I find it very hard to read while listening to hip hop. Similarly, it’s hard to listen to some downtempo folk when I’m going on a run. So what are the right types of music to listen to while studying? And more importantly, what about all these other different types of work: writing, reading, math-ing? […]
An underground Vancouver label, Mood Hut Records has only just began releasing its sun-soaked and marijuana-addled house grooves on vinyl and electronically. Until fairly recently, a significant portion of their releases were exclusively available on cassette and recordings were stubbornly hard to find. Thankfully however, Mood Hut has finally decided to join the 21st century
The first time listening to Women’s Rights by Childbirth was a great moment for me. It takes a while for me to discover the next piece of music I’m going to fall in love with for a couple of months at a time, but when I know, I know. You know? A pre-existing love for
John Grant – Grey Tickle, Black Pressure Grant’s new album kinda sounds like if Beck had decided to stick with the funky surreal route after Midnite Vultures. With ‘sick’ beats and real weird lyrics, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure is a cool new album that’s sure to please anyone who misses the time when really
Ducktails – St. Catherine On his latest solo album as Ducktails, Matt Modanile of Real Estate fame returns with the jangly, summer guitar pop that we have all come to love. While decidedly unadventurous, St. Catherine is Modanile’s most cohesive and mature album yet, featuring tasteful production flourishes from the likes of James Ferraro
When I first listened to Faces, Mac Miller’s spacey 2014 project, I was convinced he was gone for good. Its chromatic instrumentation and Mac’s drug-plagued slang illuminated the narcotic purgatory in which he had taken up residence. The mixtape’s aura was bleak, casually despondent, and the rapper seemed to acquiesce to his hedonistic habits too
Perusing Spotify this summer, I noticed that a band I had seen recently was no longer showing up in my searches. I scrolled through my old radio playlists, finally stumbling across the time period when I could not get enough. Instead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., though, Spotify had changed the name to simply JR
