Jean Renoir is a poet of murder. That’s not how he’s typically described. We’re supposed to talk about his films’ humanism, lyricism and generosity, the subtleties of his philosophy, the details of his composition and camera gestures, the expansive protean… Read More
By 1970, John Lennon struggled to break free from his former Fab Four image and transform himself into a more cynical, hard-edged solo artist. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, in particular, is known for its emotionally naked and brutally honest songs.… Read More
Death, the latest release from the formidable Portland, Oregon instrumental group Coastlands, arrives on 9 October via Translation Loss in the United States and Dunk! Records in Europe. Rather than serving as a grim reminder of the eventual vacating of… Read More
1. “Everything in Its Right Place” I still remember where I first listened to Kid A. There aren’t many albums I can say that about, but most of us at least remember how ridiculously anticipated the album was as the follow-up… Read More
If OK Computer was Sgt. Peppers, Kid A and Amnesiac were Radiohead’s The White Album. The works are as wonderfully schizophrenic as the Beatles self-titled classic. When compared to the art-rock revelation of The Bends (arguably their Revolver) and the… Read More
It’s been ten years since Jónsi released a solo album. His 2010 debut, Go!, pointed the way as the experimental pioneer charted a course for a new sound. Go! has a much more optimistic and sunny disposition than the Sigur… Read More
“There are too many guns in America. Let your voice be your gun,” says singer-songwriter David Poe of his new single, “Gun for a Mouth”. The tune is built on sturdy rhythms that recall both the swagger of the glam… Read More
There’s something about deep, bass-heavy, musical thwack. It doesn’t matter how much one knows about house and all its micro-shoots, or whether they can speak to 1990s-era hip-hop producers such as Pete Rock or Easy Mo- Bee, sample-based geniuses who… Read More
The 2000s are a hard decade to pin down, but there does seem to be some certainty about the primacy of Radiohead’s Kid A in any discussion of the music of the period. One of the decade’s premier documents, debuting… Read More
Brent Cobb is one mixed up guy. He proclaims the importance of taking a stand on “Shut Up and Sing” and says he’s not worried about alienating listeners who disagree with his perspectives on important issues. In the video for… Read More