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Stream: Lindstrom, “Call Me Anytime” (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)
For a new 12-inch of Lindstrom remixes, Oneohtrix Point Never goes for an ecstatic, stuttering drone collage, which truncates the original “Call Me Anytime” almost in half and makes the calling in question sound like … read more »
Stream: Becoming Real’s Solar Dreams/Neon Decay EP
Becoming Real’s new EP, Solar Dreams/Neon Decay, is named for brightness and warmth and decay from a hot light, but there’s such an icy chill to the production that we’re put in an extraterrestrial mindset—you … read more »
Stream: The Walkmen’s Heaven
The Walkmen having been unveiling tracks off their seventh studio album, Heaven, with the slow consistency of old pros and in a manner befitting its prepped and polished sound. From album opener “We Can’t Be … read more »
Fatima Al Qadiri, “Corpcore (Kingdom Remix)” MP3
Kingdom slows down and drowns out the alarm sound-like melody to Fatima Al Qadiri’s
Video: Lemonade, “Neptune”
Directed by House Plants and Weird Days, who’ve definitely been studying and aestheticizing music videos from the early ’80s, Lemonade’s video for “Neptune” offers something for everyone: a strangely appealing shade of yellow nail polish, … read more »
Video: Darkside, “A1″
Darkside (Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington), give their dread-inducing-then-quietly-ecstatic “A1″ a cinematic treatment from Pomp & Clout, with a bunch of post-apocalyptic bedouins roaming the desert digging for crystals. For anyone raised on Star Wars … read more »
Video: Kindness, “House”
Kindness’ Adam Bainbridge has really got his music video game correct. Each release off his debut World, You Need a Change of Mind seems to up the creative ante and, particularly in the case of … read more »
Neneh Cherry & The Thing, “Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix)”
Four Tet’s remix of Neneh Cherry & The Thing’s Suicide cover, “Dream Baby Dream” reunites erstwhile collaborators Kieran Hebden and The Thing’s Mats Gustafsson. Usually, too many cooks in the kitchen is a bad thing, … read more »
Interview: 2:54 at the FADER FORT presented by Converse
2:54’s Thurlow sisters emerged from the perpetual darkness that which we imagine them only to play in to grace the afternoon stage of The FADER FORT Presented by Converse. They didn’t seem to mind the … read more »
d’Eon, “Al-Qiyamah” MP3
The first single from d’Eon’s new album LP is actually the epic closer, and judging from the sound, it will close out what promises to be a deep, electro-meditation on life and spiritual existence swaddled … read more »
