Brutalismus 3000's innovative approach to techno is further highlighted by collaborative co-signs from the likes of Anya Taylor-Joy, Boyz Noize, and Underworld.
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Pop megastar weaves powerful tapestry of heartbreak – 8.5/10 Olivia Rodrigo was always on track to be a big pop star. She rose through the Disney Channel ranks, following in the footsteps of Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, who used their silver screen CVs to become Billboard chart-raiders. After years of vocal lessons, the TV alum […]
Oozing with summer vibes, ANOTR continue to dominate with groovy, club-ready house productions on 'Withness.'
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Michael Bibi, PAWSA, Dennis Cruz, Toman, Silvie Loto, and more come together on Solid Grooves’ annual Ibiza compilation ahead of the brand’s fifth season at DC10.
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GRiZ surprised fans by announcing a new album just two days before its release, marking his first full-length project since returning from hiatus last year.
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Skrillex has once again shocked fans by dropping his fifth studio album, SOMA, a collaboration-heavy project that adds to his production legacy.
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The Spin Cycle setting has been on overload the past few weeks, with a heavy rotation of wide-ranging musical gems that run the genre gamut. And while I’d love to have some sort of thematic quotient to every edition of this humble column, aside from the following artists being talented, fierce queer forces of nature, […]
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A favorite pastime of mine is to take long walks in the Buckman neighborhood, trying to determine from where the echoes of practicing musicians are originating. Depending on the day, an acoustic performance thrums through a barricade of bushes behind my yard, where an unseen troubadour routinely serenades the streets in anonymity. Multi-home applauses are […]
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The Chainsmokers join forces with Swedish songstress Oaks for an emotive retelling of her fiery love story.
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On her new album, “Middle of Nowhere,” the singer toys with two of country music’s great themes: her home state of Texas, and solitude.
I didn’t set out to cover two Portland metal bands in successive editions of Spin Cycle, but here we are. The laws of the muses operating as they do, the heavier end of the audio spectrum has been dominating my brain space in the weeks leading up to summertime. Even a weeklong sojourn to Kauai […]
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Riot Shift highlights the duality of beauty and chaos on their debut album, 'SCAR SANCTUARY,' landing on Aggressive Records.
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The trio could secure their first number one UK Album Rap trio Kneecap are on track to secure their first UK number one album with their second studio release, FENIAN. The group’s latest project is currently performing strongly in early chart estimates, one week after its release. If confirmed, it would mark a significant milestone for the Belfast-based […]
Hot Press Album of the Month: Brilliant second LP from rap provocateurs. 8/10 KNEECAP’s past 18 months have given them more ammunition for making powerful rap music than perhaps any other hip-hop artist in recent history. It stood to reason, then, that FENIAN was always going to be a great album. The record comes less than two years […]
The new 3Olympia date is set for December 2. Tickets are on sale now. Jessie Ware is set to play an additional date in Dublin 3Olympia theatre on December 2, following her previously announced gig on December 1 selling out. The shows are part of a tour which comes in support of her new album Superbloom, which […]
Inspired by his Mexican roots, Deorro's 'BOTAS & RAVE' features major Latin artists such as 3BallMTY, Voces Del Rancho, and Montez De Durango.
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It probably goes without saying that it’s difficult to choose just three albums to feature for each edition of Spin Cycle. Inundated by a flurry of cultural crib sheets, personal recommendations, and last-minute rando diamonds in the rough, whittling down to what ends up in this column can be an internal struggle. And being off […]
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On this day 10 years ago – April 23, 2016 – Beyoncé surprise-released her iconic sixth studio album, the era-defining, multi-award-winning, chart-topping Lemonade. Featuring contributions from the likes of Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd and James Blake, the album went on to become the world’s best-selling album of 2016, and has since been listed among the […]
Basscon Records calls on the next generation of hard dance producers, including Quarkee, Dev Lesh, B-Elementz, and more, for Devotions: Chapter VI.
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Occasionally uneven effort from art-pop star and dance maestro. 7/10 COME CLOSER marks a collaboration between the Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands and Norwegian electro-pop singer Aurora, and the fusion makes a lot of sense. It has long been apparent that the latter’s ethereal Nordic vocals provide the perfect counterweight to thwacking dance beats (MK’s remix of her single ‘I Went […]
John Summit's CTRL ESCAPE is a snapshot of the artist he has evolved into: a multi-dimensional producer who is free from being stuck in one lane in the dance music scene.
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Super Future brings listeners on an eclectic, bass-fueled journey across five tracks on his latest release, 'Technicolor.'
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Somehow, until recently, I hadn’t yet attended any live shows at the Get Down—the subterranean Central Eastside venue thriving since its 2022 opening. With a flush of seasonably accurate sunshine tantalizing even the most curmudgeonly amongst us this past weekend in Portland, I made it a point to touch base with the venue during a […]
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Career best from British star. 9/10 Arlo Parks has had no shortage of accolades in recent years. The London artist’s debut album, Collapsed In Sunbeams, won the Mercury Prize and secured the Best British Solo Female Artist Award at the Brits in 2021. Ambiguous Desire, Parks’ third release, is her best yet. Produced by Baird, the album […]
JEANIE and VAMPA team up for their first EP as Witching Hour, bringing their hypnotizing side project to life through the three-track effort, 'Coven.'
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Searching for the next drum and bass album that you can stream until the end of time? Wilkinson's latest body of work, Infinity, will fit the bill.
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Recent releases from The Delines, Anjimile, and Ora Cogan offer a salve in these changing times.
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If music truly is a salve for the weary heart, then I hope we’ve all been slathering it on nice and thick the past couple weeks. With the onrush of spring blossoms and the doldrums of wintertime peacing out in the rearview, it’s a time for transition, and for emphasizing the…
Kanye West shares first good album in 10 years. 8/10 Culturally, Kanye West has brought us into uncharted territory in the last few years. No other artist could’ve embraced the far-right, rubbed shoulders with Nazis, released a song praising Hitler, and still maintained even a shred of global cultural relevance. But Kanye West’s main problem this last […]
There are albums that entertain, and then there are albums that truly move you. BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ album does both! You can always tell when BTS makes a comeback. Their return shows up everywhere—from dominating global music charts to becoming the number-one topic across social media. The impact the boy band has on both K-pop and […]
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Skeith returns to Tabula Rasa Records with SOAR, a 12-track album that harkens back to the blog house era, featuring a sonic palette of house, techno, breakbeat, and more.
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