Articles by Daniel Sylvester

Rival Consoles

Persona

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2018

Over the past decade, Ryan Lee West (aka Rival Consoles) has been crafting a brand of instrumental electronic music that has come off earne...

Mouse on Mars

Dimensional People

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2018

Since the beginning, Mouse on Mars have brought in guest musicians, vocalists and lyricists to help shape their distinctive brand of IDM. O...

Paul de Jong

You Fucken Sucker

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2018

In 2012, when Nick Zammuto, one-half of celebrated plunderphonic pranksters the Books, announced that he and musical partner Paul de Jong w...

Cavern of Anti-Matter

Hormone Lemonade

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2018

Since Stereolab announced their "indefinite hiatus" at the close of the last decade, fans have been able to fulfill their desire for sleek...

Jonathan Wilson

Rare Birds

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2018

Anyone who has seen the covers of Jonathan Wilson's three solo albums can't deny that the man has a decisive style he likes to work from, m...

Joan Baez

Whistle Down the Wind

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2018

Although it's been customary for folk artists to reinterpret other musicians' songs, Joan Baez has always done so with a level of passion a...

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Black Times

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2018

There's a reason why Seun Kuti looks so confident on the cover of Black Times. Released four years since his last LP, 2014's robust A Long...

Seun Kuti Calls Out Racist Big Business and Connects with "Motherland People" on 'Black Times'

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2018

For the majority of his life, Seun Kuti has been linked to the career of his father, legendary Nigerian musician and icon, Fela Kuti. He st...