Whether or not you have heard of SHAED, if you have turned on your radio in the past year, you have listened to their collaboration “Trampoline” with One Direction alumnus ZAYN. While initially a single, SHAED capitalized on “Trampoline’s” success…
TYF Music Crash Course: IDM
Since the popularization of the synthesizer around the mid ‘70s, electronic or “digital” dance music has been incredibly relevant. Whether it was made more subtle, through new wave, or obvious, through synth-pop, the increase in technology brought a whole new…
Album Review: Hot Chip – “A Bath Full of Ecstasy”
Hot Chip have always had a streak of violence in them, most memorably in the title track of The Warning which warned: “Hot Chip will break your legs/Snap off your head/Hot Chip will put you down/Under the ground”. Of course,…
Album Review: Aphex Twin – “Collapse EP”
4 years after Aphex Twin returned from a 13-year hiatus that did his music wonders, this EP continues a run of EPs and Soundcloud releases that have shown a renowned pioneer fighting for, and earning, the respect and attention of…
Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never – “Age Of”
Age Of… what, exactly? That question mark hangs over much of the desperately bleak music on Oneohtrix Point Never’s latest album. The genre, mood, tempo, and volume clashes that comprise the electronic maestro’s music build into a chaotic portrait of…
Music Interview: Wantigga
When we were introduced to Wantigga, we felt nothing but good vibes from his chill trip-hop/electronica tracks. He recently dropped his new EP Suddenly Everything and it’s got five tracks we currently have on repeat while working in the office.…
Gettin Real with Chet Faker and Marcus Marr
Chet Faker and Marcus Marr have certainly gifted us this season with a work of art. Faker, an Australian electronica musician, and Marr, an English DJ, collaborated for a mere four days in the studio and produced a masterpiece. The fruit…