On his latest release, John Maus has brought a little more atmosphere into the fold when crafting the odd, bite-sized synth pop nuggets that fill his full-lengths. While tracks like “Believer” feel like grand bedroom rock opuses, other tracks fall by the wayside because of a lack of structure, memorability,
On Total, French electro producer SebastiAn churns out one banger after another that sound like they came straight off of some kind of assembly line. Rather than forge a sound or style the separates this music from its influences, the tracks here seem content to tailor themselves to every stereotypical
On bad meets Evil, Eminem and Royce Da 5’9″ bring the best out in one another and start spitting fire like King Koopa on the last stage of Super Mario Brothers. These guys put their drama and hip hop superstar backgrounds behind them to send out verse after rap
On Blood Ceremony’s second album, the Canadian band embraces a traditional style of doom metal; but they still manage to make worlds collide. With guitar riffs coming straight out of the Toni Iommi playbook and flute playing that calls out to Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, this album is
WU LYF’s debut album rides in on a tidal wave of reverb and eccentric yelps from the band’s lead singer. While it does have a uniform sound and a style, I feel like the style drowns out what this band has to offer in this songs most of
MP3 Nas is back, and I was honestly dying to hear some new solo stuff from this guy after hearing him guest on the new Beastie Boys album that I reviewed very highly. The dude hasn’t lost it. Flow goes like a busted dam, and I love the drums
I know I joke around in some of these blog posts about “witch house,” and the legitimacy of such labels, but let’s get serious and talk about something that I don’t post a lot of on this blog: R&B. Of course, R&B is short
New video for Metronomy’s “the Bay,” which is off the band’s latest LP, the English Riviera. Watch a review for the album right here.
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Thanks to the good people at La Blogotheque on this one. They always pull together some great and intimate live sessions with great musicians. This time around, they’ve got none other than Thurston Moore talking music and playing some tracks from his new solo album, Demolished Thoughts, which is
