Issues: Issue 319 - July 2015
Review: Lucifer – Lucifer I
Lucifer = Laura Branigan + Castle … read more
Review: Lee Bannon – Pattern of Excel
Lee Bannon = Jeremiah Jae + Pearson Sound … read more
Review: Lone – Lemurian
Lone = Machinedrum + Nujabes + DMT Tapes FL … read more
Review: LA Font – Hangtime Vol. 1 EP
LA Font Hangtime Vol. 1 EP Fleeting Youth Records Street: 04.23 LA Font = The Cute Lepers + Elvis Costello LA Font traverse the gray line of power pop and electric rock n’ roll with a display of wonderful ease. Their EP, Hangtime Vol. 1, cuts through the dull void of silence with a pronounced
Review: Linden – Rest And Be Thankful
Linden = The Elected + Kurt Vile … read more
Review: Jon DeRosa – Black Halo
Jon DeRosa Black Halo Rocket Girl Street: 05.25 Jon DeRosa = Jens Lekman + The Magnetic Fields + Beat Happening When I listened through this record a time or two, generally enjoying the 1950s pop of Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison filtered through the skewed lens of Stephin Merritt’s fey, minor-chord subversiveness, I had to
Review: Jenny Hval – Apocalypse, girl
Jenny Hval Apocalypse, girl Sacred Bones Street: 06.09 Jenny Hval = Laurie Anderson + Kate Bush + FKA Twigs Apocalypse, girl is intimate, redolent of how an experimental documentary art film might translate to sound. Jenny Hval pervades her reality with musings about her state of being in the world—how she wants to live and
Review: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard = Thee Oh Sees / The Murlocs … read more
Review: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Top Dawg Entertainment Street: 03.15 Kendrick Lamar = The past 100 years of black American music x Compton At this point, Butterfly is old news. Still, it’s worth mentioning that it’s one of the most important pop records ever made. Few albums are this salient in their time, this
Review: Jello Biafra and the New Orleans Ranch and Soul...
Jello Biafra and The New Orleans Raunch and Soul All-Stars Walk On Jindal’s Splinters Alternative Tentacles Street: 05.12 Jello Biafra and The New Orleans Raunch and Soul All-Stars = The Animals + Ernie K. Doe + Jello Biafra + John Fred and His Playboy Band This live album is the result of a night inspired