Get weird for the weekend. Pairs well with most psychotropics. Also pairs well with a trip to the tropics, whilst tripping on … you get it. Review at the A.V. Club.
Category: Music Review
Review: Miike Snow are “Happy to You”
No, that’s not a typo. It’s the curious title of Miike Snow’s second LP. Seems to be missing something, no? Well, so does the album. Read at The A.V. Club.
Review: Chairlift = Feist + Toni Braxton with Synths?
Just saying. Something is a pretty great record. You should read more about it at The A.V. Club. (If you like “something angsty, dance-y, smart, and silly.”)
Review: Young Magic ‘Melt’ Rap Beats + Chillwave
Photo by Viktor Vauthier. That headline is close to accurate. You’d learn a lot more by reading the full review of Melt by Young Magic over at The A.V. Club.
Review: ‘The OF Tape Vol. 2’ Proves That the Future is Still Odd (Also: That Earl Sweatshirt is Alive)
Hype is a fickle beast and Odd Future rides it like a pack of rodeo clowns. The Angeleno misfit rap crew seems to understand that the arena wants to see its champions knocked around a bit, wants to jeer before it cheers—that, or the group’s “kill people, burn shit, fuck school” nihilism is exactly what’s needed in the two-thousand-teens. Regardless, their new posse album, The OF Tape Vol. 2, reminds us of what’s so great about these fuckers. Read at The A.V. Club.
SPIN Review: New Shins LP ‘Port Of Morrow’ Plays Like a Mixtape Featuring Several Bands Who All Happen to Have the Same Name
This long-awaited return features a Shins for every occasion: Classic Shins, Solo Shins, Shins on Pop, Brave New Shins, and maybe, just maybe, the Shins We’ve Been Waiting For. Dive deep into Port of Morrow with yours truly over at SPIN.
Welsh Weirdness Worth Wildin’ Out To: Cate Le Bon
Good tunes for the trippers: “Cardiff’s Cate Le Bon … sings like Nico over a score that could’ve been produced by Os Mutantes in their prime.” Via A.V. Club.
[Photo stolen from my friend Kyle Dean Reinford.]
Gucci Mane and V-Nasty: A Match Made in … a Continuation School Homeroom?
Words You’ll Never See Again: The Internet Falls Short in Delivering ‘Naked Ladies’
Wanted to like Odd Future’s neo-soul wasteland funk more than I did. Ho hum. Read all about it via the A.V. Club. At least Earl is back. OFWGK†A.
More on the Way…
There’s a ton more that I’m moving over from the old site (Aural Standards). Stay tuned.








