[Song] Xenia Rubinos – Black Stars
Xenia Rubinos lassos in so many different genres, cultures and sounds in her music, but they’re always executed with power and force. I remember the...
Category: songs
[Song] Joey Bada$$ – Devastated
The lateral move to a pop-ish, radio-friendly song is tricky. Even if you’re just dipping your toes in it to fulfill some album checklist, it...
[Song] Unknown Mortal Orchestra – First World Problem
When I press play on an Unknown Mortal Orchestra, really any sound could be coming out of the speakers. A versatile rock band with a...
[Song] Ramsey – Pay
In a surprisingly irreverent and barbarous take on a skewed vein of dream pop, Los Angeles-based Ramsey delivers the guttural “Pay,” dismissing preconceptions of what...
[Song] Local Natives – Past Lives
The good old boys in Local Natives are ready for the national stage. On “Past Lives” they take the Aaron Deessner-assisted sound from Hummingbird and...
[Song] Totemic – Falling
It’s not that Totemic is at fault for providing a substandard product, rather they seem so deeply entrenched in antiquated way of spinning trip-hop that...
[Song] Oscar Vega – Lucy
Is there a new trend spurred by normcore disciples making their foray into dissonant and oddly post-industrial trip hop? If the societal answer to that...
[Song] Matt & Kim – Haunting Me
Here’s how fresh-off-the-presses this four song EP is: Matt & Kim recorded it literally this past week, between Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 of Coachella....
[Song] Operators – Cold Light
‘ The challenge of synth-rock is to in taking nostalgic elements of 80s popular music — the last time synths were prominent in rock and...
[Song] Deep Sea Diver – Secrets
There aren’t a lot of bands that feel inevitable to me. Deep Sea Diver is a sure thing and I’m routinely surprised that they aren’t...
