man i have no idea how to reconcile the thoughtful, sensitive person Kozelek is on record with the guy on stage. has he never heard his own songs before?
the indie sites have turned into pop sites and what we have left is a lot of garbage floating around the web. the first wave of big music blogs have long-since crested and it's time for some new online voices and places to discover actual underground music. until then, thank god for local music scenes.
Hey look, this is actually about music. I was one more Ariel Pink/War on Drugs/Grimes/Madonna/ Mark Kozelek/Perfect Pussy gossip story away from never visiting this site again, and then you totally redeem yourselves with something worth reading.
Pretty sure it'd be impossible not have a label pulling the strings when yr first single is associated with Michael Angelakos, Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat.
Seriously enough of these celebrity crowd-funding projects. Only suckers give money to a multimillionaire with the industry connections (both Hollywood or indie) that could make this happen with traditional financing.
People's lists are basically the same 10-20 albums in slightly different orders. It's like no other music came out this year.
Also I don't know why, but I love Sonny & the Sunsets new album more than just about anything I've heard this year, new or old. What a weird little record.
Second favorite is probably The Liminanas.
Also Thee Oh Sees fucking killed it with Floating Coffin, and the new Magic Milk and The Men records are awesome as well.
Haim's acclaim makes me feel like I'm living on another planet. Their album is awkward, it's slick without being accomplished, the singing is glottal and herky-jerky. The songs sound cobbled together, like they took a verse from one song and smashed it into a chorus from another. Listening to their music is like seeing a gawky teen dance at a wedding.
You're missing the point. Rapists do not go away for life. They get released, eventually. I'd rather have a rehabilitated rapist than a repeat offender.
Does he even contribute a single verse in Started From the Bottom? It's pretty much him half-singing the hook for four minutes. I'm sure there's gotta be a Drake song out there you could have referenced other than that one to make me look ignorant. Drake sucks, he can't sing, he can't rap. The bought beats are his only saving grace.
I dunno, I skip "Sprawl I" everytime and "Sprawl II"is still pretty breathtaking.
... and I think there's better ways to express the meandering, superfluous qualities of the suburbs other than bad songs. I think the Suburbs would have made a great 10-song album. As it is, I still like it, but it's my least favorite Arcade Fire record, if I had to chose.
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