Mutation as a form as music
Tim Hecker warns of an apocalyptic dawn with transcendental acceptance.
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REDUXER: Turning Water Into Wine
Where RELAXER was a fairly uninspiring mark of alt-J running out of new ideas with a sound that almost embraced their TV-ad music status, alt- J’s REDUXER has taken the same material and reworked it into something masterful.
Minimum to maximum, ambient to aggressive
Aggression has, for the most part, been a matter of force or damage. They yell, the guitars scream, the drums roar. All a product of man’s basest tendencies, a primitive release. Reining it back, Live 2002, is in many ways a controlled exploration of the impulses preceding the violence.
With a new Chance the Rapper project supposedly on the way, let us revisit his iconic Acid Rap mixtape
It’s simultaneously becoming increasingly easy and difficult to ignore Kanye West. Apparently, he’s been “working on” a new Chance the Rapper album. What that means or whether it even matters (see the substandard Ye or elusive Yahndi) is to be seen. Still, let’s take this as an
The Hippo in the room: toxic masculinity
Following up a debut LP as well-received and enjoyable as Landmark was bound to be a tough job for Hippo Campus. The American Midwest’s breeziest indie rock band have not shied away from the pressure though, and have just released a record that – despite not being a big
Fresh albums: Thee Oh Sees, Gregory Alan Isakov
The new Isakov album is out today... And I haven’t listened to it yet because I’m writing this piece on a Wednesday. But it’s spawned enough singles to be recommended to me on Spotify anyhow as an EP, “Dark, Dark, Dark,” after the lead single on the
While you were away...
It was, as it very often is, a turbulent summer for music. In this, the first edition of the new academic year, our music editors take you through some of their personal highlights (and lowlights) of the past few months’ releases.
Welcome to the pleasuredome
Hello and welcome to, what is objectively, the best section of Felix. We shall be your editors for this evening.
New term, hoo dis? The 2018 album prospectus
Some albums are destined for greatness. I treasure the rest, and hoard them in my squalid flat.
Every Microsoft Windows startup sound, ranked
The Windows boot sounds are unknown gems of the music world. Brian Eno was a collaborator! 12. Windows 98 Plus! Legitimately awful. I can’t believe the marketing theme thought this was a good idea. If I heard this noise out of my computer, I’d try to put it
What do we talk about when we talk about music?
Music Editor Henry Eshbaugh signs off the year with an impassioned plea to participate.
The times, they are a-changin’: a precarious balance of alienation and progression
This article started life as a thinkpiece. It then became a listicle, before reverting back to thinkpiece. Whatever form it now takes, it’s my final article of the year so you’d better bloody enjoy it.