The ‘90s were the last true safe haven for standard rock music, giving birth to movements like grunge, post-rock, math-rock, and even the revival of pop-punk. The legendary names associated with each of these genres either continue to play today;…
Album Review: Stephen Malkmus takes on the unconventional indie-folk with “Traditional Techniques”
It seems like there is no genre Stephen Malkmus can’t conquer. Unlike the Berlin synth-pop sound of Groove Denied, the new album Traditional Techniques is built on a mixture of psychedelic folk and indie. Whether this release is his 2nd…
From the Record Crate: Pavement – “Slanted and Enchanted” (1992)
Reviewing their album Wowee Zowee in Rolling Stone, critic Mark Kemp accused Pavement of being “simply afraid to succeed.” Kemp pointed to the overbloat of the album’s 18-song tracklist and its seeming aversion to sounding anything like the releases that…
Melody on Music: Downloadin’ Makes Me Feel Good
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. Beginning in 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past…