Merrill Garbus has been pretty busy lately, and not for projects that are called tUnE-yArDs. She’s been busy behind the scenes as a producer for A Man Alive by Thao & the Get-Down Stay-Down, and soon we will hear the new Sonny and the Sunsets record, Moods Baby Moods, out in May. Her signature weirdness permeates both, evidenced by Sonny’s first single “Well But Strangely Hung … Continue reading

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

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