Jamie Stewart's bleak, evocative art-pop's always had an element of catharsis, a figurative purging about it. As of today it also has an element of literal purging about it. Here he is talking about…   Read Story »

The other day we heard the first sounds from Peter Gabriels' all orchestral indie rock covers LP, Scratch My Back, with his take on Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage." Clearly we've turned a fine eye…   Read Story »

"Lifted" is the first single from Lemonade's excellent new EP Pure Moods. Along with Wild Nothing and Beach House, it's dominating my playcounts this year. This track pits dubby bass to a riff of…   Read Story »

OK so the Grannys (right? Because of how old they are? Terrible.) happened last night, we've covered it. Hopefully you were doing better things, like watching Coldplay be funny on The Simpsons or, if…   Read Story »

Here's your jump if you're looking for some weekending brain-decompression via compelling and endlessly dope minimal techno jams. The anticipated third long-player from German electro producer…   Read Story »

That early, noisier Slumberland sound I rhapsodized about on the label's 20th anniversary -- see Black Tambourine, the Ropers, Henry's Dress, Swirlies, Lilys -- pops up all over the place these days…   Read Story »

Brooklyn-based Holly Miranda is about to release the Dave Sitek-produced The Magician's Private Library. You might remember her name from the Jealous Girlfriends. When she opened for the xx in Italy.…   Read Story »

Goldfrapp's first Head First track "Rocket" sounded like the Pointer Sisters with a touch of Xanadu. "Believer" should go over well at the roller skating rink, too. Listen at HypeM.   Read Story »

Percussive BK outfit Lemonade are working shit out on their great, heavily rotated new five-track EP Pure Moods, the followup to last year's self-titled full-length debut. The trio's tracks hit the…   Read Story »

Before diving into Cloud Nothing's Turning On, I'd heard the odds and ends Cleveland's Dylan Baldi posted: The immediately hooked "Hey Cool Kid" with its half-asleep sarcasm, the more caffeinated…   Read Story »