Tycho’s Weather doesn’t reach the atmospheric heights of his post-chillwave classics.

Epoch feels like Tycho’s gift to the cheap seats.

As we ease into the halfway point of 2014, it’s time to pause, light up the grill and enjoy the summer, bathing ourselves in the glorious new music that this year has yielded. We are pleased to present a list of albums that we feel have bubbled to the top of the heap. And while there are some significant absences …

[xrr rating=3.75/5]Tycho’s latest album, Awake, is filled with mystifying soundscapes that latch onto distant melodies and beckons the listener to dig deeper into the mix. Tycho is the brainchild of Scott Hansen, a San Francisco-based artist that dabbles in all sorts of entrancing design work. Best known as ISO50 in the design world, Hansen has always been heralded for his …