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Music Dose
Amnesia Scanner's 'Tearless' Aesthetically Maps the Failing Anthropocene
Amnesia Scanner is the Berlin-based Finnish duo of Ville Haimala, Martti Kalliala, and Oracle, the synthetic voice who is described as “the third, machinic ghost-member”. Continue Reading
HAIM Create Their Best Album with 'Women in Music Pt. III'
“Give me a miracle, I just want out from this / I’ve done my share of helping with your defense,” HAIM sing on “Los Angeles”, Continue Reading
First Tragedy, Then Farce, Then What?
One of the most often-cited quotations of Karl Marx is a riff on the philosopher G.W.F. Hegel that all world-historical facts and personages appear twice, Continue Reading
Track By Track: Holy Hive – Float Back To You
Singer/guitarist Paul Spring and drummer Homer Steinweiss first met in 2005 on a Minnesota farm and soon began working on a long-distance folk project between Continue Reading
'No Modernism Without Lesbians'
It’s tempting to imagine a modernist deck of playing cards, with each of the four women covered in Diana Souhami’s latest book heading up one Continue Reading
Corb Lund Says "I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey" (premiere + interview)
Corb Lund’s latest LP, Agricultural Tragic, releases today via New West Records. The latest single is a duet with Jaida Dreyer, “I Think You Oughta Continue Reading
15 Landmark Dance Tracks of 1991
The late, great Tony Wilson of Factory Records fame reckoned contemporary music revolutions occurred every 13 years: the Beatles’ first album was released in 1963; Continue Reading
Smells Like MTV: Music Video and the Rise of Grunge
The first 10 seconds are iconic: an ashen ambiance, dirty Converse canvas high tops bouncing to the beat, white gym socks, sullen cheerleaders, a modest Continue Reading
Gordi's 'Our Two Skins' Is an Unvarnished Document of Personal Discovery
Our Two Skins, the latest album from Sophie Payten – professionally known as Gordi – begins with a bit of catharsis. “Aeroplane Bathroom” was written Continue Reading
Nana Grizol Reckon with US' Racist Past and Present on 'South Somewhere Else'
The Elephant 6-related group Nana Grizol have always been a thinking band. On their first few albums, 2008’s Love It Love It and 2010’s Ruth, Continue Reading
Mourning [A] BLKstar's 'The Cycle' Is Secular Gospel for Healing a Damaged Nation
The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in reissues of deep, spiritual jazz recordings from late the 1960s and early 1970s, allowing Continue Reading
São Paulo's Céu Returns with a Fresh Perspective on 'APKÁ!'
On her fourth studio album, 2016’s Tropix, São Paulo-based singer-songwriter Céu showed a more minimalist and sharply electronic side of herself, largely eschewing the acoustic Continue Reading
Khamari Battles Stagnation & More On Debut “Jealous”
Jealous is the debut single and first of five planned for release by Khamari, who initially built a following through covers recorded in his bedroom Continue Reading
ARI Tackles Her Inner Turmoil on "Cold War" (premiere)
ARI is a relatively new name in the pop playing field. That said, she has already garnered considerable attention following the release of her first Continue Reading
Eclectic Rockers Ryan & Pony "Start Making Sense" (premiere)
Minneapolis music scene veterans Ryan & Pony will release their debut album, Mochi Mochi, on 25 September via Chicago’s Pravda Records. The Ryan in question Continue Reading
Wesley Dean Encourages Us to Find Our Inner "Magik" (premiere)
Wesley Dean’s “Magik” is just the summertime pick-me-up that’s been prescribed. In uncertain times, the buoyant sway of the feel-good, love-heavy track certainly feels magical. Continue Reading
Pop's Alvarez Kings Find "Words I Couldn't Say" (premiere)
“Words I Couldn’t Say” is the new single from South Yorkshire quartet Alvarez Kings. The pop-driven single demonstrates how the group has come to win Continue Reading
Japan's MIREI Honors Sade With a Take on "No Ordinary Love" (premiere)
Finding the groove between in bittersweet lamentation, “No Ordinary Love” is often regarded as one of Sade’s greatest hits. Its intoxicating layers of textured sound Continue Reading
Threadbare Elevate Rock and Jazz on the Complex 'Silver Dollar'
Frank Zappa once famously declared, “Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny.” That line was uttered onstage for the sake of a good laugh, but Continue Reading