Ten Reader writers review 16 records, including Angel Olsen's otherworldly folk, and more.
by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Monica Kendrick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, Tal Rosenberg, Kim Kelly and Philip Montoro
Actress, Ghettoville (Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune) British electronic-music artist Actress (aka Darren Cunningham) hails from the same quasi-grimestep/post-IDM interzone that's home to artists as disparate as Burial, Kuedo, Flying Lotus, Lone, and Zomby—in fact, Lone and Zomby have released music on Cunninghan's Werkdiscs label. But Actress also takes as reference points a few hipper bits of music-critic catnip: Suicide's menacing throb, Throbbing Gristle's creaky protoindustrial noise, and Cabaret Voltaire's surface grit.…[ Read more ]