Features
Friday, February 10 2012
Nick Cave’s The Death of Bunny Munro: A Rock Star’s Midlife Crisis or Valid Literature?
Regardless how history comes to look Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munro, in the context of Cave’s career, it stands alone as the purest distillation of his artistry -- a poetic novel with Cave’s inimitable brand of the grotesque, absurd and often comic nature of humanity.
Reviews
Thursday, May 24 2012
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Aufheben
A theme of deliberate confusion runs throughout Aufheben's 11 songs. Hell, even dubbing them “songs” is a bit of misnomer, as structure is largely forsaken for instrumental pastiches and all-enveloping grooves.
Monday, May 7 2012
Trembling Bells and Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Marble Downs
The collaboration between Trembling Bells and Bonnie "Prince" Billy is peopled with underwear-clad angels, sinister demons, Johnnie Walker, Merge Haggard, the Grim Reaper, ruined livers and dead anniversary flowers. It sounds dour, sure, but beyond that, the record is damn fun.
Friday, May 4 2012
Poor Moon: Illusion EP
Illusion’s five songs occupy a dreamy netherworld elicited by the hushed, acoustic instrumentation and subdued production.
Friday, April 13 2012
Florence + the Machine: MTV Unplugged
For a group like Florence + The Machine, the risks of playing in a stripped-down setting are exceptionally high, but as they display on MTV Unplugged, the rewards they serve through their masterfully reworked songs were worth the gamble.
Tuesday, March 27 2012
The Freshkills: Raise Up the Sheets
Some seek light through the darkness. But for the Freshkills, it's a matter of reveling in the gloom, rather than hurrying through it.
