Nathan Reese

I reviewed two new records for XLR8R. Bibio’s new LP is the closest he’s come to fully embracing AM pop, while Adult. are back after six years with their most accessible record ever. 

Bibio - Silver Wilkinson 

Adult. - The Way Things Fall

I interviewed Autre Ne Veut (a.k.a. Arther Ashin) for Refinery29. He talked about his recent European tour, his new record, and David Lynch. 

On fans: 

“Fandom is so disjointed from any human process. It’s as if they’re opening their journal and letting me read from it. It’s cool; it’s neat to have anything one does [recieved like that]. It’s my private space. The music was conceived in this very closed environment. It was an intimate group [who recorded the record]. To send that out into the ether and have people consume it privately, and then for us to have this conversation, it’s almost like having a conversation about masturbatory practice or something [laughs].” 

Songs To Listen To At Work (Refinery29)

Another one for The Creators Project, this one about technologist James Bridle’s new drone installations for the Brighton Festival. Bridle runs the excellent Tumblr The New Aesthetic, that documents the eerie, often hard-to-define relationship humans and machines have in the 21st century. He’s also a writer, lecturer, and all around super smart guy. 

He had this to say about drones, which seems really true, scary, and important to me:  

“You hear about some of the places these strikes are occurring, but you don’t necessarily see them. And that’s kind of odd in this day and age. Ever since the advent of mass media, we tend to be filled with images of battlefields themselves. We have maps, and reports, and journalists on the ground. The wars that drones enable don’t take place like that. We don’t see them. It was an attempt to render the battlefields visible, to point out that these are real locations where people lie. To try to give some sort of imagery to that discussion.”

Read the whole thing here. 

And here’s a picture of his exhibition: 

Neat.

Here are some recent interviews I’ve done: 

The Men On The (New) Moon (Interview)

Lapalux’s Track Record (Interview) 

Sky Ferreira Is Sad All The Time (But Glow-In-The-Dark Stars Help) (Refinery29)

Breaking Bad, Thrifting, & More Reasons Why Bat For Lashes Is Our New BFF (Refinery29) 

Danny Brown Talks Twitter Friends & Festival Madness (Refinery29) 

Coachella Newbie Jessie Ware Talks Fans & The Importance Of False Lashes (Refinery29)

Benoit & Sergio: Bridge So Far (XLR8R Review)

Wildarms: Clear Eyes EP (XLR8R Review)

Helado Negro (Interview Magazine)

Young Dreams (Interview Magazine)

Ricky Eat Acid: “I Can Hear the Heart Breaking As One” (AdHoc.fm)

We Talk Old-Lady Style & Taylor Swift With Sara (Of Tegan And Sara)! (Refinery29)