Articles by Daniel Sylvester

Jlin's Blank Slate Turns 'Black Origami' into a Global Community Effort

PUBLISHED May 23, 2017

Without messing with the formula that made her 2015 debut, Dark Energy, so celebrated, Jlin's followup Black Origami (out now Planet Mu) pr...

Jlin

Black Origami

PUBLISHED May 21, 2017

On her 2015 debut LP, Dark Energy, Jerrilynn Patton (aka Jlin) laid down 11 tracks that managed to take the dense and percussive sounds of...

Robert Hood

Paradygm Shift

PUBLISHED May 19, 2017

In the 23 years that he's been releasing music, Robert Hood's output is truly remarkable. Though it's only been four years since his last f...

(Sandy) Alex G

Rocket

PUBLISHED May 17, 2017

While it took '90s lo-fi heroes like Lou Barlow and Elliott Smith years to gain a following with their self-released four-track recordings,...

Carl Craig

Versus

PUBLISHED May 9, 2017

Although the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson) are known for inventing Detroit techno, it's second-waver Car...

The Afghan Whigs

In Spades

PUBLISHED May 9, 2017

When Greg Dulli and John Curley reformed the Afghan Whigs for their strong 2014 comeback LP, Do to the Beast, fans and critics were quick t...

Preoccupations / Walrus / the Yips

Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa ON , April 28

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2017

Returning to the nation's capital for the first time since their sparsely attended slot at last summer's Ottawa Bluesfest, Preoccupations a...

Joe Goddard

Electric Lines

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2017

As co-keyboardist, co-vocalist and co-founder of Hot Chip, Joe Goddard has been responsible for bringing in a tangible house and pop music...