Ducktails
Iii:arcade Dynamics

On sandy shores not so far, far away in New Jersey, Matthew Mondanile is one of several central figures meandering the like-minded suburban scene—alon...

New Jersey’s Ducktails has been making a name for itself (or, really, for himself—this is the project of Real Estate’s Matthew Monandile) in the chill...

On first listen, there seems to be something inherently brave/ill-advised about Matthew Mondanile, aka Ducktails, releasing an album like Ducktails II...

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Regardless of its Wire-assisted etymology and the basic ideas underpinning its use, ‘hypnagogic pop’ as a term has become so widely used - and misused...

Despite titling his latest release III: Arcade Dynamics, Matthew Mondanile’s third proper Ducktails album relies less on VHS-washed nostalgia than its...

The "III" in the title may sound proggy or inaccessible, as if you need to listen to the previous two albums to understand the ongoing storyline carry...

For the past few years, when he isn’t clocking in as guitarist of New Jersey’s Real Estate, Matthew Mondanile has been busy churning out solo records ...

All I can think about upon seeing the band name/album title combo on this disc is playing SNES at my best friend’s house after watching Saturday morni...

Despite his fellow New Jerseyites and their Brooklyn-based peers, despite chillwave and hypnagogic pop being as much in-jokes as potentially long-last...