Reviews

and here i was, so happy that he had retired from making music.

One of the most exiting live acts I've ever seen and a supremely gifted songwriter, her records so far sound too safe and "tame" to my ears. If someone with the production chops of a Dan Auerbach or Jack White were to produce her next album, her full superstar potential might be unleashed.

With a timeless expression and a nasal singing style, one can go far, as we have learned from the American folk tradition. Jessica Pratt also adds a dreamy, reverb-filled layer that expands the sound image beyond what the genre is used to. Here in the Pitch is truly an album for the retro-nostalgic listener, in a California-in-the sixties-kind of way.

I once read that this is the biggest baby making record of all time, something I'm inclined to believe.

Thurston who?

TRYNA STRIKE A CHORD

AND IT'S PROLLY A MINORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Call an amberlamps

You can’t create the cultural impact this made and get less than 5 stars

Played this in the car and my two-year–old LOVED it.

The kids are alright.

Most overlooked masterpiece by the grumpiest man in show business.

I get shivers every time I listen, because I so vividly remember the moment at the OPIA Festival in Berlin, when they played this song and the whole room sang the melody together while Ólafur Arnalds played the piano.

alchemist kills the production as usual.

R.I.P. Steve Albini.

A soft, nice, and uninteresting listen.

I've always had this intrusive thought that Charlotte Day Wilson's voice is what opium would sound like if it could talk.

They are sometimes sounding like a country version of Death Cab for Cutie.

bops front to back

The comeback album after 9 years finds the duo searching for 'pop' songs. With some help of Tame Impala, Thundercat and Rimon these songs have got vocals and are a nice listen. More type of dancefloor or festival-tracks are missing. Only 'Generator' or 'Dear Alan' should work there. All by all a decent album wich is nice to listen to and definitly marks the comeback of the french boys.

I just can't stand King Krule.

This is some wild shit, but I love it so much. A double album, four years in the making. Perhaps their last one? Put up on YouTube without ads. Or purchasable/downloadable in .wav format (via a MegaUpload link!) if you go to fucking GeoCities of all places...

But it's full of brilliant, "off-kilter" (sorry) Brill Building-type pop that sounds like it's being played at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks. Instant AOTY contender.

Standouts: "Kingdom Come", "Dreams of You", "Government Cheque", "If You Hear Me Crying".

Celebrating the return of Neil Young to Spotify. 🪩

Partly americana, party indie rock, Katie Crutchfield continues her road trip towards the absolute top. On the sixth album as Waxahatchee, she enlists MJ Lenderman - which is a true match made in heaven. Rarely has the collaborative work of two major talents sounded this good, as underscored by the duet "Right Back To It".

"But you just settle in
Like a song with no end"

Who is this band, where did they come from, and how did they release an ambitious and sweeping folk-prog EP that has no business being this good.

In defense of autotune.

Didn't realize how much I had missed Elizabeth Fraser's voice; here's hoping this power couple make more records together.

some of these tracks are really iphone-commercial-core. but when the drums HIT on 'infinity guitars' you can't tell me SHIT.

oh i LOVE this. she's gonna become huge, mark my words, and if not, then something is very very wrong with the state of country music.

If you're not blown away by the opening track, we can't be friends.

Satan, den her drar skinnet av pølsa.

Some proper Aussie gems on this one, as well as a few deep cuts. Higgins makes most of them sound like they could be her own, in a good way :)

Very interesting bit of library music, originally released on the Colorsound label. Lots of high energy tracks, ranging from funk and rhythm and blues to more manic, weird psych jazzy tension numbers.

A really cool blend of different textures and colors. Originally intended to be used alongside scenes of factory work and assembly lines the music here feels not so much as high tech and clean but rather frantic and quite alienating.

Great album and great piece of social commentary as well.