Nicolas Godin Concrete and Glass NCLS· January 24, 2020 “Your house is a fine little house, Jack.” — Virgil “Fame, it’s not your brain, it’s just the flame/ That burns your change, to keep you insane.” — David Bowie, or John Lennon The art of architecture is impossible to separate from the music of Nicolas […]
Pinegrove Marigold Rough Trade Records · January 17, 2020 Unfortunately, it’s usually easier to just talk about the music. For those unaware, Pinegrove took a year-long break from touring following sexual coercion allegations against frontman Evan Stephens Hall. An article published in the New Yorker earlier in January does a much better job than I […]
CZARFACE The Odd Czar Against Us Silver Age · December 6, 2019 Like any collective of superheroes, CZARFACE can seemingly assemble at a moment’s notice. The rap “supergroup,” quotes employed only because it’s a laughable term and not because the talents of Wu-Tang’s Inspectah Deck and Boston-based duo 7L and Esoteric fail to meet that […]
Black Marble Bigger Than Life Sacred Bones Records · Oct. 25, 2019 A rapidly pulsating dial-tone is quickly joined by another at a slightly offset rhythm at a slightly higher pitch, creating a combined blaring, like a cosmic telephone ringing off the hook. We’re going back in time now, the symphony sounding probably as a […]
John Coltrane Blue World Impulse! Records · September 27, 2019 John Coltrane? In 2019? That’s right, folks. We’ll get to the music, but first, we have to go back to the summer of 1964. Sure, The Beatles had already landed and were on their way to altering the course of rock history, but changes were […]
Alex G House of Sugar Domino Recording Company · September 13, 2019 It’s difficult to keep track of the total number of projects produced by (Sandy) Alex G, but in just five years, Philadelphia-born Alex Giannascoli has come out with his seventh studio album, House of Sugar. Since his 2014 label debut DSU, the multi-instrumentalist, […]
