Holly Herndon's right-now sound

These days, seizing the day requires great focus. Having devoted ourselves to our trusty pocket computers and their miraculous capabilities, we've become distracted, delighted and exhausted.The music of Holly Herndon feels like a head-on response to this new reality. On her terrific sophomore album, "Platform ," the electronic composer weaves the sound of her own voice through various flickering tapestries of sound that she created inside her laptop -- a machine that plays such a mundane role in...