Dream Pop
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A quick confession to start. The Moderns is meant to be a wide-ranging, inclusive space. Its purpose is to present multiple styles of contemporary music together, so that lovers of one or other genre discover music they might not have come across otherwise. Truthfully though, these pages represent a synthesis of work that is sent…
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Genre: Imagine spilling dream pop on your ambient electric cello (or do I have that backwards?) Label: Hand Drawn Dracula Michael Peter Olsen earned a Grammy nomination for his contribution to Drake’s Views album in 2016. His Yearning Flow LP earned a Best New Ambient nod from Bandcamp. His new one is due Oct. 27,…
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Zoe Polanski combines ambient electronics with lo-fi indie pop and a voice that could (will) launch a thousand crushes – count me in. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Max Ramsden’s first release on Hush Hush Records opens with a short, evocative instrumental. Neither ambient nor minimalist, it nonetheless serves as an engaging, contemplative primer. The two-minute long “Dwell” may be improbably titled, but it is beautifully conceived. What comes next is even better. Muldue delivers lush, dreamy singer-songwriter pop that’s said to be…
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It is difficult to overstate the influence of a small set of bands in the 1980s and 1990s spearheaded by Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. Their ability to fuse old-fashioned studio-generated noise with sweet melodies is a strong link in the chain that connects The Velvet Underground to today’s avant-garde. Too often lumped in…
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The Parlor’s new album takes its name from the Japanese word for chrysanthemum, written 菊. Like the Albany, New York couple’s music, the name is devastatingly sweet. And, like these 10 new tracks from Jen O’Connor and Eric Krans, it comes with more than a hint of melancholy. O’Connor spotted chrysanthemums growing in their farmhouse…
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