Articles by Daniel Sylvester
Thundercat
Drunk
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017
In the four years since Stephen Bruner (aka Thundercat), released his last long-player, Apocalypse, he's become an in-demand session bass p...
Old 97's
Graveyard Whistling
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017
Although they're regarded as vanguards of the '90s alt-country scene, Old 97's have had to bust their proverbial asses over the past two de...
Peter Silberman
Impermanence
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017
After releasing two albums that were essentially solo works, it wasn't until Peter Silberman recruited Darby Cicci and Michael Lerner that...
Adult.
Detroit House Guests
PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2017
When it came time to follow up their excellent 2013 LP The Way Things Fall, Adult. invited musicians to their Detroit home for a long-term...
Earthen Sea
An Act of Love
PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2017
Through his time spent as bassist in early 2000s Dischord Records post-punk band Black Eyes and in early 2010s electro-punk outfit Mi Ami,...
Moiré
No Future
PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2017
No Future, the sophomore LP from up-and-coming producer Moiré, firmly places him within the second wave of techno-revivalists. Taking cues...
Garfunkel and Oates
Trying to Be Special
PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2017
Just from its premise alone, Vimeo's 2016 release, Trying to Be Special, the second TV performance from musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oa...
Vermont
Vermont II
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2017
Under the name Vermont, Danilo Plessow (aka Motor City Drum Ensemble) and Marcus Worgull (aka Innervisions) come off more like a longstandi...