M83: Go! (Animal Collective / Deakin Remix)

“Go!” from M83’s 2016 album Junk has just been remixed by Deakin from Animal Collective and it takes the already slightly oddball track featuring Mai Lan and creates an atmospheric, spacey soundscape. A new beautiful, soft thumping, fuzzy layer drives the track skyward. The remix will apparently appear on an upcoming 12″ record that’s slated for release in December. M83 begins a tour at the …

Justice: Randy

French duo Justice (aka Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay) just officially released another new track, the second this summer after a five-year release-hiatus. “Randy” (from the upcoming album Woman, the follow-up to 2011’s Audio, Video, Disco) starts off with a dark, industrial sound before suddenly making way for a surprise falsetto. Eventually turning into a sing-song, psychedelic tune that’s got plenty of simmering ’70s …

Thomas Heatherwick’s Climbing “Vessel” at Hudson Yards

2,500 steps within 154 intersected, rising flights of stairs unite to form Thomas Heatherwick’s vision for “Vessel,” an immersive monument to be constructed at NYC’s new Hudson Yards facility. There are 80 unique landing points, offering vistas of the city and the surrounding perennial public garden and plaza. The painted steel frame expands as one goes up, lending a striking half-oval shape, open to the …