Heavy Rotation
What We're Listening To
On their sophomore record, Polyenso feel like the first band since Glass Animals to lay claim the electronic alt-R&B pop throne that Alt-J has. Pure in the Plastic is extraordinary. Read more.
Japanese trio Nisennenmondai’s latest album is a wandering, entrancing slab of atmospheric techno that asks many questions, but doesn’t give us many answers. At once alien and foreboding, #N/A feels remarkably steeped in its influences. Read more.
The Heavy make their claim for fame after being featured in both the Kingsman and Hateful Eight soundtracks. Hurt & the Merciless is one of the year’s most jubilant rock records. Read more.
Not unlike the Academy Award-winning film this soundtrack comes from, Antonio Sanchez’s Birdman feels like one, long jazzy take on a single thought. Read more.
On his fifth album as The Field, Axel Willner continues to find joy in the loop, but succeeds largely because he’s making it more muscular than he’s made it before. Read more.