Cold Specks, "Neuroplasticity" (Mute)

Cold Specks, "Neuroplasticity" (Mute)

Haunting, folksy soul sung beautifully. This second album from Canadian singer-songwriter is ambitious and intricately assembled, yet stays true to the “doom soul‰” aesthetic of her past work. In fact, if anything, Neuroplasticity magnifies the doom with richer songs...
Whirr, "Sway" (Graveface)

Whirr, "Sway" (Graveface)

“World‰’s Loudest Band‰” isn‰’t so loud right now. Significantly mellowed out and more monotonous than their first two albums, charged, melodic guitars take a back seat to more prominent percussion and drier vocals. Without a doubt the San Francisco...
Zella Day, "Zella Day" (B3SCI/Pinetop)

Zella Day, "Zella Day" (B3SCI/Pinetop)

Airy pop for flower-crown wearing Coachella goers. Zella Day may not be a name you are familiar with, but her musical style definitely is. On most of her self-titled EP, Arizona-born now LA-based Day draws striking similarities to well-established pop artists...
Redinho, "Redinho" (Numbers)

Redinho, "Redinho" (Numbers)

For those of us here in the US, it seems like every time a UK citizen turns on the radio they get an exclusive new track from an exclusive new producer who defies all genre descriptions. In fact the game of trying to label electronic musicians has become so obtuse and...