#new-music

#new-music

Performing in a cutout in the middle of a huge elevated ramp, Reznor, his Nails bandmate Atticus Ross and Boys Noize hovered atop a dense rack of synths and samplers. They built on the ethos of their arena show, stripping the NIN catalog like 'Closer,' 'Heresy,' 'The Warning' and 'Copy of A' for parts, rebuilding them for this strobe-licked club setting.

"These repetitions start happening. It's like a humming and the song gets louder and louder and it generates heat and color and it generates so much heat that by accident the star is born. And in that moment when the star's born, we see each other for the first time. But it's sad because we're also separated for the first time."

Los Thuthanaka sounds like nothing else. It's joyous, jagged, and sounds like it's being blasted out of a broken Bluetooth speaker in your neighbor's backyard - it's glorious.

On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we're sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff's favorite new music.