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Grapetooth Built the Table They’re Sitting At

Twin Peaks’ Clay Frankel and Home-Sick’s Chris Bailoni decided to make a group casually, even though the music ended up sounding anything but.

November 26, 2018
Reviews
Muse, “Simulation Theory”

With “Simulation Theory,” one wonders if Matt Bellamy realizes he’s literally last in line for this year’s retrofuturism trend.

November 09, 2018
Reviews
Lil Wayne, “Tha Carter V”

It was always easy to view Lil Wayne as another narcissistic capitalist, bragging his way into superstardom, but now we know the real story.

October 09, 2018
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St. Lucia, “Hyperion”

Remarkable as St. Lucia’s ability to traverse time remains, 2013 still seems like their most urgent destination.

September 20, 2018
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Drake, “Scorpion”

Drake has brilliantly portrayed fatherhood from the perspective of an abandoned child—but now that he is the estranged father, his music feels cold, distant, and distracted.

July 05, 2018
The Grounded Otherworldliness of serpentwithfeet

The geographies, childhood memories, and necessary failures that tilled the earth for Josiah Wise to build on.

June 20, 2018
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Arctic Monkeys, “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”

Arctic Monkeys’ long-awaited returns is built like a Ridley Scott film—foreboding the bleakest of futures, yet you still want to step inside and join the resistance. 

May 21, 2018
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The Voidz, “Virtue”

Impending doom is a theme on “Virtue,” whose title invokes that which seems to be lost in today’s musical climate.

April 12, 2018
Reviews
MGMT, “Little Dark Age”

MGMT’s fourth LP marks a return to concise synth pop after their intermittent phases of indulgent psych-rock.

February 22, 2018
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Miguel, “War & Leisure”

With “War & Leisure,” Miguel has solidified a sound that contextualizes past efforts.

December 20, 2017
Reviews
Björk, “Utopia”

Björk’s utopia is not born without pain.

December 06, 2017
Getting Donuts in Outer Space with Midnight Sister

Fringe representatives of LA, the Jagjaguwar signees are building their own planet right here on Earth.

October 26, 2017
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Miley Cyrus, “Younger Now”

Shouldn’t we expect much, much more from one of the world’s most powerful cultural influencers?

October 17, 2017
Reviews
Foo Fighters, “Concrete and Gold”

“Concrete and Gold” tries its hardest to escape the inevitable, but still cements Foo Fighters in the past-their-prime phase.

September 14, 2017
Reviews
Vic Mensa, “The Autobiography”

Mensa’s debut finds him more musically focused and intellectually connective than ever, but his apparent urge to be Common and Justin Bieber at the same time still wears on his content.

August 03, 2017
Reviews
JAY-Z, “4:44”

Struggling to relate to his fans and with his infidelity exposed, Shawn Carter was left with one option: Kill Jay Z.

July 14, 2017
Reviews
SZA, “Ctrl”

There’s no Nicki Minaj feature, no DJ Mustard club cruncher, no junk-food love songs; it’s great pop without the guilty pleasure factor.

July 05, 2017
Reviews
Radiohead, “OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017”

Imagine if twenty years ago, Radiohead had pulled a Green Album.

June 27, 2017
Reviews
Algiers, “The Underside of Power”

Rock history proves that if you’re going to try and awaken the world with a new message, you’d better wake them up with new sounds, too.

June 21, 2017
PREMIERE: Brownout Re-Energizes with “You Don’t Have to Fall” Following Their “Brown Sabbath” Phase

Upcoming EP titled “Over the Covers” to start the new chapter.

May 18, 2017
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