Track Review: The Strokes – “One Way Trigger” Brendan Frank·January 28, 2013Bet you didn’t see this coming. After a five-year span of touch-and-go recording sessions that would eventually become...Track Reviews
Track Review: Youth Lagoon – “Dropla” Brendan Frank·January 22, 2013Upon hearing the first cut off his sophomore album, Wondrous Bughouse, it’s apparent that Youth Lagoon has taken...Track Reviews
Track Review: The Men – “Electric” Brendan Frank·January 11, 2013So it turns out that the Men can spit out solid gold riffs quicker than the time it...Track Reviews
Track Review: Iceage – “Coalition” Brendan Frank·January 11, 2013The engorged nihilism of Iceage’s debut album still rings out as jarringly as it did back in 2011....Track Reviews
Brendan’s Favorite Records of 2012 Brendan Frank·December 14, 20122012 was a year of transitions for me; graduating, finding a job, dissolving a long-term relationship, moving to...
Track Review: Twigs – “Breathe” Brendan Frank·December 7, 2012A couple of months ago, we knew nothing about Twigs. Now that the gothic electropop artist has dropped...Track Reviews
Album Review: Daphni – Jiaolong Brendan Frank·December 6, 2012Dan Snaith is nothing if not versatile. From his transition from Manitoba to Caribou, and now to Daphni,...Album Reviews
Album Review: Clinic – Free Reign Brendan Frank·November 21, 2012It’s interesting to consider how certain bands would have turned out had their discography unfolded in a different...Album Reviews
Album Review: Diamond Rings – Free Dimensional Brendan Frank·November 19, 2012The fluorescent, acidulous colours radiating out from behind a gender-ambiguous portrait on Free Dimensional‘s cover provide a reasonably telling look...Album Reviews
Track Review: Major Lazer ft. Flux Pavilion – “Jah No Partial” Brendan Frank·November 6, 2012Fresh off a successful string of EPs and singles, UK producer Flux Pavillion has teamed up with Diplo’s Major Lazer...Track Reviews
