Music reviews tagged with electronic
Rob Padgham Stemwinder
Rob Padgham mines his record collection for inspiration, resulting in an album full of exploration.
Andrew Baer likes the music in the northernmost corner of the Northwest...
High Places High Places VS Mankind
High Places VS Mankind, while likely not titled as a rebuke toward their divided fanbase, again faces the task of assembling a full-length capable of matching the high watermark set by their too-good-too-soon singles compilation.
Ryan Pratt reviews...
MGMT Congratulations
MGMT follow up their frontloaded but catchy debut with an album that tries its best to be difficult.
Andrew Baer is fine listening to this but is far from entertained or intrigued...
Tanlines Settings EP
Two white Brooklynites playing conga-esque electronic dance music. How could you possibly go wrong?
Luke Winkie rethinks the bongo's musical merit...
Efterklang Magic Chairs
Danish visionaries Efterklang return with album number three, their first for the prestigious 4AD. A stripped down sound and a more direct focus means this is a record of pop gems to be truly savoured.
Jody White again discovers how less really can be more...
Toro Y Moi Causers Of This
Toro Y Moi releases his debut full-length amid two peaks, the popular reign and critical boredom of still-infant subgenre chillwave. Or was that glo-fi? And what about shit-gaze? Seriously, I read an album-review classified as shit-gaze yesterday... Anyway, well after Causers Of This is finished and released, Toro Y Moi has his work cut out for him.
Ryan Pratt mediates...
Jaga Jazzist One Armed Bandit
Jaw-droppingly tight, yet free-flowing and consistently beautiful. Have Norway's Jaga Jazzist already released the record of the year?
Jody White gets blown away...
Hot Chip One Life Stand
It ain't perfect, but download Take It In. Like, today.
Ryan Faughnder reviews...
Lindstrøm & Christabelle Real Life Is No Cool
Lindstrøm returns from the 57th disco dimension to supply us with more spaced-out grooves, ably abetted by Christabelle.
Take off here...
Simian Mobile Disco Temporary Pleasure
Sadly, they're not monkeys and regrettably, they're not particularly portable. But do they know how to D.I.S.C.O?
Joe Rivers puts on his glad-rags, and heads out to the city...
