Music
Review: Flea — Honora
Flea is universally beloved. He is the American dream in an America in which we no longer know what that dream is. Flea is a legend. Flea is a national treasure. … read more
Review: Marlon Funaki — Half Moon
Funaki’s latest EP, Half Moon is his best yet. It will compete for best record with any other record released in the indie-alternative scene this year. … read more
Review: Good Kid — Can We Hang Out Sometime?
The debut album from Canadian indie rock outfit Good Kid is the five-piece group’s first all-encompassing hard-launch toward more widespread notoriety. … read more
Review: Thundercat — Distraction
Thundercat is back after six years with a project that will blow your silly patterned socks off, something that cuts through the brain fog and overstimulation. … read more
Review: Gorillaz — The Mountain
No Gorillaz album would be complete without Hewlett’s art, a vast cacophony showing 2-D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russell journeying across India. … read more
Review: Samara Cyn — Detour
As Samara Cyn’s sophomore project, the EP Detour enraptures your mind and attention in just 19 minutes. The production is mostly done by Two Fresh and Pera. … read more
Review: Kim Gordon — PLAY ME
With her third solo album PLAY ME, Kim Gordon has once again found reinvention. Still bringing the noise. Still the same Gordon bite, but with hip-hop beats. … read more
Review: Bonnie Prince Billy – We Are Together Again
Bonnie Prince Billy is a cool summer breeze, or that smell after it rains. He’s yacht rock if the yacht was built by Huck Finn and floating down the Mississippi. … read more
Review: War Child Records – HELP(2)
HELP(2) by War Child Records showcases indie’s range through original songs and truly ingenious covers. It has a consistent tone of resistance mixed with grief. … read more
Review: Mumford & Sons – Prizefighter
There’s something about Prizefighter that feels like a warm, comforting hug. The record’s cover, a battered and bruised lighter, invokes the air of an heirloom. … read more
Review: Ween – Bring out the Foos: Live 1996
Bring Out the Foos: Live 1996 is a record that proves to be extremely unusual for Ween both during its recording and its final release 30 years later. … read more
Review: Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds — Mutiny...
I listened to Mutiny After Midnight by Johnny Blue Skies over a dozen times. What proceeds is a raw, rock-heavy coalescence of edgy hedonism and revolution. … read more
