Purity Ring - Another Eternity

Purity Ring's latest record strips the mysticism out of their sound, and replaces it with a plush, gritless aesthetic.

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

Kate Bush rules.

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

This latest installation of CLASSICS WEEK 2014 focuses on one of electronic music's most pivotal albums: Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express.

Future Islands - "Seasons Change (Waiting On You)" (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpetation)

Give Ontario jazz-rock trio the opportunity to revise one of the most sensual songs of the year, and what do they do? They make it even more sensual.

Yes, BADBADNOTGOOD basically pulls apart and reassembles Future Islands' "Seasons Change (Waiting On You)," and they turn it into a sweet piece of vintage soul in the process. What's even more amazing is that they successfully maintain everything about the track that made it so great in the first place.

Few remixes churn out results this amazing.

Ariel Pink - pom pom

Pop's biggest oddball comes through with his strongest set of songs since the 00s.

iamamiwhoami - Blue

iamamiwhoami returns with her sophomore album, Blue.

Little Dragon - "Underbart"

When it comes to being stalked and held captive, I think we can all agree that it's an experience we'd leave rather than take. And the wrinkly, green-haired character in Little Dragon's new "Underbart" video is so physically unsettling that I think he'd be the last on my list of people to stalked by. The beat slowly evolves from atmospheric synths to claustrophobic percussion, highly reminiscent of LCD Soundsystem's "Someone Great." The way the song utilizes its space, or eventual lack thereof, greatly enhances the video's ever growing sense of dread, and will certainly leave you wonderfully.

Check out a review for the latest Little Dragon album here.

- Garrett Cottingham

iamamiwhoami - "chasing kites"

A new track from previously praised Swedish songwriter and synth pop singer Jonna Lee. She's been releasing music under the once anonymous pseudonym of iamamiwhoami for a few years now, and she's gearing up to release the followup to her wonderful debut this November. The title of this forthcoming album: Blue.

Thus far, in my opinion, many of the tracks Jonna has released have been less than impressive. Her influences have remained roughly the same, delivering synth melodies vocal performances reminiscent of the Knife or Kate Bush. However, the songwriting just hasn't been there for me.

However, "Chasing Kites" is definitely a change of pace in that regard. The song is a synth pop gem, and features incredibly catchy chorus, a gripping rhythm, and some epic synth chords.

While I'm not dying to hear Blue, I wasn't dying to hear Kin either. I recall having a hard time connecting to many of the songs from that record until I heard the whole thing as an album. Hopefully, that's the case this time around as well.