JMR — a.k.a. Joshua Michael Robinson — has cited an array of early inspirations including Radiohead and Ray LaMontagne. These somewhat musical lodestars come through in equal parts…
Sau Poler belongs to a cohort of like-minded, sunset-tipped beatsmiths including countrymen John Talabot and Pional, who have recruited the Spanish producer for their tours local and abroad. On…
Seoul, South Korea-based band Used Cassettes are far from their disparate homes — its members hail from South Africa, Canada, and Detroit — but their sunny…
Welsh newcomer Odeko is part of a rising tide of producers experimenting with U.K. rap offshoot grime's more melodic accents and sanding down its hard edges. On his forthcoming EP…
Vancouver, British Columbia’s Jay Arner knows how to rein in his apprehensions: with sun-baked glam rock. Arner lets us in on his concerns with "Crystal…
Israeli singer-producer Totemo released her debut EP Heavy As My Dreams last year, a five-track work of unpredictably variegated electro-pop. After a battle with breast…
Recondite, a.k.a. Lorenz Brunner, released his breakout single, 2014's ominous Caldera, on Scuba's techno-focused imprint Hotflush Recordings, and 2013's bleak LP Hinterland on Brooklyn's more experimentally beat-based Ghostly International (among other releases on additional…
The two members of Philadelphia duo PINKWASH, longtime friends Joey Doubek and Ashley Arnwine, have been creating together for the better part of a decade,…
Jorgito hails from a land-locked state, but you might know it from the Mexico-born, Reynosa/McAllen, Texas-based beatmaker's beachside aesthetic. Rambla, his upcoming debut EP for Austin label…
Grime has been seeing something of an uptick in mainstream visibility these days, about a decade or so after its first Stateside crest: Drake, an avowed fan…
On his third David Longstreth-produced studio LP, Azel (out April 1 via Partisan Records), Niger-born guitar wrangler Bombino parlays a variation on his Tuareg music and…
It's almost too fitting that the bassist and newest member of American Southwest-based trio Mirror Travel is named Meredith Stoner. Together with drummer Tiffanie Lanmon…
Houndstooth, the electronic label from storied London nightclub Fabric, will celebrate its third anniversary this year by releasing a 14-track compilation, Tesselations (out February 26), of brand-new…
The universe of rock 'n roll heavyweights adjacent to Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss sprawls far, wide, and extremely heavy. ZUN, the latest project of desert rock…
