electronica
Charlie Bertsch / 28 Jun 2023
Back to the Future
Decisive Pink’s Ticket to Fame
Ticket to Fame, the debut LP by avantpop duo Decisive Pink, isn’t likely to take them far. But the band's refusal to follow the playbook for success gives the record a staying power that hit-minded music rarely achieves.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 15 Mar 2023
Socialist Realism Done Right
Sleaford Mods’ UK Grim
If the UK had gone in a different direction over the past decade, if its leaders had remembered the people who slaved to make it great, Sleaford Mods might have become one of those novelty acts that disappear from view after a song or two.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 22 Feb 2023
After Music
Through Mazes Running, by Drew Daniel and John Wiese
Through Mazes Running, the new collaboration between Drew Daniel (Matmos, The Soft Pink Truth) and John Wiese (Sissy Spacek), toes the line between pleasure and pain with great dexterity.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 25 Jan 2023
The Dub Perspective
Rob Smith’s Jungle Archive Collection 1 and 2
How can we think about music historically without turning it into a museum piece, a beautiful butterfly impaled on a pin? Bristol legend Rob Smith’s new Jungle Archive Collection 1 and Jungle Archive Collection 2 pose this question forcefully.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 11 Jan 2023
Distance is Relative
TLM Presents…Vol.2: To Be Discontinued
Thirsty Leaves Music’s new compilation TLM Presents. . .Vol.2: To Be Discontinued makes for invigorating listening. Although most tracks incline towards ambient electronica, there’s enough rhythmic grit to distinguish them from soundscapes that refuse to provide a foreground.(...)
