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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Life Before Autobahn: Kraftwerk’s Chaotic Debut Turns 50

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, Andreas Hohmann, Florian Schneider, Klaus Dinger, Kraftwerk, Ralf Hütter

Ralf and Florian’s first LP has been out of print for decades. That’s a crime.

Electronic

ALBUMS: The Avalanches Never Left You

December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Blood Orange, Jamie xx, Johnny Marr, Kurt Vile, Leon Bridges, MGMT, Neneh Cherry, Perry Farrell, The Avalanches, Tricky, We Will Always Love You

It only took four years for the Melbourne duo to conspire their guest-packed third LP

adblock Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Hip Hop New Wave Pop Rock

Well, Did You Evah: Red Hot + Blue at 30

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, AIDS, Cole Porter, Fine Young Cannibals, Jimmy Somerville, Jody Watley, Jungle Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes., LGBTQ, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Tom Waits, U2

The Red Hot Organization was launched in 1990 with a Cole Porter tribute album

Electronic Hip Hop

ALBUMS: Seismic Beat Science

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2020, Geoff Barrow, Heavy Tremors, Quakers, Quakers II: The Next Wave, Stones Throw, Stuart Matthews, Supa K

The guest-stacked second Quakers LP is a showcase for their most overlooked architect

Classical Electronic Experimental Remembrance

Remembering Harold Budd

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments ambient, Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, Daniel Lanois, Harold Budd, RIP, Robin Guthrie

Celebrating the life and music of a Great American Composer

Alternative Rock Electronic Experimental

Sound and Vision: Radiohead’s Kid A and the 21st Century

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 2000, Capitol Records, Colin Greenwood, Hatchette Books, Jonny Greenwood, Kid A, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Steven Hyden, This Isn't Happening: Radiohead’s Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st Century, Thom Yorke, Y2K

In his new book, music journalist Steven Hyden reckons with the English band’s millennial masterpiece for its 20th anniversary

Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial

Hallo Spaceboy: David Bowie’s Outside at 25

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hypercycle), 1995, 25th Anniversary, Aladdin Sane, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Iman, Nathan Adler, Space Oddity, The Heart's Filthy Lesson, Trent Reznor, Young Americans, Ziggy Stardust

Brian Eno and The Duke delve into The Nathan Adler Diaries for their most adventurous collaboration

Alternative Rock Electronic

“The Guy With The Best Nads Gets His Armpit Licked” – Whale’s We Care celebrates 25 Years

August 13, 2020August 18, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Beck, Curve, Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe, MTV, Suede, Tricky, We Care, Whale

Diving deeper than “Slobo Babe” with Sweden’s infectious, obnoxious concoction

Electronic jazz Soul

Good Co: Seattle’s Finest Party Band Keeps Swingin’ While Sheltered

July 30, 2020August 3, 2020 j. poet 1 Comment Duke Ellington, Electro-Swing, Good Co, Quarantine, Seattle

America’s best Electro-Swing band keeps expanding its musical horizons on fourth album, So Pretty

Electronic jazz

Jon Hassell: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

July 30, 2020August 1, 2020 Jason Gross 1 Comment 2020, Brian Eno, Fourth World, Jon Hassell, NDYEA, Seeing Through Sound: Penimento Music Vokume Two

The electronic jazz icon seeks volunteers for his latest sensory experiment (a/k/a new album)

Electronic Post-Punk Rap

21st Century Modfathers

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Ryan Bray 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Crass, Jason Williamson, Rough Trade, Sleaford Mods. All That Glue, The Fall, The Sex Pistols, The Streets

Sleaford Mods look back in the face of an uncertain future

Dance Electronic Pop

My Headphones, They Saved My Life: Björk’s Post at 25

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Michele Zipp 0 Comments 1995, Army Of Me, Betty Hutton, Bjork, COVID-19, George Floyd, It's Oh So Quiet, Post, The Sugarcubes

A quarter century later, the former Sugarcube’s sophomore masterpiece still has the power to transport its listeners to a better place

Dance Electronic Experimental Hip Hop Industrial New Wave Pop Psychedelics Remembrance

Florian Schneider April 7, 1947 – April 30, 2020: Year Zero Not Only Can Be Beautiful, It Must Be Beautiful

May 8, 2020May 10, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Bruce Springsteen, Florian Schneider, Jimmy Fallon, Klaus Dinger, Kraftwerk, Michael Rother, Ralf Hütter, Sonic Youth, Suicide, Sun Ra, Sunn O))), Terry Riley, The Eagles, The Rascals, The Strokes, Tom Hanks

Tim Sommer bids Auf Wiedersehen to Herr Schneider, a man responsible for a half-century of innovation in pop musik

Electronic Electronics

ALBUMS: What Me Worry? Satan Please!

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Crystalline, Denovali, Fields, Gavin Miller, Last Night On Earth, M83, Sound In Silence, worriedaboutsatan

Released ahead of their incoming full-length Time Lapse on May 8th, the UK electronic outfit worriedaboutsatan offers a glimpse of things to come

Blues Classical Country and/or Western Electronic Folk Gospel Pop Rock

The Great American Quarantine Tour: Week Two

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alexis P. Suter, Allman-Betts Band, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Devon Allman, Diplo, Tilly Foster, Tim Fogarty, Yo-Yo Ma

5 more commanding performances from the neverending living room concert

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