Chicago trio Gosh Diggity have drawn a bead on the chemistry that gave a hard-to-pin-down magnetism to the solo lo-fi electronics projects—among them Say Hi and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone—that occupied a special place in 2000s indie pop. Gosh Diggity’s early EPs, 2019’s banana brains and 2020’s Bedtime for Bonzos, radiate skinned-knee shambolic glee […]
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Advance Base drops the Casiotone, is no longer painfully alone
Owen Ashworth named his latest indie-pop project after an isolated Antarctic weather station, but its MO takes his whole family into account.
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Gossip Wolf: Marc Ruvolo hands over the Bucket O’ Blood
Marc Ruvolo hands over the Bucket O’ Blood, Owen Ashworth records with Sun Kil Moon, and more.
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Best Reimagining of the Work of Gospel Singer Washington Phillips
The soft incandescence in this music shines a light on the details in Phillips’s tunes but doesn’t mess around too much with their spirit.
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Today in awesome
Kanye’s new album apparently has its title–one that’s eerily reminiscent of another notable local.