Brendan Hasenstab

Brendan Hasenstab is a contributing editor with The Signal.
13
Jun

‘Everyday People’ + ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’

This past week, we lost two giants of 1960s music: Sly Stone, the bandleader and composer for Sly and the
10
Jun

‘Unidos (with Daphni)’

Sofia Kourtesis, the blazing, Berlin-based DJ, has teamed up with Dan Snaith (AKA Caribou), as his dance-music alias, Daphni, for
08
Jun

‘Signs’

The Icelandic composer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds has a new record coming out July 11, A Dawning—cut with Eion
06
Jun

‘Malibu’

Yussef Dayes is a British jazz drummer known for exploring polyrhythms far outside the American-jazz frame of reference—here, with
04
Jun

‘Swimming Pool’

The Australians-moved-to-London indie rockers HTRK are bringing new life to the tradition of Mazzy Star and the dream-pop genre as
01
Jun

‘River King’

The Stockholm-based post-punk band Viagra Boys put out their fourth album last month, and this, the closing track, may be
30
May
House money

House money

Why are countries around the world developing virtual legal tenders? Roger Huang on the origins, implementation, and implications of central bank digital currencies.
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30
May

‘You Got Time and I Got Money’

Smerz is a Norwegian electronic music duo that splits their time between Oslo and Copenhagen. Big City Life is their
27
May

‘Immortal Hands’

‘Immortal Hands.’ Stereolab has come out of hibernation with their first album in 15 years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film,
25
May

‘Waxcap’

‘Waxcap.’ A track from one of the most impressive albums of electronic music this year, by the London producer Felix