Snap judgments on the most anticipated album leaks.
Jun 13th, 2012 68 Comments
It's easy to rag on Billy Corgan for being a hypersensitive narcissist who says ridiculous things, but he's been doing that for two decades now. (The first time I cringed at a Corgan comment? In… Read Story »
Jun 12th, 2012 18 Comments
Fiona Apple is 34 years old now. For 17 of those years, almost exactly half of her time on this planet, she's been a public figure, one with the sort of devoted mass-cult following whose devotions… Read Story »
Apr 30th, 2012 47 Comments
A couple of months ago, someone I follow on Twitter posted a video of some kids goofing around in their basement/rec room area to the soundtrack of Japandroids' "Younger Us." Even though the footage… Read Story »
Apr 27th, 2012 47 Comments
Bethany Cosentino isn't stupid. In picking a collaborator for her second album, the Best Coast leader has realized that the words "produced by Jon Brion" are pretty much pure sophomore-LP gold. Brion… Read Story »
Apr 23rd, 2012 16 Comments
When you spend your first few listens to a new album trying to decide whether you're disappointed or not, that's not exactly a good sign. On Master Of My Make-Believe, Santigold has one big thing… Read Story »
Apr 18th, 2012 23 Comments
The first single for Sigur Rós' Valtari, "Ekki Múkk," arrived with the fanfare and warm reception expected of that dramatic moment -- after all, it was the first new recording under the Sigur Rós… Read Story »
Apr 17th, 2012 43 Comments
Jack White has always been an artist who thrived, in large part, because of all the constraints he imposed on his own work, like the analog-recording purism or the two-color design schemes. The White… Read Story »
Mar 29th, 2012 29 Comments
In the 2000s, a trend arose where a few big-name rappers released double albums that flaunted different sides of the artist’s personality. This structure, which was thankfully short-lived, was best… Read Story »
Mar 21st, 2012 155 Comments
On 2010’s Chris Coady-produced Teen Dream, Baltimore’s favorite dream pop duo brought the reverb-laden sound they had favored on their debut Beach House and break-through follow-up Devotion out… Read Story »
Mar 19th, 2012 28 Comments
The original Odd Future Tape -- posted on the group's Tumblr back in April 2010, supposedly first posted online as early as 2008 -- is the first long-form document of the young rap crew who would… Read Story »
