Top 20 Albums of 2018 (10-01)
10. Pinegrove: Skylight The human side of Pinegrove and the controversial release of Skylight are deeply complicated, and not something that can adequately be…
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Top 50 Tracks of 2018 (20-11)
20. Jack White “Corporation” No other record by a renowned artist was as critically polarizing in 2018 as former White Stripes lead singer and…
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Beach House: 7
As songwriters, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally take pop music to a place that is rife with depth and meaning, yet still accessible to…
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Beach House: B-Sides and Rarities
Slow drum beat fades in; Legrand matches an synth arpeggios with her Q Lazzarus-style vocals. The first song on the album, “Chariot,” sweeps up…
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20. Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, Girl Imagine if in 1982 when Laurie Anderson released her experimental masterpiece Big Science it created a worldwide revolution. Modern…
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30. Blood Stone “Married to Satan” Amidst joyful noise pop guitar riffs and minimalist Moe Tucker-like drumming, Detroit, Michigan’s Blood Stone gleefully extol the…
Read MoreBeach House: Depression Cherry
How many band’s names also fit the description of their sound? Without going down a web of analysis to establish criteria in answering this…
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Beach House “Sparks”
Through their first three albums, Beach House had been getting better at every step. Up to 2010’s Teen Dream, it was clear Alex Scally…
Read More#TuesdayTopTen: Anticipated 2015 Albums
Time for my annual fool’s errand at Surviving the Golden Age. I was 5/10 last year in terms of listing albums that were eventually…
Read MoreBenicássim Festival 2013, Spain
With rumours adrift of last minute cancellations, there were fears that the Festival Internacional de Benicássim (FIB) was destined for the gloomy path of…
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