Since August 2013, the British techno label PC Music has been regularly releasing a large number of definitely strange, possibly satiric, stunningly original songs online.
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Still Chill
Remember when chillwave was considered a genre? Remember when a select number of elite, unrelated, alternative-identified musicians making slow, synthy loungetronica were considered the future of Western civilization?
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In His Final Opera, a Composer Presents a Divided Self-Portrait
The late composer Robert Ashley (1930–2014) produced some of the most difficult music of the 20th century — and now also of the 21st.
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Guitar Heroines
Whoever declared guitar-rock dead way back when forgot to tell Sleater-Kinney.
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Luke Bryan Goes on Spring Break
Say what you will about Luke Bryan, but you have to admit the dude knows how to motherfuckin’ party.
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The Electronic Composer in the Modern Age
The Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP, out since January, is the second Aphex Twin release in a recent period of renewed activity.
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Physical Spiky Funk
Put on the new D’Angelo album and you’ll discover fifty-six minutes of music completely hidden behind a veil of static.
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Nicki Minaj’s Greatest Hits, Hardcore Bangerz Edition
One day far in the future, when Nicki Minaj will have produced maybe three or four more albums and sold tens of billions more, she will release a greatest hits package, and what a wonderful day that will be.
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Azealia Banks Jumps Up and Down
A sizzling keyboard riff slides out of nowhere and bounces around for a few seconds before a metallic snare drum comes in and a woman starts rapping.
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Fifty Shades of Lana Del Rey
For many, the mere existence of Lizzie Grant and her alter ego Lana Del Rey serves as a cold slap in the face to the big-budget feminist empowerment campaign enacted by even richer and more famous people like Beyoncé and Lady Gaga.
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The Most Sentimental Time of the Year: Christmas Albums in Review
Christmas albums are largely dismissed by mainstream rock critics, and with good reason—consisting mainly of the same old songs over and over again, they’re filler product designed to rake in the cash while the corporate titans who created them take a year off to enjoy private cruises and improve their golf game.
