Month: July 2019
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Spectreview: Blood Orange – Angel’s Pulse
Blood Orange’s new mixtape, an epilogue to 2018’s Negro Swan, is a AC-cooled drive by the ocean that’s perhaps less intricate than his full-lengths but no less thoughtful.
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Spectreview: Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
Silver Jews frontman David Berman finally returns to his signature easygoing indie-country and vivid, overcast lyrics in his first album under Purple Mountains.
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Spectreview: Happy Times Sad Times – Don’t You Want To Dream Again?
Happy Times Sad Times utterly nail the simple pleasures of communal rock in their fantastic new record.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club FINALE – Amy Winehouse
Today on the Tape Deck: a fitting finale for a series of tales about death, the heartbreaking story of world-domineering 2000s soul/R&B/jazz singer Amy Winehouse.
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Spectreview: Simic – Atwater Dance
Simic’s Atwater Dance is a heady listen, a techno album capable of worming its way through your head and your muscles simultaneously.
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Spectreview: Night Moves – Can You Really Find Me
Night Moves pulls from nearly every iconic 70’s band for their new, extremely listenable album, Can You Really Find Me.
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Spectreview: MadGibbs – Bandana
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Bandana is soulful, widescreen gangsta rap that finds both artists on fresh ground by virtue of their creative partnership.
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Spectreview: Meanderthals – We Are Doing Our Best
Meanderthals’ We Are Doing Our Best is one hell of a record, turning emotive pop-punk on its head with focused blasts of jazz fusion and math-rock.
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EXTENDED PLAY: The 27 Club #6 – Kurt Cobain
This episode is the one we’ve all been dreading: frontman of Nirvana and unseeming progenitor of mainstream alternative rock in America, Kurt Cobain.
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Spectreview: Summer Cannibals – Can’t Tell Me No
Chock-full of comforting punk moments and undeniable accessibility, Summer Cannibals’ Can’t Tell Me No boasts simple pleasures without getting too wild.