Speedy J's Mixtape Manifesto
With 'Walkman,' his first solo album in over twenty years, Speedy J makes the case for focused, uninterrupted listening in an era engineered to prevent it.
Shadowy and Inviting — Daniel Avery's Electronic Homecoming
The electronic producer discusses his sixth album 'Tremor,' a record that pulls together shoegaze, ambient drone, and club music, and features collaborations with Alison Mosshart, New Dad, and Bdrmm.
Tuning into Dylan Henner's Shimmery Transmission
Dylan Henner's 'Star Dream FM' invents a radio station broadcasting adolescent memories, tracing a line between Palestrina and tape decks, field recordings and false nostalgia, and landing somewhere he describes as "shimmery."
Guitar Riffs and Calm Glitch — The Dual Electronics of Names On Tapes
Stacey Hine and Neil Kleiner explain how their debut 'We Weren't Programmed for This' treats guitar as a delicate interruption, electronic glitch as meditation, and degraded tape loops as the perfect metaphor for fragile memory.