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Lankum: False Lankum

“Go Dig My Grave” has been known by many names and sung by many voices. It derives from a folk song typically known as “The Butcher Boy,” though in the American tradition it has reappeared […]

Depeche Mode: Memento Mori

Depeche Mode had nearly finished their fourth full decade and 14th full-length before a Martin Gore-Dave Gahan cowrite finally made an album. That was “You Move,” a throbbing bit of tossed-off electro pop nestled near […]

Andrea: Due in Color

Munich’s Ilian Tape label is a family affair. Its founders are brothers Dario and Marco Zenker, and dance music runs in their blood: Their aunt, Dorle Zenker, ran the iconic nightclub Ultraschall, ground zero for the city’s […]

Lucinda Chua: YIAN

The word yian, or yàn (燕), refers to a swallow, the migratory harbinger of spring that in Chinese culture appears often in maobi paintings, children’s songs, girls’ names, and superstitions. In her largely self-produced debut full-length, YIAN, Lucinda […]