Neil Cicierega's Upgrading Your Childhood Again
You know how in some works of fiction you have these characters who are always in the background and aren't usually noticed but every now and then they sweep into the frame to remind you how crucial...
View ArticleChalice Hymnal
It is a sunless afternoon and a woman sits alone on her porch under the wind chimes. Bells and horns sound from the top of a great stone temple welcoming the evening tide. An unshaven man prowls the...
View ArticleFrom The Land of Art, Fire and Emotions
BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan/Bulletproof Boys) is back with their album Wings, repackaged and re-released under the title “You Never Walk Alone”, dominating charts like never before. If you thought their...
View Article“THE WEATHER” is perfect for a swim in the POND
When people refer to Pond as a Tame Impala offshoot because they're both psychedelic rock acts from Perth, Australia and share a bunch of members, it irks me.
View ArticleShining through the glaring faults
With great releases this year from artists like Gorillaz, Blackfield, Pond, and so on, Foster the People's latest release “Sacred Hearts Club” brought with it a whole lot of expectations to live up to.
View ArticleA tale of hopeless star-crossed lovers
The 22 year old singer, Halsey, rose to fame with the release of her debut studio album, Badlands, in 2015. On June 2 of this year she released her second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. The...
View ArticleSynthpop, myths, and the end of the world
Ulver's 2017 release, The Assassination of Julius Caesar, includes in its lyric booklet the celebrated painting Bonaparte before the Sphinx. A great myth, the relic of a lost civilisation juxtaposed...
View ArticleVillains: QotSA's seventh from heaven
I'm one of those people who could listen to Josh Homme scratch a chalk board with his nails and then go, “This is the sort of innovation that makes Joshua a musical genius.”
View ArticleCinematic Rock
Progressive rock or progressive metal is either mediocre cacophonies of technical gibberish, or moments when all the stars align to produce the most mind-blowing bands. Thankfully, Earthside is a part...
View ArticleA promising debut
Headline enters Bangladesh's music scene with the release of their debut studio album, “Finding Cooper”. The album was released on December 20, 2017.
View ArticleFables from a Mayfly - What I Tell You Three Times Is True
Has it been a while since the last time you sat down, closed off the world, turned up the volume, and paid attention to everything an album has to tell you? Good, 'cause you'll be doing that today,...
View ArticleFour stars out of five? Not really, no.
Five years after the critically successful AM, the Arctic Monkeys have finally dropped a new album. To say that this new album, “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”, was different would be an...
View ArticleObostha Bujhe Bebostha - A lesson in cathartic anarchy
The 8-track album kicks off with “Shikol Chirra, Kutta Bhagey”. In your face, as the artist put it himself, the song is as much political as it is a song about self-reflection. With the accompaniment...
View ArticleAre you Feeling It Still?
Portugal. The Man's latest album, Woodstock, is a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, it's a perfect remedy for your EDM-infused indie dance-pop needs, a far departure from their usual alt-indie rock...
View ArticleThe “Ember” that's a bonfire
Sixteen years have passed since the release of “Saturate”, and like aged wine, Breaking Benjamin's music has matured beautifully. That notion is quite obvious as soon as you listen to the album that...
View ArticleBury yourself into the Trench
Twenty One Pilots are back with the release of their fifth studio album Trench and they've definitely stepped out of their comfort zone. Not just in terms of style, because it also features an...
View ArticleStraight outta Oxnard
Anderson Paak's latest album “Oxnard” goes off on a tangent in comparison to his previous albums. Oxnard is more than just an album though, it is a musical endeavour that dives into a universe so...
View ArticleOf Lost Dreams
This album is a project that fans have long anticipated, mainly due to the fact that for quite a long time, DT seemed to have lost their identity.
View ArticleThe Ascension of Sufjan Stevens
On September 25, prolific singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens released The Ascension, his latest solo studio album under Asthmatic Kitty Records.
View ArticleTaylor Swift's "evermore" and the Issue With Sequels
The album shares the same imagery, storylines, and themes as the last one.
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