The Mixtape

They appear to be American, not so much Trappists, but they sound like a clattering of drums and hooks.

With a name like The Giant Robots and an origin country like Switzerland, it would be easy to make a play on their precision, but the truth is that completely misses the point of their particular type of rave-up.

The name implies feminized mechanization, but Ladytron can accomplish so much more.

It’s been a while since something has made me sit down and listen like the North Americans’ steel-string ambient flow.

Albert Hammond Jr. strikes out on his own, and it sounds like he has everything he needs.

Behold, a special collection of songs about individual states in the United States of America!

If you thought the days of the supergroup were over, Boygenius would like to have a word or three.

The Boo Radleys are eager to share their sweet shocking intensity and it will instantly lift your day.

Orange Drink can be sweet, it can be tart, and sometimes it will even remind you of citrus.

I haven’t decided if Bully is a great name or a terrible name, but it certainly fits their melodic bludgeoning.