For some studio albums, you can usually count on just a few memorable, single-worthy hit tracks with the rest either being slower-than-you-can-bear ballads or just being a little meh in comparison to the ones you end up playing out to…
TV Review: Atlanta Series Premiere
If you haven’t heard already, Donald Glover’s Atlanta is the best new show this Fall. Originally pitched by the multi-talented artist as something along the lines of “Twin Peaks but for rappers”, many have commented on how the show manages to…
Album Review: Crystal Castles – “Amnesty (I)”
It’s hard to know how to feel about a new record when you don’t necessarily know what to think about the artists behind it. Though despite all the he-said-she-said, Twitter accusations and contradictions surrounding the fallout of one of the…
Album Review: Thee Oh Sees – “A Weird Exits”
John Dwyer’s ever-expanding psych-garage jam band, Thee Oh Sees, have about a zillion albums under their belt so far – well, 17 if you’re really counting. So you would think on their latest album A Weird Exits, that maybe they would start to lose…
From the Record Crate: Beck – “Odelay” (1996)
20 years, 12 records and a handful of Grammys later, it can be difficult to reconcile all the King of the Slackers, one-hit novelty baggage that followed Beck’s breakout single “Loser”. I suppose if one of the things you’re singing…
