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Reviews & Commentary
Tuesday, December 18, 2018: 2018 CDs of the Month
Category: Reviews & Commentary
Reviews & Commentary
Myrkur’s Video for “Juniper” Wants Your Heart
Gothic artist Myrkur, the guise of Danish composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Amalie Bruun has a new video for “Juniper” about death, hearts and desiccated animals.
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Chemical Brothers Robot Rave in “Free Yourself” Video
The Chemical Brothers create a robot rave for their new video, “Free Yourself.” Their infectious song is married to I Robot style motion capture animation for a riotous effect.
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Big Ears Festival 2019’s Extraordinary Line-Up
Big Ears Festival 2019 brings another slate of diverse and adventurous music to their 2019 event. Read about the final lineup which includes Nils Frahm, Harold Budd and Spiritualized.
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Beacon brings Dream-Pop sound to a Dark Video “On Ice”
Beacon is the R&B-inflected dreampop project who create electronically driven mood pieces. They’ve just released their album, Gravity Pairs and an ominous video for the song “On Ice”.
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Jon Hopkins Apocalyptic Singularity Video
Electronic musician Jon Hopkins has released a new video for his track, “Singularity” with a riveting apocalyptic dance and fight video that hovers between love, hate and samurai air ballets.
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Here Come the Robots: Moritz Simon Geist’s Robot Orchestra
Moritz Simon Geist creates robot musicians. Kludging together real and imagined instruments, they are played by robotic devices triggered by Geist to create EDM Robots.
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Marissa Nadler’s Haunted Blue Vapors Video
Marissa Nadler is a diva of the downer song, swimming through an ocean of regrets and loss with a voice on the sad side of sultry. She has a new video for the song, “Blue Vapors.”
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Aphex Twin’s T69 Collapse Video
Aphex Twin, that denizen of all things electronic, drops a new single with a fractally splattered video full of mutated images, ASCII Text and a frenetic amphetamine score.
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Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers, Ann Wilson at BB&T Pavillion
Guitarist Jeff Beck is a legend who is still at the top of his game, pushing forward with new music and delirious guitar work. Read about his concert at BB&T Pavilion.