Stack №173: Feb 2, 2018

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Feb 2, 2018

Lou Rebecca - Tonight

Posted by 13 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

We All Want Someone To Shout For Follow “Photos by Matt Esposito British electronic outfit Ladytron returned with their self-titled 6th album Ladytron back…” on Oct 20th, 2019 →

The debut EP from Parisian born, Austin-based synth-pop artist Lou Rebecca has struck over a dozen sites in our index. 20JFG says it's "a manic sampling" of all their favorite things: "ultra slick guitar chords, angelic vocals, Hi-NRG basslines."

cuco - Sunnyside

Posted by 6 sites • On SoundCloud • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

Buzzbands.LA Follow “Teenage heartthrob Omar Banos — aka Cuco — took everybody by storm with his squishy, synth-drenched…” on May 1st, 2018 →

19-year-old Omar Banos tells The Bay Bridged that as a Chicano from Hawthorne, California making dream-pop, his music is a form of resistance. "I'm representing, like, a very unrepresented group." His latest is a blissful, hyperrealist drifter.

Caleb Giles - Wondering with SOTC (prod. slauson malone)

Posted by 1 site • On SoundCloud

Pitchfork Follow “Jazz saxophonist wears his MC hat” on Jan 31st, 2018 →

Caleb Giles plays saxophone in Crown Heights-based freeform group Standing On The Corner (Stack №137). On this solo outing as an MC, he lets some of the collective's warped jazz seep in, along with a sleepy verse from its co-founder.

C.A.R. - Growing Pains

Posted by 3 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

Routinebiteshard Follow “C.A.R. - Growing Pains C.A.R. – aka Chloé Raunet – refine her palette of glimmering electronics…” on Mar 15th, 2018 →

Out soon on Ransom Note's label, the new LP from Chloé Raunet aka C.A.R. (formerly of Battant) is a hazy mix of post-punk, electronica, and outsider pop. The album is about "coming out of the shadows (in all their forms)," she says.

Anenon - Two for C

Posted by 2 sites • On SoundCloud • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

The Passion of the Weiss Follow “Chris Daly is living under the Tuscan sun. While you and I were busy last April…” on Feb 22nd, 2018 →

LA producer/composer Anenon follows up his critically acclaimed 2016 album with a new collection of avant jazz electronics recorded in a makeshift attic studio on a 16th-century Tuscan villa. It arrives next week on Friends of Friends.

FEATURED ALBUM

Poppy Ackroyd - The Calm Before

Posted by 11 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

Bandcamp Daily Follow “Koenraad Electroacoustic music has a long, winding history that defies a quick summary. It began around…” on May 16th, 2018 →

Resolve, the new LP from post-classical composer Poppy Ackroyd.

GOOD MIX

Kazakhstan scene: Nazira

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As part of a comprehensive Mixmag feature on Kazakhstan's underground scene, Almaty-based DJ Nazira showcases "the rowdy techno sound of The New East."

GOOD READ

Pigeons & Planes on the fascinating rise of YouTube music reaction videos.

"If technology is causing people to experience music together in person less than ever, maybe they're filling their social music needs by watching strangers react to their favorite songs on the internet."

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