FKA Twigs returns with “Cellophane,” plus a redux review of LP1 Everett Williams April 25, 2019 Album Review, News FKA Twigs is finally back. Her first new single in three years since 2016’s “Good to Love,” “Cellophane” dropped yesterday morning at 11:30 am. The singer announced the single and upcoming tour dates ...
50 years of The Velvet Underground Erika Badalyan April 23, 2019 Album Review, Columns and Opinions The Velvet Underground was an American rock band from New York City consisting of singer Lou Reed, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Moe Tucker. The band was notably managed by pop artist Andy Warhol for...
Cage the Elephant delivers a sorrowful masterpiece with Social Cues Shayan Shirkhodai April 22, 2019 Album Review, Reviews Opening with lo-fi sound effects broken by a snappy snare drum and crunchy, bright guitar riff, Social Cues (released April 19, 2019) begins with a weird, alt-rock jam entitled “Broken Boy” that perfectly s...
Marvin Gaye’s You’re The Man: How do you follow up a masterpiece? Everett Williams April 8, 2019 Album Review, Reviews Nearly 50 years after its recording, Marvin Gaye’s follow up to his 1971 classic What’s Going On was finally released to the public on March 29, 2019. You’re The Man is just as politically charged as i...
Sheik Yerbouti: forty years old and raunchy as ever, for better or for worse Clementine Zimmer April 1, 2019 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews March 2019 sees the 40th anniversary of one of the most controversial records by the free-thinking guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa, Sheik Yerbouti (1979). The double disc, part-studio, and part-live record was the ...
Hi, this is (the new and improved) Flume Erika Badalyan March 30, 2019 Album Review Just in time for spring, Flume has released a surprise new mixtape (his first release since 2017). What perfect timing. The warmer months means the beginning of an onslaught of deep tropical house remixes by Sc...
Karen O and Danger Mouse, Lux Prima album review Alice Markman March 27, 2019 Album Review, Reviews Five years after her debut solo album Crush Songs (2014), Karen O (former frontwoman of the iconic 2000s rock band, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) is back. And this time, she’s not alone. On March 15, the ...
Stephen Malkmus’s experimental electronic album is decent, but below his standard Jack Austin March 22, 2019 Album Review Groove Denied (2019), Stephen Malkmus’s latest album released on March 15, is the veteran indie-rocker’s experimentation with electronic music, inspired by his days living in Berlin. While the album is not ...
Ariana grande comes into her own on thank u, next Everett Williams March 1, 2019 Album Review In a machine as unrelenting as the mainstream music industry, artists often feel as though their selves are drowned out or diluted by the creative army of writers and producers that accompany them in the studio...
Steve Gunn’s “The Unseen in Between”: Understated, refined, and worth the listen Jack Austin February 28, 2019 Album Review Already at his 19th album since his first solo release in 2007, Steve Gunn’s latest effort, The Unseen in Between (2019) marks itself as one of Gunn’s most polished albums to date, with mature songwriting a...
Lighter than air: HOMESHAKE’S “Helium” deserves high praise Erika Badalyan February 22, 2019 Album Review Five years ago, when he was just starting to make a name for himself and his band HOMESHAKE, Montreal-based artist Peter Sagar was best known as Mac Demarco’s guitarist. While Homeshake’s original sound dre...
Choker’s new three-part miniseries is an experimental amalgamation of various genres and immense talents Anthony Vega February 8, 2019 Album Review What captivates me the most about being a supporter of up-and-coming artists is when you find one like Choker, one who you just seem to know is going to be someone someday. I felt the same way about Kevin Abstr...
Beautiful and creepy: Metallica’s Helping Hands…Live & Acoustic at The Masonic Shayan Shirkhodai February 6, 2019 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews “Beautiful and creepy” — these adjectives uttered straight from the mouth of singer (and rhythm guitarist) James Hetfield mid-performance were the perfect words to describe Metallica’s newest album, Hel...
Top 10 Albums of 2018 Joshua Hauser December 22, 2018 Album Review, Blog, Columns and Opinions As 2018 comes to a close, it’s important to reflect on what happened and what matters. In the past 12 months, there have been quite a few destructive events: more than 300 mass shootings, Facebook giving away...
Sloppy, short, and just plain weird: Tyler the Creator’s Christmas album Everett Williams December 1, 2018 Album Review, Uncategorized “What the hell is this?” I said to myself after excitedly opening Spotify to see a new Tyler the Creator EP. Hot off his critically-acclaimed release Flower Boy (2017), Tyler had fans eagerly waiting to see...