Articles by Peter Ellman

Quindar

Hip Mobility

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2017

Quindar is Wilco keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen and art historian James Merle Thomas making electronic music that includes archival audio fro...

This Is the Kit

Moonshine Freeze

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2017

This Is the Kit is a band led by Kate Stables with a fluid community of collaborators, including Aaron Dessner (the National), and John Par...

​Fleet Foxes

Cracked Perspective

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2017

When the genre you love becomes a trope, and the politics you believe in make your voice less relevant, how do you express yourself?   Flee...

Ekin Fil

Ghosts Inside

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2017

Ekin Fil is the ambient/drone project of Ekin Üzeltüzenci, an Istanbul-based artist who has been creating haunting soundscapes with her voi...

Fieldhead

We've All Been Swimming

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2017

Fieldhead is the minimalist electronic project of composer Paul Elam, and his new album, We've All Been Swimming, seems to open up his usua...

Mise En Scene

Still Life on Fire

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2017

Winnipeg rockers Mise En Scene are back with their sophomore full-length, Still Life on Fire. The title seems to convey the paradoxes this...

EX EYE

EX EYE

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2017

Colin Stetson, Greg Fox and Shahzad Ismaily, all revered musicians with collaborations ranging from Feist to Liturgy, first came together f...

Four People Who Influenced New Fleet Foxes Album 'Crack-Up' (And One Who Didn't)

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2017

Fleet Foxes' new album Crack-Up, out now on Nonesuch, examines the human condition in ways both personal and existential. As such, there ar...