A renewed relationship with JPEGMAFIA
Culturally, I think that I’m pretty dull. I doubt my attention span can fully grasp the cultural frustration that Baltimore rapper JPEGMAFIA’s music speaks to. Yet, in what I think is pretty earnest attempt...
Blissfully ignorant music commentary that counts
Culturally, I think that I’m pretty dull. I doubt my attention span can fully grasp the cultural frustration that Baltimore rapper JPEGMAFIA’s music speaks to. Yet, in what I think is pretty earnest attempt...
In early 1999, the Flaming Lips stood at a career’s crossroads. The Oklahoma-native psych-popsters had already released eight albums in a narrow 13 years. Critically lauded but commercially inconsistent, the band’s discography earned itself...
I was put onto Scottish producer Sam Gellaitry by some friends — you know who you are — around 2017, coinciding with the release of the third installment in his “Escapism” EP series. “Escapism...
I’m honest when I say that the unity of vocalists Labrinth and Sia and producer Diplo undershot my expectations a little bit. I’m lying if I say I didn’t enjoy their cleverly-named joint effort...
I’m conflicted here, and a little disappointed too. The star-power (no puns intended — I promise!) of singles like “Andromeda” and “Movies”, whose astral leanings teased an album promising, do not represent well the...
It surprises me that Show Me The Body doesn’t have a greater following. In a musical culture where dynamics are eschewed for brute force a la volume, the group’s punishing stylistic mix of industrial,...
Billie’s got her shortcomings, sure. At a mere 17, she’s entitled to, I think. When the results are as eerie and as delightfully off-putting as “you should see me in a crown,” or “bad...
Note: This post is lightly updated from its original publication in The Brown and White. “Hi This Is Flume” is the new mixtape from Australian electronic producer Flume. But then again, the surprise breakage...
There’s an appalling lack of competence on this record. Lyrically, in the conviction that following a girl to the supermarket constitutes romance; sonically, in the conviction that the Fray’s nonexistent comeback record might lend...
Below is the list of every album that I listened to critically and attentively in 2018. I’ll attach their scores, at some point. Wide Awake!, Parquet Courts You Won’t Get What You Want, Daughters...
What’s this all about? Count this as a mission statement, if you will — at risk of sounding more pretentious than I probably do, I won’t. I’ve enjoyed music throughout my 20 years of...