album review
Album Review
food house’s “two house” makes you hungry for seconds
Food house may not have been able to write “Hamlet”, but Shakespeare certainly couldn’t write “two house” either.
Album
Lady Gaga’s “MAYHEM” is essential listening
Even if you didn’t enjoy Lady Gaga in her younger years I believe there is something on this album for everyone.
Album
Float through spring with Ichiko Aoba’s “Luminescent Creatures”
Listen to the music and listen for the sounds of our hearts reflecting through the melodies as we float through this spring together with grace and peace.
2022
Priya Ragu’s 2021 “damnshestamil” pays homage to her Tamil heritage
Released in 2021, her debut album “damnshestamil” is a warm combination of contemporary music and an ode to her heritage, incorporating audio clips of women speaking in Tamil overlayed with traditional South Indian beats.
Ambient
Tim Hecker: Revisiting a Masterpiece
Ambient is one of the more abstract and hard-to-judge genres, with some works consisting of unchanging drones for the entirety of their runtime.
metal
Mirar’s debut “Ascension” brings a metal with a different sort of appeal to the mainstream
While it’s unlikely Mirar will become metal’s new flagship band — they are still a bit too subversive to attract any truly mainstream appeal — the crossover elements at play here serve to make them a band worth watching.
Drone
Ethel Cain’s Perverts EP is a Horrifying realm of hopelessness
It’s incredibly unsettling and atmospheric, and while that may not sound appealing, I do think there’s a lot of beauty amid the keening drones and occult murmurings.
Albums
Top 10 worst albums of 2024
Although incredible music is released every year, so does terrible music.
bands
Top 10 best albums of 2024
It’s been an amazing year for music — some of my favorite albums of the decade came out, pop music thrived, as did rap, metal, and overall there were pretty much great albums coming out consistently every week.
Album Review
I’ve “Given Up”: Linkin Park let me down
I think a big reason this new era of Linkin Park falls so flat for me is that I can’t connect to it on an emotional level.