A few reviews featured in the most recent museletter <3. Including Versions of Modern Performance by Horsegirl, Everyone's Crushed by Water From Your Eyes, Ooh I Rap Ya by George Clanton, Listen Without Prejudice by George Michael and The Pod by Ween
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Album Review: Karen O, Danger Mouse “Lux Prima”
Lux Prima (translating to “First Light”) was an album created to “find a place” not a “sound”, according to Danger Mouse. This is a beautiful album for a couple reasons. First, Karen O’s voice is absolutely stunning here and matches the refreshing feeling of every track. Second, the album is definitely experimental, with soft, mind-bending...
Album Review: Dylans “Settlers Adrift”
‘Settlers Adrift’ is the second full length album by Richmond/San Francisco based band Dylans; and a 24 minute ride through a dark twisted tunnel of emotions, featuring hysterically beautiful guitar riffs and gorgeous melodies cutting through a deep musical momentum that is sure to get you headbanging. Released just two years after their...
Album Review: I Love You Honeybear – Father John Misty
[LISTEN] [Label: Sub Pop] [Date Released: February 10, 2015] [Genre: Indie Rock / Psychedelic Folk]
In recent years, the most striking image of the newly infamous Joshua Tillman has been his brazen gallop down a road deep in Hollywood’s Laurel Canyon, pants around his strained...
Album Review: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper – Panda Bear
[LISTEN] [Label: Domino] [Date Released: January 13, 2015] [Genre: Neo-Psychedelia / Electronic]
It’s a well-known, yet seldom completely understood phenomenon that the longer and deeper you trudge on in life, the more and more death presses in on one’s mind. At a certain point, staring death in...
Album Review: Dude Incredible – Shellac
Album Review: Primitive and Deadly – EARTH
[LISTEN] [Label: Southern Lord] [Date Released: September 2, 2014] [Genre: Experimental / Doom Metal / Drone]
Tones bright as bells ringing in a hazy distance comfort as the path winds down from the mountain into the valley dark below. Sonic glory.
On...
Album Review: Pom Pom – Ariel Pink
[LISTEN] [Label:4 AD] [Date Released: November 17, 2014]
[Genre: Lo-Fi, Indie Pop,Synth Pop ]
Every realm of music can call to mind a certain oddball character—a court jester or sound clown that helps round out the soundscape by mixing in a healthy dose of eccentricity and irreverence...
Album Review: For the People – Various Artists
[LISTEN] [Label: Jakarta Records] [Date Released: October 16, 2014] [Genre: Hip-Hop]
European producer Brenk Sinatra found a unique and altruistic way to pursue his musical ambitions as the head of his newly released project, For the People. The digital album is composed...
Album Review: Run the Jewels 2 – Run the Jewels
[LISTEN] [Label: Mass Appeal Records] [Release Date: October 24, 2014] [Genre:Hardcore Hip Hop]
Only one year removed from the original release of Run the Jewels, the duo of El-P and Killer Mike has since been picked up by Mass Appeal with heavy tour backing and amassed the...