Articles by Luke Pearson
The Chemical Brothers
No Geography
PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2019
Since their seminal late '90s dominance, the Chemical Brothers have released respectable albums at a reasonable pace, arguably maintaining...
Prins Thomas
Ambitions
PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2019
Since pioneering what many music journalists in the early 2000s referred to as "space disco" with fellow countryman Lindstrøm, Norway's Pri...
RX-101
Dopamine
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2019
For Toronto label Suction Records, Dutch artist Erik Jong (aka RX-101) must seem like a gift that keeps on giving. Having recorded hundreds...
Turning Jewels Into Water
Map of Absences
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2019
One of the more interesting acts to bubble out of the melting pot of NYC's arts scene, Turning Jewels Into Water is made up of Indian-born...
CHAI
Punk
PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2019
It seems almost inconceivable to dislike CHAI. Coming up in their native Japan via a SXSW Asia audition; signing to the savvy Burger Record...
VC-118A
Inside
PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2019
For the last decade or so (and via three separate aliases), Dutch producer Samuel van Dijk has proven himself a devoted explorer of the mur...
Perfect Son
Cast
PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2019
After releasing albums in his native Poland with experimental rock bands Kyst and Coldair, up-and-comer Tobiasz Biliński has tried his hand...
Homeshake
Helium
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2019
Artists are often easing into the perks of a more established industry presence by their fourth album — access to better studios and equipm...