London duo Oh Wonder have built their sound on a strain of alt-pop that stands out for its effortless cool, with its fitting of winsome amorous sentiments to clean, understated productions. Members…
The making of Hulu’s documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” began, as many risky endeavors must, by taking chances. For the highly accomplished Questlove, this…
Amon Tobin has been at the forefront of electronic music for over two decades, shifting shapes with an unparalleled abandon, and always exhibiting a consummate commitment to craft. In 1997, when the world…
At any given time, we can assume that the aesthetics of approximately twenty years ago will be seeing a resurgence. The form may be far removed from the original inspiration, often a caricature…
IDM, or intelligent dance music, was always a laughably pretentious term. Still, we need some way to distinguish groundbreaking, thought-provoking electronic music from the clockwork bass drops and mind-numbing, fist-bump fare of the…
Since her emergence in the late ‘80s with Boston indie outfit Blake Babies, Juliana Hatfield has maintained a fruitful output as both a solo artist and a member of sundry bands. She…
Julia Stone is a multi-instrumentalist and folk singer by trade, but you wouldn’t know that from listening to her new album “Sixty Summers.” Co-produced by Thomas “Doveman” Bartlett and Annie “St.
To some extent, London Grammar is a band out of time — or at least from a slightly different one than when they’re actually making music. Listening to their new…
A lot of musicians establish narrow but firm boundaries between their lives and their listeners; not Julien Baker, a singer-songwriter who’s spent her career trying with every song to get to the…
In 1992, Maynard James Keenan and Tool catapulted into the metal scene with “Opiate.” In the era of grunge rock, Keenan and company continued to demand attention the following year with their…
A band with plenty of flamboyant rock extravagance is Derby, UK’s the Struts. They combine the over-the-top theatricality of Queen, camp indulgences of the Darkness and the rock stylings…
With the release of their “Shadows” EP, there’s never been a better time for Zero 7’s uniquely…