Records
Various Artists: Shadow Music of Thailand
Sublime Frequencies releases aren’t particularly thorough or edifying—with their cut-and-paste cover designs and scattershot liner notes, often they’re as makeshift...
Sep 11, 2009
Records
Throw Me the Statue: Creaturesque
Throw Me the Statue’s sophomore effort, Creaturesque, is a cohesive, well-produced, thoroughly catchy pop album. This, so quickly on the...
Sep 11, 2009
Interviews
Tanya Morgan
Tanya Morgan’s Brooklynati is shaping up as one of 2009’s best rap records, an understated affair bursting with confident, lyrical...
Sep 10, 2009
Records
Yo La Tengo: Popular Songs
Yo La Tengo is nothing if not a little predictable. Since the release of I Can Hear the Heart Beating...
Sep 08, 2009
Records
HEALTH: Get Color
In parallel to the universe and Chris Tucker, HEALTH are expanding. From their eponymous debut emanated one of last...
Sep 08, 2009
Records
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas: II
It’s not Lindstrom and Prins Thomas’ fault that their music is remarkably easy to let simmer in the background. In...
Sep 08, 2009
Records
The Gentleman Losers: Dustland
Remember Labradford? Chances are you’ll have been told You May Also Enjoy Them if you’ve ever bought post-rock anything from...
Sep 08, 2009
Tracks
Port-Royal: "Balding Generation (Losing Hair as We Lose Hope)"
Wow—you’ve got a widow’s peak, where did that come from? And you’re only seventeen? How peculiar. Still, at least now...
Sep 07, 2009