Death in Haiti is the most intriguing and affecting field recording project I’ve heard in some time.
Electronic producer Girl Talk is best known for his mashup albums that came out in the second half of the 2000s. On Night Ripper, Feed the Animals, and All Day, he mixed classic pop and rock songs with the top hip hop and pop tunes of the day. Though the
Eat the Elephant gets off to a strong start, but begins tanking in quality at the midway point.
Hop Along’s song structures and storytelling mature on Bark Your Head Off, Dog.
Stoner metal titan Sleep makes a hell of a comeback with The Sciences, which encompasses both the band’s classic sound and influences from the members’ other creative endeavors over the past 15 years.
Blanck Mass is the solo project of Benjamin John Power, a founding member of the British experimental electronic duo Fuck Buttons. On previous Blanck Mass projects Power has experimented with dark, droning electronic music that contrasts with the often colorful sound of Fuck Buttons. Surprisingly, Power all but abandons electronica
J. Cole brings a lot of heart and salient points on KOD, but it’s yet another mixed bag.
The weekly segment in which Anthony touches down on some of the best and worst tracks he has heard in the past week.
On Sex & Food, UMO try to convey significant political messages via an inconsequential bedroom pop sound.
Wavves frontman Nathan Williams is re-releasing the band’s self-titled debut for Record Store Day in honor of the album’s 10th anniversary. This previously unreleased track, “All Star Goth,” will be included on the reissue. “All Star Goth” would be among the noisiest tracks on the exceptionally noisy Wavves.
