album reviews Archives | Page 74 of 79

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Kylesa’s Ultraviolet

By Amy Klein | May 30, 2013

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Kylesa’s Ultraviolet

I remember the spring I turned 18, when the universe seemed to be opening up to let me in, and, at the same time, making sure I knew I couldn’t go...

Nika Danilova (Zola Jesus) Talks Tricky’s False Idols

Music

By Nika Danilova | May 29, 2013

Nika Danilova (Zola Jesus) Talks Tricky’s False Idols

Not even halfway through the first song, and a dense wave of nostalgia runs down my spine. Oh Tricky, how you remind me of being a bitter backwoods...

Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks John Fogerty’s Wrote a Song for Everyone

Music

By Erika M. Anderson | May 28, 2013

Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks John Fogerty’s Wrote a Song for Everyone

I have a thought in my head that I wrap around myself like a warm blanket whenever I am completely overwhelmed. No matter how bad things get, if...

JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN) Talks CocoRosie’s Tales of a Grass Widow

Music

By JD Samson | May 27, 2013

JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN) Talks CocoRosie’s Tales of a Grass Widow

This isn't my first review of a CocoRosie record. I have sat alone with my best headphones and thought. Just like this. And I have choreographed...

Eddie Argos (Art Brut) Talks Man or Astro-man?’s Defcon 5… 4… 3… 2… 1

Music

By Eddie Argos | May 24, 2013

Eddie Argos (Art Brut) Talks Man or Astro-man?’s Defcon 5… 4… 3… 2… 1

The UK at the end of the '90s was an awful time for music. Brit-pop had died — some would argue the death was deserved — at some point during 1997...

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Talib Kweli’s Prisoner of Conscious

Music

By Stew | May 23, 2013

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Talib Kweli’s Prisoner of Conscious

I’m on the B41 bus cruising north on Flatbush Avenue through Brooklyn towards my homestead. (Or am I really headed to Peppa’s Jerk Chicken?)

Mish Way (White Lung) talks Charli XCX’s True Romance

Music

By Mish Way | May 22, 2013

Mish Way (White Lung) talks Charli XCX’s True Romance

Aleksey Weintraub (Lakutis) Talks LL Cool J’s Authentic

Music

By Aleksey Weintraub | May 21, 2013

Aleksey Weintraub (Lakutis) Talks LL Cool J’s Authentic

"Ladies Love Cool James" was ill as hell when he popped out the couch in full couch camo in Toys, the movie that predicted drones like 20...

Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) Talks the Baptist Generals’ Jackleg Devotional to the Heart

Music

By Austin Brown | May 20, 2013

Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) Talks the Baptist Generals’ Jackleg Devotional to the Heart

In the March of my 23rd year, I was laid up at my parents' house in southeast Texas, on a liquid diet consisting mostly of Vicodin. I couldn't...

Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean & Britta) Talks Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories

Music

By Dean Wareham | May 17, 2013

Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean & Britta) Talks Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon and I’ve just arrived home from Daft Punk's offices in the heart of Hollywood, on La Brea near Sunset, where I...