Karla HernandezAlthough it may be difficult to confine the music by multi-instrumentalist Chico Mann to just one genre, it is safe to say that his sophomore release, Analog Drift, is a quintessential New York album. With a heavy Afrobeat and Cuban influences...
On OMD’s first studio album in 14 years — and their first album featuring their original lineup in 24 years, the band immediately head back to their classic sound with “New Babies/New Toys.” The only difference is that...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Emil & Friends’ new EP, Downed Economy, is perhaps best exemplified by its opening track and title track. Although the most upbeat track on the EP, “Downed Economy” shares similarities with the other songs by featuring an...
In no time at all, the Decibel Festival in Seattle has apparently become one of the premier all-things-electronic festivals in the nation. Most electronic music isn’t really my bag; year in, year out, I know maybe one or two of the...
Nuclear Power Pants came off create synth-heavy, spazzy, lo-fi garage rock with an interplay between lethargic male and hi-energy female vocals. It’s certainly entertaining, to a degree, with tracks like “Uh Oh” starting off with...
The album cover for Flying Lotus‘ latest EP, Pattern+Grid World, features a close-up portrait of one of Portland illustrator Theo Ellsworth‘s intricate, feathery characters. With an album title like Pattern+Grid World, Flying Lotus...
An experimental rock quartet from the Bay Area, Religious Girls rely on common elements of electronics, gang vocals, and multiple drumsets to create a sound that lies somewhere between charismatic church service and pagan backwoods ritual. Here...
I was initially inclined to hate this record, but I found myself humming along by the second track. Seriously. Make no mistake that there’s an audience for a band like The Birthday Massacre and their fourth album, Pins and Needles. Less...