Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Do non-human animals perceive and enjoy music the same way we do, or is it humanity’s own egocentric self-projection? In its complexity, diving into the realm of human perception and the understanding of ourselves as human beings is twisting, turning rabbit hole of unanswered questions –
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Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Within the erratic, ever-expanding world of the film and television industry: with constant new releases, everyday hype and media saturation – the unfortunate side effect of the incredible mediums we have at hand, is that sometimes masterpieces can fall deep beneath the radar, loving artworks barely
Melbourne-based HRTK (fka Hate Rock Trio) have announced a new mini-EP Drama, set for release on July 6th via Ghostly International The two-track 12-inch record features the Australian alt-electro duo’s first new music since 2014’s Psychic 9-5 Club and Body Lotion EP via Sleeperhold Productions. Stream ‘Mentions’ taken from Drama
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Tbilisian electronic artist Gacha Bakradze returns with the new hypnotically fluid remix of ‘Image‘ carefully reshaped by DJ/producer Earth Trax, taken from the upcoming EP Restless, scheduled for July 29th via beloved independent UK imprint Anjunadeep. Stream ‘Image (Earth Trax Remix) by Gacha Bakradze, premiered by XLR8R below – Preorder
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Leeds-based Menace Beach return with news of their third album ‘Black Rainbow Sound’, which is due out August 31st via Memphis Industries. The band are sharing the album-titled first single from the record online now, which features Brix Smith. New album Black Rainbow Sound is the band’s first new material
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Written by Jenna Dreisenstock The medium of animation has always been, and is still misconstrued as an art form that is solely directed toward children – a tame, inoffensive and juvenile medium which was built as a learning foundation – or even seen as a distraction for youth since the
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Techno-goddess Nina Kraviz has revealed her own imprint трип‘s 20th release, a concept album titled Don’t Mess With Cupid. Featuring new music by Kraviz herself, she is also joined by Bjarki, PTU, Exos and Biogen, as well as the ’90s collaborative track “15 c7” between Aphex Twin and Mike Dred
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Portland-based experimental artist and musician Michelle Zauner, better known as Japanese Breakfast will be providing an original soundtrack to the upcoming indie video-game ‘Sable‘ due for 2019 release, announced via E3‘s annual gaming conference. Check out the E3 trailer for ‘Sable’ featuring Japanese Breakfast’s first entry to the soundtrack, ‘Glider’
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Canadian Indie legends Arcade Fire have unveiled a new animated video for ‘Chemistry‘, from the GRAMMY-nominated global #1 album Everything Now released via Sony last year. Directed by Ray Tintori, animated by Starburns Industries (Rick & Morty, Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa, Community) and featuring Tootie Tootz of Big Freedia: Queen of
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Icelandic multi-instrumentalis, artist and composer Ólafur Arnalds has announced his fourth upcoming studio album, re:member set for release on August 24th via Mercury KX. Arnalds has stated that for the album he will be implementing software entitled Stratus, which he has been programming for the last two years with fellow
