Temple Contemporary + David Lang’s “Symphony for a Broken Orchestra”

A performance on damaged instruments to benefit public schools, from the acclaimed composer

In the first week of December at the 23rd Street Armory in Philadelphia, 400 or so instruments recovered from some 1000+ in a musical graveyard united in the hands of hundreds of professionals and students to perform a work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. Known as the “Symphony for a Broken Orchestra“—there will never be a performance like those two ever again. The epic …

Rhye: Count to Five

An album that’s been four years in the making, BLOOD by LA-based Rhye will be released early next year. From it comes the song “Count to Five.” In their immediately recognizable style, the track is breathy and breezy, but with a disco and funk influence that keeps it from becoming sleepy.

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Nicolas Jaar's new deep cut, a beautiful piece of synth-pop by SHERPA and more in our musical wrap-up

Nicolas Jaar: Coin in Nine Hands From a deluxe version of Nicolas Jaar’s 2016 album Sirens comes an excellent, previously unreleased track called “Coin in Nine Hands.” Beginning with a dark and sexy pulsating beat and spoken word lyrics, the song builds and shifts hauntingly across eight minutes—becoming an almost industrial ambient track. Unsurprisingly, considering it’s Jaar, this is a bold, deep cut. Cella: Prologue …