With New Young Pony Club missing in action, Late of the Pier and Shitdisco disbanding and Klaxons still recovering from difficult second album syndrome, Brazilian quartet CSS appear to be the last true survivors of the […]
Having released a new studio album every year since they first unleashed their experimental blend of neo-psychedelia, prog-pop and art-rock onto the unsuspecting public back in 2006, Portugal. The Man’s prolific streak came to a […]
Phoenix may have been around since 1999, but it wasn’t until their 2009 breakthrough Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix that ubiquitous indie-pop tracks like “1901” (aka the “Falling” song no one could avoid hearing) became household ear-worms. A […]
As New York millennial elite, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have deviated far from the mic-felatio beginnings of their biting “Art Star” youth. Though they’ve never really lost their edge, or dropped the mic-felatio from their set lists, […]
On paper Twelve Reasons to Die looks promising, like some sort of indulgent B-Movie waiting to unfold. Yet at every turn, every epic soundscape laid out by composer Adrian Younge, Ghostface holds back – each chapter playing out […]
It takes cojones to claim you’re “saving rock and roll.” After blasting into the mainstream with 2005’s campy yet undeniably catchy emo-pop-rock single “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down,” Fall Out Boy have flirted with various un-rock forms of […]
Paramore have had quite an intense career trajectory. Becoming platinum-selling juggernauts as teenagers unsurprisingly resulted in inner turmoil that pushed founding members Zac and Josh Farro to quit in 2010. Inspired by this departure, their […]
Gender, race, class and identity are all topics found on The Knife‘s fourth album, Shaking the Habitual – their first project together in six years. It’s a highly political venture that embodies everything from queer theory […]
Brad Paisley has always prided himself on his ability to throw the odd curveball into his mainstream Nashville sound, particularly on his last album, 2011’s This Is Country Music, which roped in guest artists as […]
As the leader of rap’s brat pack, Tyler, the Creator is the epitome of a first world sociopath – a lyrical misfit with a loose cannon for a mouth. He’s a juvenile with a reckless […]
