30 Songs That Suggest Music In 2013 Isn’t As Bad As You Think It Is
The extra reading is well worth your time. I’m way more entertaining than I need to be, given the subject matter.
Kanye West – Yeezus (Def Jam)
It’s lonely at the top, motherfuckers. We live in a culture where money equals power, but what happens when the money arrives and you still feel powerless? When there’s nothing left to buy and you’re dying inside?
John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts (Bella Union)
Pale Green Ghosts is an album as diverse and hilarious, as dying and alive, as life itself. What more could you ask for? Prior approval? Grow up. The music world is a lot bigger than Pitchfork, and there are far more interesting journeys to go on than the path from a publicist’s e-mail to a writer’s inbox.
CocoRosie – Tales Of A GrassWidow (City Slang)
Angela Carter crossed with the newspaper, myth and reality intertwined in a tragic dance. That’s CocoRosie right there.
The Focus Group – The Elektrik Karousel (Ghost Box)
The human brain is pretty much hard-wired on an evolutionary level to romanticize the past. It’s a survival mechanism, one of those things that keeps us going forward into the scary future. Our brain tends to ration out traumatic memories strictly on a need-to-know basis.
The Fall – Re-Mit (Cherry Red)
Re-Mit isn’t a breakthrough by anyone’s standards, but it’s something. It’s another book in the bible of The Fall.
Live Review – The Breeders / Deerhunter @ Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, 15.05.13
This is much more than a band; this is a lesson in how to be human.
Wampire – Curiosity (Polyvinyl)
I know plenty of people who will never, just based on the annoying dipshit band name alone, ever listen to this.
Beaches – She Beats (Chapter Music)
Beaches have chosen to exist as a small, heavily populated planet in a universe of infinite possibilities and sounds. And that is never a cause for celebration.
