Articles by Tom Beedham
The Halluci Nation Turn Anti-Colonialism into a Celebratory Dance Party for 'One More Saturday Night'
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2021
Formalizing the declaration of A Tribe Called Red's 2016 album We Are the Halluci Nation by adopting it as their new name, the Halluci Nati...
Simon Provencher and Olivier Fairfield Give Computer Chaos a Human Touch on Self-Titled Debut as Album
PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2021
Stepping out from their main gigs with Last Ex, FET.NAT and VICTIME on the self-titled debut from their new project Album, Olivier Fairfiel...
I M U R's Pop Hedonism Has Depth on 'My Molecules'
PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2021
On My Molecules, I M U R singer Jenny Lea often sound like she's given up. The songs are full of Lea's stories of co-dependency and self-me...
YlangYlang's New EP Deconstructs the 'Cycles & Decay' of Ambient Music
PUBLISHED May 31, 2021
Cycles and decay are everywhere in ambient music. As characteristic properties, they effectively speak to the minimalist, generative nature...
k.d. lang's Hits Are as Timeless as Ever on Dance Remix Album 'makeover'
PUBLISHED May 26, 2021
Following the breakthrough success of her sophomore classic Ingénue and her subsequent coming out, k.d. lang occupied a curious corner of m...
Vallens Continue Their Lynchian Worship on 'In Era'
PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2021
A crisis of identity has arguably haunted Vallens from their early days, so it makes sense they'd mostly step back from the guitars on this...
Jessy Lanza Finds Intimacy from a Distance on 'All the Time'
PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2020
On the cover of her third album, Jessy Lanza reclines in the front seat of a minivan, one foot on the dash, her name and the album title sc...
Class of 2020: WLMRT Are Dead. Long Live WLMRT
PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2019
"I guess we should be honest with you. We're done in January. That's it." Hunched across the table from bassist Kat McGouran in a booth a...