Lily Moayeri

Gorgon City bring out the best in Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott. The British duo had previous incarnations - fidget house for the former as Foamo, breaks for the latter as RackNRuin - but it was the breakout title track from 2013's Real EP that set up Gorgon City as......

Rhye's Robin Hannibal has a way with vocalists. As the mastermind behind not only Rhye but also Quadron, the Danish-born, Los Angeles - based Hannibal creates soundtracks for seduction. On Rhye's debut, Woman, the title is the focus of these compositions - that is, the complete disarming and disrobing of......

Lo-Fang is the nom de plume of classically trained multi-instrumentalist Matthew Hemerlein. Handpicked by Lorde to be the support on her current North American tour, he is most often compared to James Blake but with more use of traditional instruments. On his debut, Blue Film, the Los Angeles resident oscillates......

Sam Roberts is a superstar and his band a household name in their native Canada - if not yet across the border. Five albums strong, the group's latest effort, Lo-Fantasy, was produced by Youth, known for synth experimentation and dub electronics, but who knew enough to tap into Sam Roberts......

Sun Airways' second album, Soft Fall, is about layers. Orchestral, synthetic, organic, whatever the stuff of these layers, the float-y, gauze-like textures are the album's draw. The Philadelphia electro-pop outfit maintains a strong conventional songwriting core amidst the swirling synthesizers. Its central figure, Jon Barthmus, sounds like he is caught......