Haru Nemuri, the stage name of Haruna Kimishima, self-described “poetry rapper” delivered one of the most singular albums of 2022 thus far.
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Band of Skulls’ Russell Marsden discusses musical experimentation, why labels don’t tell the whole story, and tenderness in a hard moment.
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I just wish I had stuck with it, you know? Some days I’d give everything to just drop everything and tour the country in a van with my bros.
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Snarky Puppy’s most recent release, ‘Immigrance,’ may be their most mature offering yet – and that’s saying a lot about a band with unparalleled sonic elasticity and three Grammy awards.
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Philadelphia is the locus of a practical indie rock renaissance. Tiny Hueman is the product of that creative environment: they talk creative democracy, radio appearances, and Fred Durst.
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For all Beirut’s pretense of pessimism, Gallipoli’s driving force seems to be joy in music. You can feel it in the lush overtones, the sunny brass lines celebrating coastal Italian cities.
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In “Trigger Warning,” Killer Mike takes thoughtful criticism of American society and transmutes it into an entertaining caper that happens to offer some great action items along the way.
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At any rate, “Party For One” isn’t just about being a gross hobgoblin after a breakup, and I’d be bereft if I minimized what is perhaps Carly Rae’s most interesting single to such a platitude.
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“Until I Die”, by Marco Cavax and Oh! Wow, is appropriately polished coming from such a glitzy background. The song follows the speaker as he expresses his unending commitment – until he dies – to someone he’s fallen in love with.
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White-noise guitars layer in the background while zonked-out leads seem to linger just behind the beat.
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If you’re a rock fan and you’re not paying attention to Yvette Young by now, do it. Right now!
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American Dream is everything LCD aspired to, but it’s also something sublimely different.
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With American Dream, Murphy finally realized his dream. In addition to widespread critical acclaim, the album reached No. 1 on the Billboard album charts.
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What’s a visual metaphor for relationship decay?
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Twin Peaks’s original run was possessed by the sublime music of Angelo Badalamenti...
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These are songs that crammed beginning, middle, and end into the shortest of spaces.
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Spearheaded by visionary DJ Claude VonStroke, Dirtybird Records has grown the oddball Dirtybird Campout quickly in its two – soon to be three – year tenure.
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Murder of the Universe has its share of camp, but also its moments of lucidity. Most of the album leans into cosmic horror, of all things.
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