Hauntings, Dystopia, and the English Outsider in Guy Mankowski’s Albion’s Secret History
Guy Mankowski’s book on pop culture in England, Albion’s Secret History, celebrates the unsung.
Maria Schurr
Who Can I Be Now? Picking Through Mat Osman’s ‘The Ruins’
Mat Osman's mystery, The Ruins, turns excess into artistry.
Electronic Artist Kayla Painter Gets Esoteric on “Sacrificial Magic” (premiere)
Electronic producer Kayla Painter shares a video for "Sacrificial Magic", a song inspired by Fijian mythology and folk horror films.
Ani Glass Melds the Ethereal and Industrial in “Peirianwaith Perffaith” (premiere)
Welsh artist Ani Glass offers up the dreamy and ethereal synthpop of "Peirianwaith Perffaith" as her latest single.
Protomartyr Partners with Kelley Deal for Their ‘Consolation’ EP
Protomartyr join forces with Kelley Deal for two out of four blistering yet beautiful songs on their Consolation EP.
Courtship Ritual: Chary EP
Chary’s 15 minutes may be a little too pop to be post-punk, a little too post-punk to be pop, but the satisfaction gained therein cuts deeper and more succinctly than many of 2017’s full-lengths.
Wolf Parade: Cry Cry Cry
Canadian quartet return with a proggy, synthy, arty, indie wake up call.
Waywords and Meansigns – Recreating Finnegans Wake (premiere)
Mercury Rev, Schneider ™, and more pay tribute to James Joyce by setting Finnegans Wake to music.
Mark Fernyhough Premieres New Song “Steal My Love” and Chats About His Music
British-born, Berlin-based artist Mark Fernyhough shares his anthemic new single “Steal My Love” and talks with PopMatters about his creative work.
Peter Silberman: Impermanence
Antlers' frontman Peter Silberman releases the solo LP Impermanence which works wonderfully as a peaceful protest among louder glitchier new releases.
Parlor Walls: Opposites
Parlor Walls may have missed fertile earlier periods of New York avant rock, but Opposites is powerful enough to motivate an agitated faction during a crucial moment in history.
Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now (take 2)
Life Will See You Now makes no secret about exposing its tender heart, but luckily it has enough substance to rescue it from a Lifetime movie level of sentimentality.