Category: Music

Who the &#@% Is Lana Del Rey?

Nancy Sinatra or Nancy So-not-ra?

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Beautifully, Golden: Marigold by Pinegrove

In which Pinegrove’s new album softens the New Jersey winter.

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The Good Old Days

A couple weeks ago, legendary shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine released their first album in twenty-two years. The press surrounding the release of m b v was as extensive as any I’ve seen for a musical release in quite a long time. Why? What’s the big deal about this band coming back after so long?

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“Marry Me” St. Vincent

When Pitchfork asked Annie Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent, how she celebrated winning a Grammy for her self-titled album St. Vincent, she responded, “I just took a shower. [Laughs.] I’m having a coffee with cocoa.”

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Azealia Banks

Azealia Banks might just be the long awaited solution, or revolution, concerning misogyny in rap. The opening line of her hit, “212,” “Hey, I can be the answer,” is perhaps her subtle recognition of her position at the helm of constructive feminism in hip-hop. For years women have been voicing their frustration with the portrayal of females in hip-hop, and rightly so.

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There Will Be _Odd Blood_

In an interview with Pitchfork in August 2008—shortly before they were to play at Terrace Club for Lawnparties—bassist Ira Wolf Tuton said that his band, Yeasayer, “always wanted to be the biggest band in the world.” This remark is a … Read More

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Reign of Terror

Sleigh Bells’ new album keeps it fresh.

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Tame Impala and the Art of Lonerism

This article began as something simple: write a nice review of Tame Impala’s critically acclaimed sophomore album, Lonerism. But then something struck me.

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Kanye: The Life of Pablo Reviews

Perhaps it makes most sense to analyze it in the context of Yeezy’s artistry: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) and Yeezus are reaches, exemplars of a bravado unparalleled by Kanye’s contemporaries; The Life of Pablo is a revision.

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Ritardando

A reflection on a longstanding relationship with the violin–and how it has changed.

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That Precept Kid Reviews Some Albums

Piggybacking off of your cultural criticism

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Kiss Land

I have a confession to make: I’m not a hipster, especially when it comes to music. If anything, I’m a reverse hipster; I only hear about things that are popular way, way after they actually are. That’s why I have a Backstreet Boys poster in my room.

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