Songs In The Key Of Animals'
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Until now, Benji Hughes has had just one full album to his name, 2008's under-appreciated double-length A Love Extreme, so you'd be forgiven for thinking you've never heard one of his songs. But considering that Hughes is not just a keen songwriter but also a master of the commercial ...
First Listen: Skatebård, 'CDIII'
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
To best understand electronic producer Bård Aasen Lødemel's mischievous, irreverent musical nature, cue up his 2008 remix of fellow Norwegian Annie's "Two Of Hearts." A cover of Stacey Q's 1986 freestyle hit, Annie's version is exacting, but in his eight-minute "Skatebård's High Energy In The Night" remix, Lødemel ...
First Listen: Chris Walla, 'Tape Loops'
Wednesday, October 07, 2015
Chris Walla spent 17 years as a songwriter, guitarist and producer for Death Cab For Cutie, and Tape Loops is his first solo album since leaving the band in 2014. But if you're inclined to resist a solo record by "the other guy" from Death Cab, know that ...
First Listen: Autre Ne Veut, 'Age Of Transparency'
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Along with artists like How To Dress Well and Holy Other, Autre Ne Veut makes music that's sometimes categorized as "PBR&B," suggesting a point where indie pop (ironically) meets modern R&B. Autre Ne Veut's Arthur Ashin uses R&B tropes in his music, but rather than soundtrack a romantic moment, ...
First Listen: Petite Noir, 'La Vie Est Belle/Life Is Beautiful'
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
Yannick Ilunga, the South African musician who records under the name Petite Noir, was born to a Congolese father and an Angolan mother; as a young child, he was relocated to Cape Town by his parents when the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo deteriorated. But listen to "Freedom," from ...
First Listen: Dam-Funk, 'Invite The Light'
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Three years ago, to help celebrate the label's 10-year anniversary, Seattle's Light In The Attic imprint asked Ariel Pink and Dâm-Funk to cover an obscure blue-eyed soul song from 1979, Donnie and Joe Emerson's "Baby." On paper, it seemed like an odd pairing, in that Ariel Pink was known ...
First Listen: Destroyer, 'Poison Season'
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
While membership in Canadian power-pop supergroup The New Pornographers brought attention from a generation of indie-rock fans, Dan Bejar was already two albums deep into his solo project, Destroyer. Bejar's earliest albums reveled in glam at a time when such archness and excess stood at odds with the ...
First Listen: Advance Base, 'Nephew In The Wild'
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
In 2003, the judicious and chic Parisian shop Colette released its fifth compilation CD, featuring an early DJ mix from DFA's James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy. Their set ranged from post-punk like Cabaret Voltaire to labelmates The Rapture and The Juan Maclean, before wrapping things up with a primitive and ...
