Articles by Daniel Sylvester

Neutral Milk Hotel

Ravenlaw Stage, Hog's Back Park, Ottawa ON, September 13

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2014

What started as four reunion performances last October has extended into a year-long globetrotting tour for Neutral Milk Hotel, transformin...

Roman Flügel

Happiness is Happening

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2014

Like so many of his German brethren, Roman Flügel is obsessed with crafting authentic, classic-sounding techno. But as most artists on the...

Simian Mobile Disco

Whorl

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2014

Last April, Simian Mobile Disco travelled to the California desert, willing themselves into creating an album like they've never made befor...

Jordan Dykstra

Audition

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2014

On his debut release, Audition, Iowa violist and composer Jordan Dykstra uses nothing more than four strings, a bow and (sometimes literal)...

Music Go Music

Impressions

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2014

In the five years between Music Go Music's debut and Impressions, their sophomore LP, the L.A. trio found themselves engaged in a number of...

FREEMAN

FREEMAN

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2014

When Aaron Freeman released his debut, 2012's innocuous Rod McKuen covers album Marvelous Clouds, it left legions of Ween fans wondering ju...

The Grateful Dead / John Oswald

Grayfolded

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2014

In 1993, Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead approached Kitchener composer John Oswald with a "far out" request; to give the Dead the Plunderpho...

Jungle Discuss the Visual Inspiration Behind Their Breakout Debut

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2014

On Tuesday (July 15), London collective Jungle will release their self-titled debut on XL Recordings. Already starting a firestorm of prais...