New Four Tet tends to come along when I really need it. When it’s a week where I need to lock into a groove, zone out from distractions, and enter into a state of pure focus. Hebden’s newest release (off his Text Records) allows me to do just that. The A-Side, “Jupiters” begins with starry [...]
This morning, wake up to the warm space waves of Mr. Beck Hanson. Never an artist to stick to any certain genre, Beck’s latest work “I Only Have Eyes For You,” a cover of The Flamingos, finds the artist giving one of his best crooner performances to date. Dainty pianos provide the sparse backdrop to [...]
The music of St. Vincent always seems to find a way to walk the line between enchanted and menacing. However, on her newest Record Store Day track, “Krokodil” St. Vincent forgoes that whole “enchanted” thing and sets her sites towards straight-up ferocious sludge. And of course, the inundation of grime suits her (hell, what wouldn’t [...]
After Coachella’s horrendous Tupac hologram (which now may lead to a faux-Tupac tour!?), I started getting severely worried about the state of the music industry – and to be honest, the state of music in general. Is this really where we are now? Has the ability to capture energy and emotion in a unique and raw environment [...]
Let’s be honest, your life hasn’t been the same since the demise of LCD Soundsystem. Since their departure, my heart has been sporting a big hole, waiting on James to come to his senses and fill in that void. But my heart started hurting alot less since being turned on to Hundred Visions. “Last Cab [...]
If Hamilton Leithauser raises his children anything like he has “raised” The Walkmen’s music, then he is assuredly an amazing father. In their youngest years, The Walkmen were caffeine-ridden rockers that garnered attention for their seemingly endless pit of brazen energy. You loved them in the same way you love watching a kid run around [...]
I didn’t realize how much I loved Yuck, until it hit me that a solid year after their debut release I was still getting songs randomly and quite often entrenched in the folds of my brain. When it comes to 90′s revival, no one does it better. Hell, when it comes to writing a chorus…very [...]
When it comes to music, I’m a pretty mellow guy. Like the rest of the world I got really into Odd Future when they came out, and that pretty much filled my void for really pissed off hip-hop for quite some time. Death Grips caught steam right around OF’s peak and unfortunately…I just wasn’t that [...]
Last Saturday I saw the phenomenal movie “Take Shelter” while enjoying one of the few rainy nights in that we have here in LA. It was one of those movies that hits you a few days later and you realize just how amazing it was. I would definitely recommend it to any and everyone, but I’m terrible [...]
