Charles Innis

Air's Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Bang Gang's Bardi Johannsson write twinkly, spacey synth rock under the fitting name of Starwalker, and we've been enjoying their work…

Scotland's Anna Meredith is not just a solo artist, she's a legit composer. Her synth-heavy, genre-averse work plays with texture, repetition and syncopation in a…

Laser are an indie-rock trio led by former Broken Social Scene member Lisa Lobsinger, and they build warm, luminous melodies with bloopy synths and gentle…

Hip-hop artists rarely make the booming tech industry a musical subject, but thankfully Detroit-based Red Pill is here to fill in that gap. The rapper…

Nashville six-piece Los Colognes seem perfectly fine with sitting out of frame from current musical trends, and their rootsy, bluesy folk rock is executed well…

Half Waif are a bewitching Brooklyn-based trio that blend fluttery, glitchy beats with classical textures, and all three members of the live band also play…

ABRA released fine collaborations with salute and Father/Hiko Momoji this year, but she also shared her own solo debut album Rose. The Awful Records R&B…

New Zealand dream pop trio Yumi Zouma create wispy, slow-motion dance songs with the softest pastel tones imaginable. Their music is hushed and oozy, made…

Heron Oblivion entirely comprises musicians with an established pedigree in West Coast psychedelic music, and their combined efforts couldn't sound more sublime and exemplary. The…

Listening to ambient music is a sometimes necessary means to winding down for a while, or at least for turning the morning transit into a…

Five-piece Russian shoegazers Pinkshinyultrablast are one of a few new shoegaze bands this year that bring fresh air to the genre and reach beyond mere…

Dave Harrington, formerly one-half of Darkside, is near the end of his 12 Days of Remixes run. He's already shared mixes of Beyoncé, Michael Jackson,…

Madeira is the glossy solo project of New Zealand-native Kim Pflaum, former member of the pop group Yumi Zouma. Her newest single, "Let Me Down,"

The Silence is born from previous members of Ghost -- the now-defunct Japanese psych group, not the theatrical Swedish metal ghouls. Frontman Masaki Batoh's band…

Holy Sons is the brainchild of Emil Amos, a Portland-based multi-instrumentalist who's released 10 albums in the last 15 or so years under that guise…