Canada
The Mole will release a new album next month. High Hopes is the Canadian artist’s fifth solo album and his second for Circus Company, following The River Widens in 2023. High Hopes comprises 17 songs that sound nothing like last month’s EP, High Dreams. We’re told to expect “a collection of moments posing as ideas […]
Curses will release a new album later this month. Known for making dark, romantic, cinematic new wave, Curses, real name Luca Venezia, has previously released two full length albums on Dischi Autunno—the latest, Incarnadine, coming in 2022. Another Heaven, his new album, lands on synth label Italians Do It Better, and it’s once again soaked […]
In May, Kenneth James Gibson released Murals For Immersion, a collaboration with saxophonist Paul Carman who played and recorded with Frank Zappa. It was the latest ambient album that Gibson—a musician based in California—has released under his own name. Active since the early ’90s, after being born in Canada but raised in Texas, he has […]
If you’re a fan of the House sound by definition and live near these cities, you’re in for a treat. West Coast, get ready. Leading Tech-House-and-related imprint Toolroom is arriving in both Vancouver and Los Angeles this month for two electrifying nights. Mark your calendars for as soon as this weekend — and you’d better […]
Max Richter will release a new album in September. In A Landscape, Richter’s ninth studio album, marks “a significant evolution in his musical journey,” we’re told, as he delves deeper into the themes of optimism and human emotion. The album employs the same musical language to Richter’s The Blue Notebooks, with the two albums in […]
Kaytranada will release Timeless, his third full-length album, in June. Timeless serves as the follow-up to Bubba, his 2019 Grammy award-winning project for Best Dance/Electronic album. It features a new version of “Lover/Friend,” Kaytranada’s 2023 single featuring longtime collaborator Rochelle Jordan, as well as the previously released “Stuntin,” plus 19 other new songs. Also featuring […]
E-Saggila will return to Stockholm’s Northern Electronics label with a new album. Gamma Tag is E-Saggila’s third album on Northern Electronics, following on from 2022’s Blaze. We’re told that the release “refreshes expectations” by “making more space for melodic conditioning and inculcation, whipping ultraviolet harmonics into uncanny plains for a wide range of tempos and […]
Today (September 5), DJ and producer Excision announced his upcoming Nexus tour. Produced by Live Nation and Insomniac, the tour kicks off on December 22, 2023 in Chicago at Navy Pier, with stops across North America in San Francisco, Austin, Toronto, Vancouver, Boston and more before wrapping up in Dallas. The tour also features the return of Excision’s branded doubleheaders […]
John Acquaviva has been a pivotal figure in the development of Canada‘s house and techno scene since the early 90s. In addition to co-founding influential record labels like Plus 8 Recordings and Definitive Recordings in the 1990s, alongside his long-term business partner Richie Hawtin, Acquaviva played a pivotal role in the development of Final Scratch, […]
Jessy Lanza will release her fourth album via Hyperdub. Lanza wrote Love Hallucination having just moved from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, stepping into “a newfound confidence and personal authenticity.” She produced all 11 tracks alongside Jacques Greene, David Kennedy (a.k.a Pearson Sound), Jeremy Greenspan, and Marco Niemerski (a.k.a Tensnake). From club-ready songs to […]
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