Kætø ”Poppers and Rotation – Processen” (self-released, 2019) – review by Wieland Rambke Pop music as a phenomenon is both private and public. The daydreams that pop music evokes and communicates are inherently personal. A well-made pop song makes us feel that we stand in personal correspondence with the artist. At the same time, this experience is shared with everyone that the song is singing to. It ...

Photo: Cameron Pagett Percy Records 2 years, Mayhem and Bolsjefabrikken, February 2nd 2019 – live report by Ivna Franić It’s almost hard to believe that Copenhagen’s Percy Records has only just turned two. In the brief couple of years it’s been around Percy has come to be more than just a record store, with occasional record release parties and afternoon DJ sets contributing to the ...

Percy Records 2 Years: Panxing, Khalil, Heith, Croatian Amor & Varg, HVAD @ Mayhem & Bolsjefabrikken. Photos by Cameron Pagett.

Collider — A debut album that brings energy back to shoegaze

Photo: Jane Pain Croatian Amor: “Isa” (Posh Isolation, 2019) – review by Ivna Franić Returning with his first album since 2016’s gorgeous “Love Means Taking Action”, Croatian Amor once again delves into desolate moods and meditations on navigating the digital world. If the previous LP hadn’t made it clear enough that the project was moving away from the tried combo of warm bubbly synths and ...

“K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016)”, edited by Darren Ambrose, Repeater Books, 2018 – Essay by Macon Holt. Mark Fisher was the most important music critic of his generation. And in some ways, he continues to be so despite taking his own life over two years ago. I think one of the main reasons for this was that, for Mark, ...

Rosalía Adam Thorsmark Internationale (vilkårlig rækkefølge) Rosalía “El Mal Querer” (Sony) Saloli “The Deep End” (Kranky) Viagra Boys “Street Worms” (Year0001) Amnesia Scanner “Another Life” (PAN) Tierra Whack “Whack World” (selvudgivet) Amen Dunes “Freedom” (Sacred Bones) Tanukichan “Sundays” (Coqueiro Verde Records) Tirzah “Devotion” (Domino) Deafheaven “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love” (Anti-) Dirty Projectors “Lamp Lit Prose” (Domino) Kamasi Washington “Heaven and Earth” (Young Turks) SOPHIE “Oil of Every Pearl”s Un-Insides” (Transgressive) Julia Holter “Aviary” (Domino) Oneohtrix Point Never “Age of” ...

Årets mest værdsatte danske kassettebånd, oddsize-udgivelser og kompilationer fra 2018 i vilkårlig rækkefølge – ifølge redaktionen på Passive/Aggressive. GEL “Drama Tools” (CS, NESM)Overordnet fremstår “Drama Tools” som en undersøgelse af evindelige opbygninger og nedbrydninger, hvilket især understreges af et nummer som “Down”, hvor den hvæsende percussion abrupt genstarter gang på gang i stedet for på nogen måde at skabe et sikkert rytmisk fundament eller ...

Årets 10 mest værdsatte danske LP’er fra 2018 i vilkårlig rækkefølge – ifølge redaktionen på Passive/Aggressive CTM “Red Dragon” (Posh Isolation)Cæcilie Triers ”Red Dragon” er i høj grad sin egen, og det er umiddelbart svært at pege på noget lignende. Skulle man pege, kunne man pege på Frank Oceans ”Blonde” (2016), der på samme måde kredser om Oceans vokal og også byder på et ...