Black metal is a genre that appears more repugnant than most to outsiders who (gratefully) exist outside of its cult – a quick look at the Wikipedia page lets us know as much as we would ever need to know…
Album Review: Nine Inch Nails – “Bad Witch”
This is the third in a trilogy of EPs from Nine Inch Nails that started with 2016’s forgettable Not the Actual Events and continued with 2017’s also forgettable Add Violence. As global events have progressed on their downward spiral, 2018’s…
Album Review: Lily Allen – “No Shame”
If Sheezus was Lily Allen’s Yeezus (it wasn’t, but never mind), then No Shame is her 808s & Heartbreak, the sound of a hugely talented and ferociously funny pop star collapsing in on herself personally and attempting to echo that…
Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never – “Age Of”
Age Of… what, exactly? That question mark hangs over much of the desperately bleak music on Oneohtrix Point Never’s latest album. The genre, mood, tempo, and volume clashes that comprise the electronic maestro’s music build into a chaotic portrait of…
Album Review: Parquet Courts – “Wide Awake!”
Parquet Courts’ new record is called Wide Awake!, or WIDE AWAAAAAAKE! as it says on the album cover, which matters because this album is a loud cry of despair at the state of the world today. Almost every note, every…
Album Review: Speedy Ortiz – “Twerp Verse”
According to lead singer/guitarist Sadie Dupuis on the album’s Bandcamp page, a “twerp verse” is “when a musician guests on a track and says something totally outlandish – like a Lil Wayne verse – but it becomes the most crucial…
Album Review: Willie Nelson – “Last Man Standing”
This site is called The Young Folks – and it makes sense for youngsters to write music reviews, seeing as how most of the vital music produced at any given time is made by Young Folks. But not all of…
