Fuck Buttons open Tarot Sport in brilliant fashion with “Surf Solar,” simultaneously taking us into the future and back into retro territory. Bubbling synths coated in layers upon shimmering layers of reverb give way to buried shoegaze noise and razor-like arpeggios, reminiscent of those spun so effortlessly by Underworld in their electronic epics of yore. [...]

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The prolific Jim O’Rourke has a new record out. It’s called The Visitor and it is his is his fifth album for Drag City. The Jeff Tweedy/Wilco and Sonic Youth collaborator has been living in Japan for the past four years. This record is ostensibly about the time spent abroad. The New York Times caught [...]

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James Husband has been a member of of Montreal for some time now. He was also a part of the Athens-based collective Elephant Six, playing with Great Lakes, Essex Green, Ladybug Transistor, and Marshmallow Coast. A Parallax I is his debut album. Polyvinyl will release it on October 27th, but we’ve been listening to it [...]

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