Echoes in Motion rides on slamming drums with synths that suggest constant take off, hard edge bass and distorted textures. The vocals bring extra tension and emotion.
Discos Resaca approaches Cumbia as living art in constant evolution, deeply rooted in heritage. Founded in 2017 by accordionist and producer Ivan Flores, the collective has carved out its own space through live shows and limited vinyl runs, centered on hybrid Cumbia reflective of the region's diverse Latine communities.
Pacha New York aims to serve as a meeting point where global electronic artists, local creatives, and next-generation audiences can converge, fostering a vibrant dance culture.
Soulwax threw a rave at London's famed Abbey Road Studios, the first ever such dance party at the place where The Beatles and many more have recorded classic albums.
Detroit techno, austere and futuristic, grew out of Black/queer culture, sci-fi escapism, and the repetitive language of automobile factories. San Francisco's techno, on the other hand, fused an outdoor hippie aesthetic with ecstatic, UK-derived beats that had crowds mass-hallucinating UFOs on Ocean Beach at dawn. Both shared a deep funkiness, however—remember when people of all shapes and colors once danced wildly?
Green-House will release new album Hinterlands on March 20. The Los Angeles duo of Olive Ardizoni and Michael Flanagan has left their longtime home of Leaving to sign with Ghostly for the follow-up to A Host for All Kinds of Life. Listen to a new song from the record, "Farewell, Little Island," below, and scroll down for the album art.
Rockie does kinda feel like the album Donna Hayward would make if she could pursue her musical ambitions: She'd be influenced by Julee Cruise, for sure, and probably Chromatics, and Sky Ferreira, and what could be more Badalamentian than the cloudburst of synth that opens "On Our Knees"?
Footballhead by Calla Flanagan Footballhead by Calla Flanagan If you like emo, grunge, and other rock subgenres of the '90s and early 2000s, you should be getting excited for Chicago band Footballheads upcoming sophomore album Weight of the Truth, which arrives March 20 via Tiny Engines (pre-order). Three singles are out from it now, including Used To Be (which we named one of the best punk & emo songs of November) and the newly-released Diversion, which you can listen to below.
This release is about connection. Not in a strategic sense, but in terms of feeling part of a scene rather than orbiting around it. There's a lot of really strong music coming out of Australia right now, especially in the underground, and this felt like the right moment to place something there.