Now Listening: Music for covens, dub technique, strange guitars
Records by OKO DJ, Jerod Rivera + Cat Lauigan, Moin, Mana Dealer, Maude Vôs.
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This Is Not a Year-End List
Instead, it's an open-format catalogue of the things that mattered in 2025, plus a lot of excellent records.
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HTRK's "Psychic 9-5 Club," eleven years later
Reminiscing on the Australian duo's third album, which influenced a generation of records to come.
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Now Listening: London post-everything, electroacoustic beauty, outsider pop
Records by Tracey, rest symbol, Khaled Kurbeh, Sunju Hargun, and Paul Arámbula.
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Now Listening: Ambient dub, mood pop, alt rock, joyous club
Music by Davis Galvin, ex_libris, sachi's mirror, Roomer, schuttle + Jorg Kuning.
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Now Listening: Introspective Dance Music, Crab-Walk Rhythms, Diasporic Drum'n'Bass
Records by Mineral Stunting, Plumes of Enceladus, Lara Sarkissian, Yetsuby, and Cahl Sel.
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Now Listening: Deep Drone, New Industrial, Downtempo Freak Rippers
New records from Grand River, Civilistjävel!, Rivet, Torn Hawk, and Enxin/Onyx.
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Now Listening: Cosmic Ambience with a Side of Jazz Drumming
New records from Reed Michaels, Freivogel / Sinclaire, DOVS, ASC, and Raven.
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Nine Records I Loved in 2024
Hesaitix; Thomas Bush; Daria Lourd; V/Z; Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance; Young Echo; TRii Group; Danny Daze; Dregs.
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Look Back: Icee Hot, a Bay Area Club Culture Moment
An interview with San Francisco club organizers Icee Hot, originally published in 2015.
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Now Listening: Charles A.D., False Aralia, 29 Speedway, Daisy Moon, Fergus Jones
Home-listening techno-house; micro-dub minimalism & phantom acoustics; body music as tesseract; techno-pop obsessions; bass music as galaxy.
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Look Back: Superpitcher — "Hollywood"
Mentioned: The Postal Service, 12-LP albums, Pachanga Boys, Burning Man, $1500 records, Brian de Palma's "Body Double," Philip Glass, Sufjan Stevens, philosophical inquiry, Ship of Theseus.