Consistent musical quality and perpetual growth are the calling cards of the Australian electro dance wizard, Dan Whitford, of Cut Copy. Sailing into his fifth full-length album, Haiku From Zero, since forming the dance-centric quartet in 2001 – the obvious is revealed to show Whitford indisputably touts the Midas touch. Haiku From Zero deftly samples afro-beat rhythms, tropical soundscapes,…
Ariel Pink, like his music, is a curious swirl of fantasy, existentialism, and abounding magnetism. Dedicated to Bobby Jameson is Pink’s first solo album since 2014’s pom pom, and his trademark lo-fi sound, while present on the album, continues to get stretched and reinvented throughout. The 13-track effort’s title is an ode to a real-life Los Angeles musician…
The echoes of the mid-2000’s indie rock are boomeranging back in the full force and Philadelphia-based quartet, The Districts, aren’t shy about purveying it. On their third full-length album, Popular Manipulations, these earnest Pennsylvanians tunnel deep into emotionally fraught songwriting with eclectic influences from artists who are familiar to anyone who has been listening to music…
It’s ironic how a collection of castoffs and orphaned gems can blend into a masterpiece that almost proves more profound than the artist’s previous six records. Beach House, the bittersweet noir-electro duo from Baltimore, is coming off the well-received 2015 releases of Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars, but you don’t have to be…