Ahhh: motherfuckin’ JUNE. Congratulations, TMT readers, we made it!
More about: Graham Lambkin, Keith Rowe, Michael Pisaro
Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches) performs on Twin Peaks in one-off group Trouble, limited 7-inch available NOW from Sacred Bones
Detective Dale Cooper isn’t back to his old self, and neither is Alex Zhang Hungtai.
More about: Alex Zhang Hungtai, David Lynch, Dean Hurley, Dirty Beaches, Riley Lynch, Trouble
Jlin Black Origami
Styles: topography, devotional, footwork, machine intelligence
Others: Holly Herndon, N-Prolenta, Chino Amobi, Fawkes, RP Boo
There is a commonplace understanding that the true test of artificial intelligence lies in the 70-ish-year-old Turing Test, wherein a human is either able or unable to identify an agent of artificial intelligence as such. There exists another vein of criticism, however, which posits that perhaps artificial intelligence is of itself a form of perception that has only very little to do with the human perspective, and that the latter should not necessarily be litmus for the efficacy of the former.
More about: Jlin
Favorite Rap Mixtapes of May 2017 From T-Pain & Lil Wayne to Dope KNife & Trippie Redd
From T-Pain & Lil Wayne to Dope KNife & Trippie Redd
With a cascade of releases spewing from the likes of DatPiff, LiveMixtapes, Bandcamp, and SoundCloud, it can be difficult to keep up with the overbearing yet increasingly vital mixtape game. In this column, we aim to immerse ourselves in this hyper-prolific world and share our favorite releases each month. The focus will primarily be on rap mixtapes — loosely defined here as free (or sometimes free-to-stream) digital releases — but we’ll keep things loose enough to branch out if/when we feel it necessary.
More about: Dope KNife, ICYTWAT, Lil Wayne, Lucki, Lucki Eck$, Paris Michael, T-Pain, The Diabolical Dr Strange and Friends, Trippie Redd, Wintertime
Lil Yachty Teenage Emotions
Styles: “oh boy, where do I start…”
Others: Carly Rae Jepsen, Sicko Mobb, iLoveMakonnen
Listen, I’m not saying that I would do any better if I were in Yachty’s situation. He’s all of 19 years old and has already finished the mixtape run-up game, passed go, and moseyed straight on up to a major label full-length debut, complete with Sprite sponsorship and a reputation as the most hated kid out there making it happen.
More about: Lil Yachty
♫♪ Radiohead - “I Promise”
UPDATE (6/2): Radiohead have shared a new video for “I Promise.” Watch it below.
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Ducktails Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Styles: coastal diary, life in paradise, mid-morning jam
Others: Mark Mulachy, Ariel Pink, Walter Wanderley
Mount Eerie announces North American dates, expected to perform new material
Following last month’s West Coast tour, Phil Elverum has announced September shows on the other side of the US (including one in Chicago), book-ended by a few dates in Canada. The shows will be classic Elverum — voice, guitar, body — performing not only songs from his devastating new album A Crow Looked At Me, but also new material.
More about: Geneviève Castrée, Mount Eerie, Phil Elverum
Yowie Synchromysticism
Styles: patterns, occult, delusion, groove, mathematics
Others: Portal, This Heat’s “Horizontal Hold,” Morton Feldman, The Locust, Hella, Battles, etc.
Yowie made their first impression on me when I was at a fairly curious, self-conscious teen age. I’d found a snippet of their debut album Cryptooology on a YouTuber’s math rock compilation video. Amidst the manufactured nostalgia, stoned philosophizing, awkward romanticism, flashy virtuosity, and fringe masculinity that one might expect — these features were apparently essential to archetypal math rock of that time — was a band energized by cartoonishly skewed and jaggedly aggressive electricity.
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Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York 2017 From Solange & Alvin Lucier to Gucci Mane & Jenny Hval
From Solange & Alvin Lucier to Gucci Mane & Jenny Hval
Red Bull Music Academy returned to New York this year for yet another well-curated series of performances, lectures, club nights, and workshops. As is tradition now, TMT sent a few writers to cover some of these events, which included a hip-hop piano bar show, Brazilian bass music, a showcase for one of our favorite labels, an interdisciplinary performance piece/meditation, and a couple lectures from two vital artists of our time.
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More about: Alvin Lucier, Blanck Mass, DJ Assault, Gucci Mane, Jenny Hval, Marissa Nadler, MC Bin Laden, Sicko Mobb, The Men, Uniform, Werner Herzog, Zaytoven, Zola Jesus
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