Please Kill Me. An Interview with Gillian McCain
What is it about the book, Please Kill Me, by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, that has enabled it to stand the test of time? Originally published in 1996 and now celebrating its 20th year with a new, expanded edition, More...
Ariel Pink: Pom Pom
Ariel Pink Pom Pom (4AD) If you award points for originality, Ariel Pink should always be on your playlist. He manages the neat trick of sounding like no one else, while taking you on a tour of forty years of More...
David Bowie: The Next Day
David Bowie The Next Day (ISO Records) The world didn’t need another Bowie album. The man proved himself decades ago with his unbroken streak of 13 brilliant albums in 11 years, from Space Oddity, (1969), through More...
Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
Frank Ocean Channel Orange (Island Def Jam) The year 2010 was all about Kanye West’s over-the-top album, My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy. Then 2011 went to Drake’s minimalist epic, Take Care. More...
Japandroids: Celebration Rock
Japandroids Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl Record Co.) Celebration Rock kicks off and closes with the sound of fireworks. At eight songs and around 35 minutes, this celebration doesn’t last long, but it’s a hell More...
Miike Snow: Happy To You
Miike Snow Happy To You (Universal Republic Records) Miike Snow’s debut was one of the nice surprises of 2009, a lo-fi, synth-pop charmer from high-end producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (aka Bloodshy More...
