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The Danish artist closes the door on her acclaimed Kulør label and shifts towards a greater range of "high impact" genres and BPMs for her new outlet 

New Music Reviews (2/22) KEXP Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See whats coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from The Hold Steady, This Brooklyn-via-Minneapolis band’s excellent eighth studio album is their strongest since 2008’s Stay Positive, featuring an expansive, dynamic and revitalized sound on richly detailed songs with soaring guitars, bright keyboa...

Fact Mix 793: Byrell The Great Share this: Fact Mix 793: Byrell The Great A high energy club mix from one of the contemporary ballroom scene’s key innovators. Byrell The Great has been at the heart of New York’s ballroom scene for over a decade, notably as one of the top DJs in the youth-driven kiki subculture. His music reflects the high energy nature of kiki balls, combining classic ballroom sounds with a contemporary flair for production. His contributions to 2016’s Qweendom compilatio...

The 9 Best DJ Mixes of January 2021 Pitchfork 1/29/2021 © Graphic by Drew Litowitz Graphic by Drew Litowitz Every month, Philip Sherburne listens to a whole lot of mixes so you only have to listen to the best ones. It’s a new year… sort of. Perhaps you’re still figuring out how to feel about the onset of 2021, which, at least so far, doesn’t seem like a huge improvement on 2020. These sets offer two possible coping strategies. Option 1: Rage to your heart’s content and work out y...

Open share drawer The Copenhagen producer’s debut LP reaches beyond the city’s trademark fast tempos to explore woozy slow-motion jams, pensive ambient sketches, and pulse-racing breakbeat trance. Featured Tracks: “Sol” — Kasper MarottVia SoundCloud Three or four years ago, Copenhagen became known for a particularly speedy strain of dance music. Its breakneck drum programming packed an industrial-strength wallop; its glistening synths channeled ’90s trance. Most...