This month, Brooklyn-based indie duo, TOLEDO have released their second EP, Jockeys of Love. We featured their lockdown surf-rock single, “FOMO” on the blog last summer but now the full 6-track EP is available. Although “FOMO” was released during lockdown, the track “Needer” was actually the first song written and recorded for the EP. “In…
The landmark 100th single on Phantasy arrives courtesy of label founder, DJ and producer, Erol Alkan. Originally recorded less than a year after Phantasy’s inception in 2007, ‘Automatic’ arrives in 2021 to both celebrate and anticipate resurgent dance floor abandon,…
You know that feeling you get after finding out some good news; or when you find $20 in an old jacket you haven’t worn in a while? That moment when you are like “yes,” and the universe just seems to…
By my count, Janko Nilovic has released more than 30 records over his long (and ongoing) career. His music spans the genre divide, crossing over from classical, jazz and soul music to psychedelic rock, pop and hip hop. He’s collaborated…
Belgian producer Thomas Schillebeeckx (aka Poldoore) just released his new single, “Shade” on Stereofox Records. The track turns mid-winter melancholy on its head with an aura of chillhop inspiration. A collage of musicality and crisp hip hop vibes bring a…
If you read the last similarly titled post on TNLF, you may remember it was taken from the name of a new album from an artist I follow closely: Black Thought. It was a rambling missive stringing together a few…
This month’s mixtape features new music from Soulwax, Toro y Moi, Mindchatter, Babe Rainbow, Karl Zine, North Downs, GODTET, Matthew Halsall and so many more. Check out the third album in GODTET’s audio triptych here: IIICompare Toro y Moi’s…
I was first introduced to Dave Brubeck in a “History of Jazz” class in the early 90s. Before that point, jazz was music that my grandparents listened to. Hearing “Take Five” for the first time changed that. Paul Desmond spoke…
It’s funny how this global pandemic has found ways to bring us all closer together despite all of the pain and suffering it has caused. Closer together virtually of course. Because while the Coronavirus would like nothing more then to…
For the album, Hewitt set out to document his experience of lockdown in New York City. As New York became more and more deserted, he went out with a field recorder to report how the sounds of the city changed. And while the premise was rooted in documenting the present, the project was very heavily influenced by the minimalist Japanese kankyō ongaku movement from the 1980s.
We live in a time when technology and innovation is advancing faster than we could imagine. Will we soon live in a time where technology has outlived us? Will the new innovations that we come up with this century be…