Dâm Funk and Nite Jewel’s “Let Me ...

In a recent L.A. Times feature, Ramona Gonzalez (aka Nite Jewel) expressed her general disinterest in collaboration. In particular, she voiced an aversion to working with musicians who don’t have “full confidence or composure with their art.” Given this stipulation, it makes sense she’d still partner with fellow L.A. resident Dâm Funk, an artist who’s never wavered from his devotion to his Modern Funk ethos. “Let Me Be Me,” from the forthcoming Nite-Funk EP, serves as both a breezy party track and the duo’s manifesto. “You wanna know how far I’ll go,” Jewel coos backed by...

Pitchfork’s Next Sunday Review: Pu...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork posts a single album review that examines an important album the site has never reviewed. These pieces are in-depth long-reads from the best critics in the field, exploring the record’s original context and examining where it fits into an artist’s career and discography, as well as what it means to music now. Our first three installments were Barry Walters on Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love, Jayson Greene on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, and Mark Richardson on Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night. This Sunday, Simon Reynolds...

Angel Olsen Is a Glam Country Star on “S...

“Um, do I need to give more attitude, or…?” Angel Olsen asks the cameraman at the end of the video for “Shut Up Kiss Me,” her second silver-wigged clip this month. In “Intern,” she shrugged that every day, we “still gotta wake up and be someone.” For Olsen’s fourth album, MY WOMAN, that role is apparently glam country rockstar who’s not pulling any punches. The record’s lead single cut dead to a dial tone; this one struggles to contain her impatience with a flip-floppy lover, her initially sweet entreats boiling over into strutting fuzz and...

Zomby Announces New Album Ultra, Featuri...

Zomby has announced his latest album, Ultra, out September 2 via Hyperdub. It features a collaboration with Burial, “Sweetz,” which will be released as a 10” on July 29, as well as a collaboration with Darkstar and more. Ultra is Zomby’s first full LP since 2013′s With Love. Last year, he released a pair of EPs called Let’s Jam. Find the album’s artwork and tracklist below. Read our interview with Zomby and our feature on Hyperdub’s history.  Ultra: 01 Reflection 02 Burst 03 Fly 2 (Zomby & Banshee) 04 E.S.P. 05. I 06 Glass 07 Sweetz...

Jamie xx Teases New “Gosh” Video: Watch...

On July 1, Jamie xx will release a video for “Gosh,” from last year’s excellent In Colour. His label, Young Turks, has shared a teaser trailer for the clip, which you can watch below. Directed by Romain Gavras (who did the clips for M.I.A.’s “Born Free” and “Bad Girls”), it features some youths dressed in white driving through a decrepit city.  Coming July 1st… pic.twitter.com/MceuBSwi4O — Young Turks (@youngturksrec) June 30, 2016 Read our feature on Jamie xx.  Watch Jamie xx play Idris Muhammad’s “Could...