A Man Out of Time: On Scott Walker’s ‘Scott 2’
Scott Walker is a funhouse version of David Bowie. He carved out his own space in music, one almost stubbornly unfashionable but also indispensable in the way one-of-a-kind things often are.
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15 Essential Scott Walker Songs
We celebrate the career of experimental pop pioneer Scott Walker through 15 of his essential songs.
The 20 Best Album Re-Issues of 2020
In 2020, the music world saw spectacular reissues spanning rock legends to foundational electronic artists, jazz to pop of all stripes.
Scott Walker’s Experimental Masterpiece ‘Tilt’ Suits These Alienating Times
Scott Walker's Tilt is 25 years old this year. It's a masterpiece of dark noise with a disturbing reminder of our alienation.
Loneliness Is the Cloak You Wear: Scott Walker, 1943-2019
From 1960s teen idol to '70s crooner to latter-day experimental trailblazer, Scott Walker's artistic trajectory is one of the strangest and most admirable in music history.
Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now
Singer-songwriter Jens Lekman returns with Life Will See You Now, possibly his finest record to date.
The Best Albums of 2014
From Polish black metal to mind-blowing progressive R&B and electronic music, 2014's best albums certainly have something for everyone.
Scott Walker and Sunn O))): If You Don’t Beat Me, the Stasi Will
Soused’s trapped, bleating circus elephants are harbingers of the prison-planet drones and transhuman monstrosities yet to come. Prepare for heightened beatings, motherfuckers.
Scott Walker and Sunn O))) – “Brando” (video)
The lead track off of the Scott Walker and Sunn O))) collaboration LP Soused tells a crazy story on its own; now, however, it's got some haunting visual accompaniment to join it.
Scott Walker and Sunn O))): Soused
Twin titans of the underground come together to craft essentially what you'd expect a collaboration of this nature to sound like, for better or worse.