With its screwed-on eyes, button mouth, and metallic thread of a mohawk, the cover star of Jim O’Rourke’s foreboding 2001 glitch excursion is a human simulacra, a choirboy faceplate chanting hymns for the future. The music inside I’m Happy and I’m Singing and a 1, 2, 3, 4 fol...
(the absolutely filthy drinking song “The Landlord’s Daughter”) and sacred (“Willow’s Song,” the set’s dirty-minded but gorgeous standout). Rousing community singalongs and sparse hymns of ritual sacrifice weave conflicting narratives of their own. It’s a soundtrack that casts strang...
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There was a time when choosing funeral songs meant going through a list provided by your funeral director. A church organist would play the songs, often hymns, that everyone sang during the service. As the desire to personalize memorial services grew, so did the choice of music. ...
These alt-rock songs are hymns and fuck yous to God, a lover, or both, like “Feeling Better.” One of his best releases by far. – C.M. Crockford 55. Digital Underground, The Is an EP Release (Tommy Boy, 1991) Digital Underground is straight-up loveable. This is perhaps no more...
The voices in this list might vary, but they’re never less than impassioned when it comes to singing about their faith. From Reverends to rock’n’rollers, backwoods bluesmen to country ramblers, here’s a list of the 15 best gospel singers of all time. ...
But it tips into full dark-fairytale territory when murderous preacher Robert Mitchum tracks a pair of kids cross-country, adding off-kilter lullabies, queasy nursery rhymes and dark hymns to an already unsettling brew. Tom Huddleston Arts and culture journalist Recommended 11 of the prettiest ...
Gospel singers for a long time had to sing without musical accompaniment outside of clapping and stomping - Black gospel music has a strong tradition of using the human hands and feet as instruments. More recently, these hymns and songs feature the same strong harmonies, but also organs to ...
black eyeliner, and the stage show incorporated both an oversize banana prop and tangled spiderwebs suspended from the ceiling. The frenetic track “R.I.P.” first appeared on the 1983 Batcave compilation albumYoung Limbs and Numb Hymns,which featured songs by Specimen, Test Dept., and Sex...
This six-time Grammy Award-winning ensemble is renowned for their unique blend of contemporary gospel, traditional hymns, and classical music. Featuring a diverse group of talented vocalists hailing from various cultural backgrounds, their passionate performances captivate listeners with powerful lyrics and...