If anyone were to ask you for either a time capsule of rap music in 2016, or an embryonic example of the seedlings of what’s become one of hip-hop’s equally richest and bewildering creative eras yet, you’d simply have to present them the 2016 XXL Freshman Cypher…
Album Review: ‘Mystic Familiar’ by Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon – in his lyrics, interviews and in the goofball soapbox aspect of his live performances – is loose-tongued and lucid about the headspace which produced his fifth and newest album, Mystic Familiar (2020)
Women’s Day: “Mom, I failed, I’m coming home” – On music, loneliness, immigration, and Mitski
Žarko Urošević walks us through the perfect encapsulations of struggle, fear, failings, and humanity that make up the music of Mitski.
Compilation: International Women’s Day 2020
Join us in celebrating women artists of the world!
Album Review: ‘Circles’ by Mac Miller
When it comes to reevaluating posthumous releases from recently passed rappers these past few years, it’s been best to cede a little more slack than usual to the overall integrity of such projects, given the ever-growing porousness of release guidelines.
Best of the Decade: Music
As with our Best of the Decade in Film list, these album lists should be taken less as definitive statements on what was objectively best, and instead be […]
Album Review: ‘Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏 (幽霊リズム)’ by Gong Gong Gong
by Ruairí McCann [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2418831432 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] There are numerous landmarks set to be struck here on the eve of the 2020s but […]
A Decade In Review: Music of the 2010s
All writing is autobiographical, writing about culture doubly so. There is no way to distill the past decade into 10 essential albums without egregious oversight and omission. There are some artist and albums that I am not equipped to write about, there are also artists that have had their critical moments in the sun. They will not be written about here. That is okay, beautiful even. Remember that the truth is in the telling.
Album Review: Cherry Tree by Good Fuck
A review of the Chicago electronic duo’s sophomore album, their second release this year.
Album Review: Sonic Citadel by Lightning Bolt
The seventh and latest album from noise rock duo Lightning Bolt is the rough next step in two trajectories. One is relatively easy to draw and the other less so.