(Apologies for the tardiness in uploading reviews. Have been going through medical, name-change, and redesign complications but should be returning to a relatively consistent upload schedule soon.) It seems the case that with every Head & the Heart release I’ve got to defend more and more liking them. It seems that, for me, my fondness […]
I’ll admit it: I’ve got a soft spot for Serengeti’s “new” EP. Released on Spotify just in the last few weeks, Dust, the collection of six songs was recorded in the early-mid 2000s with producer DJ Crucial in St. Louis. Serengeti—real name David Cohn—is a Chicago-based hip hop artist who grew up somehow not in
In defense of Pink Floyd’s most hated album: Forget the live album. Sure, it’s an amazing few tracks, but that’s not what earns the double album Ummagumma its reputation as one of the worst albums of all time. Released in October 1969, Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma is a double LP (meaning two records included, instead of
For better or worse, Dave Portner (stage name Avey Tare), one of the vocalists of experimental pop quartet Animal Collective, has become, in his own roundabout, eclectic way, a pop star—the kind a crowd of strangers could find themselves head-bobbing to in concert. Relying much more on rhythm and melody than his previous albums (2010’s
Experimental pop guru and critic favorite Noah Lennox—better known as Panda Bear—released his sixth studio album last Friday to hungry fans and non-fans alike. Lennox has explored a plethora of styles throughout his solo musical career, which often served as a foil for his main act—the experimental pop outfit Animal Collective—and their releases over the
A super daring, out-of-pocket move for the band, yet still charming, with great results. With some of Alex Turner’s most inspired songwriting, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino veers from croons to falsetto cries as he ties together an interpretive, loose narrative. Retro-futurist production lies atop hyperrealist satire, escapism, and warm melancholy, creating the equivalent of
