New Foodman: ODOODO

You can choose to be cynical about the state of everything — or you can see that Diplo And Friends allowed Foodman on to play Number Girl among other tracks and feel joy. Watching Foodman continue to nab attention with his wonderfully oddball music remains one of the most positive developments in music, and latest…

New Y.a.M.A: BOOOOM​!​! EP

“Pow.” “Whomp.” “Ka-Boom.” The tracks on footwork producer Y.a.M.A’s latest play out like comic book injections, and the accompanying songs deliver the same kind of frantic energy that really begs for movement rather than words. “Pow” leads off with squiggly synth stabs dancing around the skittery beat, going for constant movement over all else. “Glug”…

Haru Nemuri Teams Up With China’s Prune Deer For “Return”

Haru Nemuri Teams Up With China’s Prune Deer For “Return”

Haru Nemuri — responsible for our favorite album of 2018 — recently wrapped up a tour of China. While there, she met up with Chinese instrumental rock band Prune Deer to collaborate on a song called “Return.” The group provides an initially lumbering backdrop, a sort of post-rock adjacent lurch that Nemuri hasn’t really tackled…