Blissfully ignorant music commentary that counts
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...
