#3476 Eris Drew and Octo Octa - Devotion

3.5/5 the Octo Octa track versions leave me cold, too many clashy harmonics. But Eris Drew does this thing where she drops the loop and leaves this little half-beat of silence that I'm enchanted by. Brings the whole feel back to physical vinyl looping, leaves a little spot for your stomach to drop again and again. Is this her invention or a genre standard thing I'm just ignorant of? Great execution either way

#3475 Daphni - Sizzling EP

4/5 Daphne's still got it after all, the most dancy thing he's ever done, raucous, downright disco, with his signature fearlessness about when to clip the loop

#3474 Thom Yorke - Anima

2.5/5 clever, clattering, forgettable, sounding like king of limbs bsides, made me feel nothing

#3473 White Denim - Performance

3.5/5 white denim's always solid, rumbling, dancable, jam bandery tightened up and spiked

#3472 Black Midi - Schlagenheim

3.5/5 clattering, angular, hitched, as knotted as you can make rock music and keep it listenable. The Dismemberment plan with the uncertainty and heart drained out, replaced with sneering swagger

#3471 Daphni - Joli Mai

3/5 warm synths and clever eliptical beats, vocal snippets ruin a few songs though, and he's capable of doing them right (Yes I Know)

#3470 Pom Poko - Birthday

3.5/5 impossible to avoid the comparisons to deerhoof and ponytail and danananakroyd and the other angular, shrill, giveafuck weirdos. Hookier, more pleasant than most, but the lack of that unpleasant edge is doublesided - i miss it a bit - this never feels quite like the horses have taken over, steering to the cliff