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Stream: Nate Young, “When Nothing Works”
Try to tap your foot to the elephant-stomp-like, reverberating bass note that kicks in about halfway through “When Nothing Works,” and you’ll get a sense of just how eager Wolf Eyes‘ member Nate Young is … read more »
Video: Mykki Blanco, “Feeling Special (Live at Glasslands)
Onstage at a sardine-packed Glasslands during her recent Red Bull Music Academy spotlight with Le1f and Laurel Halo, Mykki Blanco delivered a fiery, sweat-slicked rendition of “Feeling Special,” the druggy, Matrixxman-produced lead single from her … read more »
Video: Julia Holter, “World”
There is something aimless and dérive-like about Julia Holter’s vocals on new single “World,” as though she were making up the melody and words as she went along. But the little accents she dabs on … read more »
Video: Ellen Allien, “Lism Trilogy”
It’s hard to pick out specific, standout moments on Ellen Allien’s recent Lism album; the record plays out in one, long, continuous track, and travels so dreamily from one mood-state to another that it feels … read more »
Stream: Hubble, “Mingle”
Under solo alias Hubble, The Men‘s Ben Greenberg will take the tiniest of musical gestures—essentially, a grace-note-like snippet of guitar noodling—and play it over and over again until the listener kind of looses track as … read more »
Stream: Deafheaven, “Sunbather”
We got a first taste of Deafheaven‘s very monumental relationship to sound with “Dream House,” the thundering, 9-minute opener of the black metal-inspired San Francisco unit’s new Sunbather LP. The title track is a similarly … read more »
Interview: Jodie Wille and Maria Demopoulos, Directors of The Source Family Documentary
For the current issue of our magazine, we spoke to Hawaii resident Isis Aquarian about the five, very game-changing years she spent inside the Source Family, a ’70s utopian community centered around Los Angeles health … read more »
Stream: Standish/Carlyon, “Nono/Yoyo (HTRK Remix)”
Though Deleted Scenes is only their first album under the Standish/Carlyon moniker, the Australian duo of ex-Devastations members Conrad Standish and Tom Carlyon has already proved masterfully adept at sluggish, sexy, subtly wonked vocal dance … read more »
Stream: Pharmakon, “Ache”
“Ache” is the gut-splitting second missive from Abandon, the first widely distributed release from New York power electronics artist Pharmakon, aka Margaret Chardiet. Like “Crawling on Bruised Knees,” the first, it’s built on a foundation … read more »
Night Spa: New York’s Hottest Party
Brooklyn’s Night Spa is the kind of party that makes you question what a party really is in the first place. There’s a full-service bar and a selection of DJs handpicked from the borough’s electronic … read more »
