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- Album Review: Lorde – Solar PowerLorde – Solar Power DECENT! Best tracks: The Path, Solar Power, California, Fallen Fruit, Mood Ring I’ve gone back and forth on how to handle album reviews here, in some ways waiting for an album with a narrative that is so interesting that I just have to write about it. Lorde’s Solar Power happens toContinue reading “Album Review: Lorde – Solar Power”
- Song of the Week 8/31/2021 – “Jesus Lord”Kanye West’s long-delayed new record, Donda, is finally out, and it’s a bit of a mess. At 27 tracks and 108 minutes, this thing is exhausting. It’s clear that a lot of work was put into creating these tracks, but not enough into arranging or curating them into a compelling playlist. That said, this isContinue reading “Song of the Week 8/31/2021 – “Jesus Lord””
- Song of the Week 8/24/2021 – “More”This week, I wanted to highlight the newest single from classic indie group Low. “More” is a track that is simultaneously insane and simplistic. The song is pretty short, and has a simple arrangement of vocals with an overwhelmingly noisy accompaniment of what sounds like a guitar distorted beyond recognition. The first thing that jumpsContinue reading “Song of the Week 8/24/2021 – “More””
- Song of the Week 8/17/2021 – “Back to Oz”This week we have yet another new track from Sufjan Stevens’s upcoming collaborative record with Angelo De Augustine, A Beginner’s Mind. “Back to Oz” follow’s last month’s spectacular “Reach Out,” and it gives us a bit of a different flavor to enjoy in anticipation of this new record. While “Reach Out” leaned closely to Sufjan’sContinue reading “Song of the Week 8/17/2021 – “Back to Oz””
- Song of the Week 8/10/2021 – “My (Limited) Engagement”Guided By Voices can be an infuriating band to follow. Because of the prolific nature of their output, the quality of their releases can often vary dramatically. That said, 2021 seems to be a good year for them. Earlier this year, they released Earth Man Blues, an album where this iteration of the band soundedContinue reading “Song of the Week 8/10/2021 – “My (Limited) Engagement””
- Song of the Week 8/3/2021 – “Underrated Popstar”This week we have a new track from the um… not an underrated popstar, Alice Longyu Gao. I’m not typically one for hyperpop-adjacent music, but I did become a partial convert last year when I got addicted to Dorian Electra’s My Agenda. That record was a catchy and blood-pumping group of pop songs that eviscerateContinue reading “Song of the Week 8/3/2021 – “Underrated Popstar””
- Song of the Week 7/27/2021 – “Coloratura”This week, my favorite track was from Coldplay. Yes, THAT Coldplay. Look, I’m not a hater–in the grand scheme of soft pop-rock groups, Coldplay is one of the least offensive. Despite being long removed from what I believe to be their heyday in the early and mid 2000s, their records still tend to have aContinue reading “Song of the Week 7/27/2021 – “Coloratura””
- Song of the Week 7/20/2021 – “Everybody Sins”“Everybody Sins” is the third single coming from Andrew W.K.’s upcoming sixth album, God Is Partying. While he has a reputation for being a fun rocker who makes blissful party anthems, these new singles have been displaying a darker, edgier Andrew W.K. that I’m quite looking forward to hearing. “Everybody Sins” is pretty vanilla comparedContinue reading “Song of the Week 7/20/2021 – “Everybody Sins””
- Song of the Week 7/13/2021 – “Reach Out”Apologies for skipping the past week! I ended up having a lot of unexpected busyness around the Fourth of July holiday. Now that we’re on the other side of it, I’ll restart things with a great new track from legendary singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens! Stevens first gained recognition in the 2000s for his work on classicContinue reading “Song of the Week 7/13/2021 – “Reach Out””
- Song of the Week 6/29/2021 – “Wilshire”The newest record from Tyler, the Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost, took a few listens to grow on me. One song that intrigued me upon first listen, though, is “Wilshire,” an eight-minute epic that spotlight’s Tyler’s incredible ability as a storyteller. Tyler goes into painful detail about an illicit relationship with a friend’sContinue reading “Song of the Week 6/29/2021 – “Wilshire””
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