Album Review: Rene Hell – The Terminal Symphony Josh Becker·April 27, 2011One of Rene Hell’s last.fm tags is “abstract.” This at first seems like a redundant description; after all,...Album Reviews
Album Review: Grouper – A | A: Alien Observer / Dream Loss Josh Becker·April 19, 2011Liz Harris has always made claustrophobic music. In fact, her albums are so memorable precisely because of this...Album Reviews
Listen: Grouper – “Alien Observer” Josh Becker·March 29, 2011Portland’s Liz Harris–better known as Grouper–hasn’t released a proper LP since 2008’s excellent Dragging A Dead Deer Up...
Album Review: Peter Bjorn and John – Gimme Some Josh Becker·March 22, 2011Almost seven years after the release of Falling Out, Peter Bjorn and John return to the poppy garage...Album Reviews
Listen: James Blake – “What Was It You Said About Luck” + “Half Heat Full” Josh Becker·March 7, 2011You’re probably so sick of James Blake by now, am I right? Oh, and by “so sick of,”...
Second Look: Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain Josh Becker·February 28, 2011Purple Rain came out in 1984, four years before I was born. By the music industry’s standards, that...ReviewsSecond Look
Video: Cults – “Go Outside” Josh Becker·February 22, 2011Photo by Philip Cosores What if The Ring were actually a romantic comedy about two young pretty people...
Video: How To Dress Well – “Suicide Dream 1” Josh Becker·February 10, 2011Remember the Coldplay video for “The Scientist”? Chris Martin’s walkin’ all backwards and survivin’ a traumatic event in...
Toro Y Moi offers “New Beat” video and Underneath The Pine stream Josh Becker·February 8, 2011Toro Y Moi (Chazwick Bundick) has a new album coming out called Underneath the Pine, and he’s turned...
Video: Sleigh Bells – “Rill Rill” Josh Becker·January 27, 2011Photo by Philip Cosores Listening to Sleigh Bells’ “Rill Rill,” perhaps the most immediately gripping track from 2010’s...
