Interstellar Overdrive: Tycho Takes to the Sky – and Forecasts the Weather November 11, 1572: A bright blast explodes in the evening sky over Denmark, illuminating the autumn darkness and catching the attention of alchemist and astronomer Tycho Brahe. Ten years into his ambitious quest to map the celestial firmament with only a compass, a… Continue reading Tycho
Tag: Chillwave
Tycho Forecasts Future Weather
After the Grammy-nominated electronic instrumental group Tycho released its last album, Epoch, in 2016, its composer, songwriter and producer Scott Hansen speculated on the band’s future recordings. “I felt like there’s so many little moments in Epoch that it set the stage,” he told S&S last year. “Like, ’Oh, maybe the next thing’s going to… Continue reading Tycho Forecasts Future Weather
Thievery Corporation
Treasure Chest: Thievery Corporation Open Up a World of Love Rob Garza can’t recall ever seeing a fight break out in the audience during a Thievery Corporation performance. On the other hand, their shows have been the setting for onstage marriage proposals, and in fact near the end of the group’s October 2017 concert at… Continue reading Thievery Corporation
The Radio Dept
Clinging to a Dream (Musical and Social): The Radio Dept. Make Their New Album Good, But Not Too Good For those who question whether something as trivial as pop music can carry a political impact, consider the Radio Dept.’s cunningly catchy new track “Swedish Guns.” Johan Duncanson never raises his voice, crooning gently over a… Continue reading The Radio Dept
Toro Y Moi
Chaz Bundick of Toro Y Moi: King of the Hipsters? He’s Really Too Busy to Care Is there any insult more hackneyed right now than calling someone a hipster? Pretty much everyone denies they fit the tag, and half the time it’s a black-as-night pot throwing out the disparaging remarks. I mean, who fucking cares,… Continue reading Toro Y Moi
Washed Out
Guilt-Free Escapism: Washed Out’s Happy Delusions While the currents have significantly calmed, it was only a few years ago that the chillwave genre seemed to be perpetually cresting. A focal point of that movement was Ernest Greene and his wistful sample-based electro-pop project Washed Out. The movement’s already been declared kaput by some bloggers, while… Continue reading Washed Out