Monthly Archive: April 2017

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Sometimes it feels like we’re entering another Golden Age of hip-hop, where the records released elevate the art form and challenge other artists to produce better music, and the albums consistently redefine the genre’s edges...

Filthy Friends

While I would prefer that she churn out another album with Sleater Kinney, I am pumped to see that Corin Tucker has a new project.  It’s called Filthy Friends, and it also features R.E.M.‘s Peter...

Show Of The Week

This is one of those fun sort of weeks where I couldn’t pick just one show to tell you to attend, so I’m going with two.  Thankfully they’re on different nights, so you can totally...

Perfume Genius

Time to get caught up on Perfume Genius!  The act will be releasing a new album, No Shape, next Friday (May 5) via Matador, and I’m excited for it.  Both of the LP’s singles are...

101X Homegrown Podcast

Check out my latest 101X Homegrown! Enjoy. Wiretree – JF Sebastian Tres Oui – Prince Of Pop Abram Shook – The Hours (NEW) Go Fever – This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Mean...

The War On Drugs

You guys grab anything rad on Record Store Day?  I got a couple of cool things (like Dolly Parton’s first recordings), but since I didn’t get up at 3am, I didn’t even see the “bigger”...

Movie Breakdown: Unforgettable

Pre-Screening Stance: I’m 100% certain that Unforgettable is going to be terrible, but I’m really hoping that it’ll be fun-terrible.  I’m also very down to watch Katherine Marie Heigl play herself.  Zing! Post-Screening Ramble: I thought...

Movie Breakdown: The Lost City Of Z

Pre-Screening Stance: Theaters are currently loaded with The Fate Of The Furious, Ghost In The Shell, Power Rangers and the like, so I have no idea who Bleecker Street is expecting to run and out...

EMA

When EMA let slip that she had an album so political that Matador didn’t want it, I immediately imagined something way overdone and unlistenable.  I suppose the rest of the LP could still turn out...