Articles by Chris Ball
Egyptrixx
A/B Til Infinity
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2013
Toronto-based Night Slugs-affiliated producer David Psutka (a.k.a. Egyptrixx) is back with his second effort, A/B til Infinity, following 2...
Mount Kimbie
PUBLISHED May 29, 2013
With their second album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, just released, and a summer tour in its infancy, Mount Kimbie are leaving "no door c...
Mount Kimbie
Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
PUBLISHED May 24, 2013
Often credited with having kick-started the "post-dubstep" genre, UK-based duo Mount Kimbie could have easily taken the opportunity to live...
Mount Kimbie Explain the Making of 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth'
PUBLISHED May 24, 2013
On their forthcoming second album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, UK-based duo Mount Kimbie (aka Kai Campos and Dominic Maker) continue to e...
PVT
Homosapien
PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2013
On their fourth studio album, Homosapien, London-via-Sydney trio PVT once again explore the tension between the electric and organic, mingl...
Wild Nothing
Nocturne
PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2012
Two years ago, Jack Tatum rocketed to the top of the contemporary indie-rock pile with Wild Nothing's retro-minded debut, Gemini. After muc...
Dan Deacon
America
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2012
"America the beautiful," in all its forms, is examined on Dan Deacon's latest, America. America's A-side is a series of textured pop songs...
Calamalka
All The Way Up
PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012
This is the second solo-effort from Vancouver-based producer Calamalka; it is lurching dub (without the step) meets proto-hip-hop backbeats...