They say falling in love makes you feel like a teenager again and so does “Silk Chiffon,” the shout-it-to-the-heavens hit that granted MUNA indie-pop icon status (with a little help from new label boss Phoebe Bridgers). A ready-made anthem for every queer who took up rollersports ...
Yves Tumor’s latest album goes out ascending. Backed by triumphant strings, a propulsive “Umbrella”-esque beat, and a choir, Tumor trains their eyes to the heavens on “Ebony Eye,” the transcendent closer ofPraise a Lord Who Chews…This is one of 2023’s premier shoulda-been singles—...
Momentum would hiccup in the transition between chorus and verse, or never quite materialize at all. Dylan also hit quite a few bum notes on his piano, which was prominent in the clean mix. This isn’t to denigrate Dylan’s performance in any way. A late-set delivery of “Mother of Mu...
Jay Electronica has released only two albums and an EP in his nearly 15-year career, and two of them came out last year. Which makes a bold autobiographical statement like “Exhibit C” feel premature, to say the least. But on this, to date Jay’s greatest five and a half minutes, h...
I however had always planned to stay behind in England. My girlfriend Mary (later my first wife) had planned to meet up with me in the UK and then we were gonna spend a little time time traveling around europe. But i had two weeks to kill till she got there. the first thing i di...
At this point in Smith’s career, before Good Will Hunting and the Oscars, before the transition to a larger label, listeners came to him for songs of abjection, making the sunny optimism of “Say Yes” seem like a hard sell. It’s a straight-ahead love song, one that dares to hope...
It lives primarily as the opening title music for its video game namesake, and although the 96-second song’s primary function is to transition us into a world of scrumptious virtual DILFs, it’s so much more than a throwaway sonic blurb. Will Wiesenfeld weaves an earworm for the ages, ...
Is he trying to reveal the truth? As the track progresses, it gets sharper and toothier, generating more and more friction, until eventually the tidal harmonic washes transition into something jittery and obsessive, like a person compulsively playing with a zipper. The question lingers, a ...
might tap into the space-age magic of early techno classics like Cybotron’s “Clear,” but instead of using ascending synth notes to reach toward the heavens, London producer Kelly Lee Owens focuses on anchoring you to Earth with sternum-cracking bass. The unrelenting drums are a perfect ...
It lives primarily as the opening title music for its video game namesake, and although the 96-second song’s primary function is to transition us into a world of scrumptious virtual DILFs, it’s so much more than a throwaway sonic blurb. Will Wiesenfeld weaves an earworm for the ages, ...