Records
Mission of Burma: Unsound
Mission of Burma are in a curious position in their career. No longer able to parlay the novelty of their...
Aug 10, 2012
Records
Dusted : Total Dust
I feel like I’ve been listening to the wrong kind of music this summer—it’s dark music that makes one long...
Aug 10, 2012
Tracks
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: "I See a Darkness"
Though the entirety of Now Here’s My Plan confirms Will Oldham’s restlessness as his sincerest strength, the re-purposed “I See...
Aug 10, 2012
Tracks
Nachtmystium: "Borrowed Hope and Broken Dreams"
Say what you will of the band’s credibility as modern heralds of American black metal’s horizons, but there’s one thing...
Aug 07, 2012
Articles
Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock
Yo La Tengo is in a tiny way responsible for my marriage. They had always been a band I had...
Aug 03, 2012
Tracks
Isnaj Dui: "Nature of Light"
There’s a flash site called Solar Beat where you can hear the music of the spheres: a model of...
Aug 03, 2012
Records
Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
People want to talk about Frank Ocean, but I just want to listen to “Pyramids.” I’d listen to it with...
Jul 26, 2012
Records
Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
Dirty Projectors are described as far more contentious animals than they have any business being. It’s embarrassing and predictable, really,...
Jul 26, 2012
Records
Om: Advaitic Songs
It would be a pretty easy introduction to Om’s newest LP, Advaitic Songs, to say that it has no problem...
Jul 26, 2012