Rappers have always wrestled with the question of how to succeed in a society where the odds are stacked against them. The biggest difference now is that their middle class listeners have the same worries. [9.Feb.12]
To create something or to create something that creates something; that is a question. But if you lead an electric horse to art, does it dream of the avant-garde? [9.Feb.12]
The way we heal is a huge part of the sweet exhaustion of Tramp, but it is a double-edged affair. [9.Feb.12]
It leaves you with the impression that Bentley has made something special here -- not just his most consistent album and 2012’s first great country album, but even more. [9.Feb.12]
Unlike potboiler musicians with kiss-off egos, the Shadow proves that Blank Generation music was open-ended and robust, a welcome home to punk brands of all stripes. [9.Feb.12]
