Mount Kimbie – The Sunset Violent | Growing Up Never Sounded So Good
I talk often about artistic growth. Hearing a favorite musician organically expand their palette makes me happy. Experimenting...
electro pop
electro pop
APN’s Indie Inspection – August 2023
Welcome to “The Indie Inspection!” In this monthly feature, I dive into new releases from a handful of...
APN’s Indie Inspection – October 2022
Welcome to The Indie Inspection! In this monthly feature, I dive into new releases from a handful of...
Primer – Incubator | The Profound Pull of Professional, Polished Pop
Recently, I’ve been analyzing the intersection of ambition and execution, especially when it comes to art. It’s been...
Fever Ray: Plunge | Unsettling Pop for Unsettling Times
On Plunge, Fever Ray declares “You might not want to hear this, but you need to hear it, and you’ll really like it. Because I’m really fucking persuasive.”
Sylvan Esso asks “What Now”? and I Say: We Dance
I need you to go see Sylvan Esso live this summer. I need to you blast What Now in your room and dance. I need you to fall in love with someone.
The xx: I See You | New Ideas are Good
Is I See You an accessible record that plays with pop sensibilities in ways The xx never attempted in the past? Absolutely.
S U R V I V E : RR7349 | Beyond the Stranger Things Soundtrack
On RR7349, Survive's created a record of expertly crafted ‘80s-inflected synth-pop and prove there's more to the band than the Stranger Things soundtrack.
Foretaste: Space Echoes | They Like ‘80s Music!
Foretaste's new LP Space Echoes is a fun, 80s-indebted pop record writes Adam Newton, and a really good pastiche, but ultimately still a pastiche.
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver 33 1/3 | A Frustrating Read
The unheralded problem with the 33 1/3 series of books is that one of them will probably piss...