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Vittoria Fleet: “Return” (Entangled EP, 2DIY4 2017)The second cut from Vittoria Fleet’s EP released last year shows them exploring a more spacious sensibility, not so packed full of sound like their...

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark: The Punishment of Luxury (White Noise Ltd.)OMD’s renaissance that began in 2010 with History of Modern continues a winning streak with their third...

Carla dal Forno: “Better Yet” (Fast Moving Cars, Blackest Ever Black 2016)Gloomy, haunting bedroom pop from Carla dal Forno’s debut EP on Blackest Ever Black, released last year.(Source:...

Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark: “La Mitrailleuse” (The Punishment of Luxury OMD 2017)The first teaser from OMD’s forthcoming album The Punishment of Luxury recalls some of the conceptual sampling...

Trentemøller: “River In Me” (Fixion, In My Room 2016)Trentemøller’s Fixion flew under the Ear Influxion radar when it came out, but it eventually ended up on our Best of 2016 list toward the top....

Ministry: “Everyday Is Halloween” (1984)I suppose it’s ironic that I’m posting this on Halloween. The song does, after all, proclaim that “Halloween is every day.” But what a classic. I’ve always...

Röyksopp: “Tricky Tricky” (Junior, Wall of Sound 2009)Röyksopp’s 3rd album is probably my favorite, feeling more concise than some of their more sprawling efforts, and erring on the side of tightly...

Microfilm’s Houndstooth Harmonics now available@microfilm​‘s fifth full-length studio album, Houndstooth Harmonics, is now available! We are very proud of this one, stretching outside of...

Ryuichi Sakamoto: “Thatness and Thereness” (B-2 Unit, 1980)Charles from AngelTheory turned me on to this old Sakamoto record, and I find this track totally irresistible. It brings to mind the...

Microfilm: Houndstooth Harmonics to be released 5 August 2016The latest @microfilm album, Houndstooth Harmonics, is now available for pre-order on Bandcamp! Everyone who pre-orders will...

Depeche Mode: “Breathing In Fumes” (But Not Tonight, 1986)This one is a chunky rework of “Stripped” into an 80s dub mix. It definitely feels of its time, but it’s nice to hear such a tracky B-side...

Junior Boys: “Big Black Coat” (Big Black Coat, Domino 2016)The new Junior Boys album is really solid. It sounds so vibrant and current, the most engaging stuff from them in many years. It’s nice to...

Phon.o: Velvet Rag (BPitch Control)Phon.o returns for this punchy tech house collaboration with Born In Flamez on vocals. The result is much more accessible than other tracks I’ve...

Grimes: “Eight” (Visions, 4AD 2012)With Grimes’ latest looming in coming months (or so we hope), I revisited Visions today and fell in love with it all over again.(Source:...

Junior Boys: “When No One Cares” (So This Is Goodbye, 2006)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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