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A Lost Future Found: 30 Years of Hooverphonic’s A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
Hooverphonic’s first album, A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, is a bit of an outlier in classic trip hop. Unlike all the classic trip hop albums we have from the likes of Massive Attack and Portishead, Hooverphonic takes in influences from…
The Best Japanese Shoegaze Band You’ve Never Heard Of: Kinoko Teikoku
Only Kinoko Teikoku’s earliest three projects are truly shoegaze. They stand as relics of a short-lived period when the band created some of the most prodigious music of the genre, regardless of era or style. If in writing this I…
Let’s Keep Dancing: Rochelle Jordan at the Paradise Rock Club 3/23
If you’re at all tapped in to the world of alt R&B, you likely already know her name: Rochelle Jordan. She made appearances on popular electronic-groovemaker KAYTRANADA’s 2024 album TIMELESS and the 2023 collab EP Lover/Friend. But if dance-pop is…
Staff Pix 3/27: Synesthesia
“The Downtown Lights” by The Blue Nile In the rain, a solitary silhouette. A walker in a wide brim hat and a trench coat. Neon spills from the lamplights and billboards onto the wet, reflective concrete. Each step sends up…
YOU ONLY LOVE ONCE: Perfect Teeth by Unrest
At its heart, Unrest’s music has always been moved by desire, and their final album was no exception. It’s a romantic, restless, and somewhat reckless landmark of the indie-pop genre. Each and every track is humming with the tumultuous push-and-pull…