Must Hear Tracks: "mq9" "Is It Now?" "Don't Wanna Dance" Some bands just sound like their name. Los Angeles trio Automatic fulfills this phenomenon to a tee. As their name suggests, they are a well-oiled machine, cranking out precise and danceable new-wave with mechanical precision. In their finely tuned sound, you hear traces of The... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "Long Island City Here I Come" "Au Pays Du Cocaine" "Taxes" "Getting Killed" God invented the rock band to do two things: lay down tasty riffs, and say cryptic shit. The legends of rock history understood this calling. The Zeppelins, Beatles, Stones, Velvets, T Rexes, all the way down the line to... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "Wild, Wild, Wild Horses" "Eyeballs" "Thawing Dawn" "Phantom Limbo" Artist's self-portraits have always been fascinating to me. The melding of technical prowess, aesthetic sensibility, and psychological self-image. How do people with the skills to render themself choose to do it? Van Gogh's teeming blue-grey textures, Khalo's accentuated unibrow and wayward gaze, Picasso's... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "The Rolling Stones" "Love Takes Miles" "Nina + Field of Cops" "Drinking Age" "Cancer of the Skull" "Try as I May" I almost wrote this album. When I was 22 years old, I almost wrote this album. I have friends who almost wrote this album. I followed people on Twitter, saw people... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "Favourite" "Horseness is the Whatness" "Starburster" "Motorcycle Boy" (Note: I recently had a lively, drunken discussion with an Irishman about this very band and album, and while I was quick to mention Fontaines D.C. is an authentically Irish, blue collar type band, my companion was adamant they they're actually just a bunch... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "Being Alive" "Jesse" "Duet" Greta Kline's music has always been her diary. More than 50 Bandcamp releases and two stellar studio albums make for an intimidating catalogue, but her style is anything but. It's like listening to a close friend speaking comfortably. She's never been one to speak at length, though. The... Continue Reading →
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