I have so little reference when it comes to stuff like IGOR. It isn't really hip hop. Though maybe it is? It sounds more like DJ Shadow's Entroducing.... than it does...
Vampire Weekend have always been a band out of time. Well, not out of time per se, but a band that seemingly ignored what was cool, what was trendy and what the...
It’s been some time since I reviewed a hip-hop album. I feel like the genre has mostly passed me by. Or maybe I’ve passed it by. I don’t know. I just don’t connect...
Earl, the reform school, bipolar rap prodigy from the hot-for-a-minute Odd Future, surprisingly seems to be the one that really broke out from under the yoke of...
And as if my oracle self was looking down on the world and saying “you sure are a bunch of pasty mutherfuckers” I called the whole Cake/tv show synergy. “Short ...
The Shins are a funny band. Nobody, with the exception of Natalie Portman's character in Garden State, goes insane over them. The truth is, their music really w...
Not to be confused with my high school hard rockin' heroes, The Cult, this band would seriously disappoint if you were looking to head bang to a Rick Rubin prod...
Yes 'Pumped Up Kicks' (often mistakenly referred to as 'Pumped Up Kids') is the ubiquitous song for Summer 2011, but what the heck are these guys talking about?...
Gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed with this album. I generally like The Shins, and appreciate Danger Mouse's production, but he does this thing where he strips...
Not only did I lip-sync to "Dancing In the Dark" in a 7th grade "talent" show, the Born in the USA tour was one of my first-ish real concerts. I sat in the LA S...
Serious music is for chumps. That seems to be pretty much what these two are saying to the world. Are they trying to take the piss out of us (as those wacky Bri...
Ah, you gotta love any album that starts with the talk box. The first of Alice in Chains more mellow, acoustic based EPs, this is definitely one to do smack by....
The difference between this and his two earlier albums is immediately obvious. Sick of being the bratty punk kid, Costello obviously wanted to be taken seriousl...
It almost feels like someone hit the 75RPM switch on the record player on this LP right out of the gate. There's an urgency there that makes me wonder why I did...
Dark and haunting acoustic rock from the masters of sludge, this album reminds me of sitting in a filthy fraternity room lit only by tiny Christmas bulbs with t...
A classic album of the grunge era, Dirt made me feel, well, dirty. It may have been the fact I was almost always covered in Milwaukee's Best while listening to ...
What the fuck happened to this dog's leg? It must have chewed off its own appendage to get away from Layne Staley's whining. Yeah, life sucks and heroin is grea...
