Isaac Vallentin perfects art-folktronica in debut album Hedera

sngalbums: Originally appeared on the Music Court. I’ve not heard a whole lot of folktronica recently, and I miss it. Freelance Whales introduced me to its hypnotizing combination of banjo and synth, and for that I will forever thank them. Of course, there are many iterations of the genre, give or take some instrumentation, depending on how far they wanted to lean on the spectrum … Continue reading Isaac Vallentin perfects art-folktronica in debut album Hedera

Oh hey, Thao Nguyen (and her band Thao & the Get-Down Stay-Down) has teamed up with Merrill Garbus for her newest album, A Man Alive (a title suspiciously similar to Everything Everything’s debut). “Nobody Dies” has gritty guitars and a few shouts that remind me why I loved Thao to begin with. A Man Alive drops on ¾. Source: SoundCloud / Ribbon Music Continue reading

Isaac Vallentin perfects art-folktronica in debut album Hedera

Originally appeared on the Music Court. I’ve not heard a whole lot of folktronica recently, and I miss it. Freelance Whales introduced me to its hypnotizing combination of banjo and synth, and for that I will forever thank them. Of course, there are many iterations of the genre, give or take some instrumentation, depending on how far they wanted to lean on the spectrum of … Continue reading Isaac Vallentin perfects art-folktronica in debut album Hedera

You may have heard of Aristophanes after her stunning collab with Grimes dropped earlier this year, which I loved. I decided to delve more deeply into her career and it comes as no surprise that she makes some very incredible sounds. “The Wall” is certainly one of my favorites- just listen to how fast she spits those lines. Source: SoundCloud / Aristophanes 貍貓 Continue reading