Articles by Dylan Barnabe

Mogwai Flirt with Convention on 'As the Love Continues'

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2021

Twenty-five years to the day of releasing debut single "Tuner"/"Lower," Scotland's beloved post-rockers Mogwai return with their 10th studi...

Machinedrum Casts Genre-Blending Magic with a Host of Collaborators on 'A View of U'

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2020

A View of U is vintage Machinedrum insofar as it's possible to describe the ever-progressive and chameleonic music of Travis Stewart. Remin...

Vancouver's Bob Moses Bring Concept Albums to the Club on 'Desire'

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2020

In Greek mythology, the cautionary tale of Icarus is well-known. The expression "don't fly too close to the sun," after all, is a direct no...

Courtney Marie Andrews Transcends the Traditional Breakup Album on 'Old Flowers'

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2020

The thorn of a rose has nothing on Courtney Marie Andrews's ability to draw pain. Old Flowers, which follows 2018's May Your Kindness Remai...

Khruangbin Experience an Emotional Baptism on Globe-Trotting 'Mordechai'

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2020

Epiphanic moments often reveal a sudden relevation or insight, though their presence is hard to predict. Such is the case behind Khruangbin...

Moby Ruminates on Today's Dystopian Reality on 'All Visible Objects'

PUBLISHED May 12, 2020

Have we determined that enough time has past to start talking about Moby again? Ever since he made that claim about having had a relationsh...

Radiohead's EOB Finds Solo Success on Richly Textured 'Earth'

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2020

Ed O'Brien is no stranger to success. After all, the 52-year-old musician remains a key member of Radiohead — one of modern music's most in...

Nine Inch Nails

Ghosts VI: Locusts

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2020

It makes sense that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, whose foray into the world of film scoring has made room for more ambient reflections, a...