a video.
from sza (and solange knowles).
Friday, December 22, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.
11/j balvin + willy william + beyonce/mi gente
12/thundercat + michael mcdonald + kenny loggins/show you the way
13/drake/passionfruit
14/kendrick lamar + rihanna/loyalty
15/joe goddard/home
16/n.e.r.d + rihanna/lemon
17/vince staples/big fish
18/charli xcx/blame it on u
19/cut copy/standing in the middle of the field
20/haim/right now
21/ariel pink/feels like heaven
22/harry styles/sign of the times
23/lorde/green light
24/st. vincent/los ageless
25/miley cyrus/malibu
Thursday, December 21, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
12/ema/exile in the outer ring
Jesus wept,
When she told you the truth,
Of secrets kept.
Of secrets kept.
It's just something that
The outer ring people do.
The outer ring people do.
Out in the ether,
And into the great beyond.
And in awe we remain, with each listen and return.
This place out in exile
(where she tells you the truth).
Erika. M. Anderson,
EMA.
Exiled in the Outer Ring.
A personal exile where she has the space to just be.
Where she can reflect on the stories of famous men she can't see herself in.
But steal from them?
She will do.
She too will be ferocious.
(it's just what the outer ring people do)
She too, will stand tall and walk in her artistry;
Be expressive, attack, and destroy.
35, Nihilistic, and Female,
Riding atop stark, menacing soundscapes;
Digging deep into the raw, atmospheric noise and inner reaches of her mind,
Til there's nothing left but blood and chalk.
Exiled in the outer ring,
Knee deep in the sludge.
Alive in the loud,
And present in the soft.
As she tells us these truths of secrets kept,
Exiled in the outer ring.
(It's just something we outer ring folks do.)
KEY TRACKS: Breathalyzer/Blood and Chalk/33 Nihilistic and Female
13/charli xcx/number 1 angel
14/lcd soundsystem/american dream
15/lorde/melodrama
16/syd/fin
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.
12/thundercat + michael mcdonald + kenny loggins/show you the way
13/drake/passionfruit
14/kendrick lamar + rihanna/loyalty
15/joe goddard/home
16/n.e.r.d + rihanna/lemon
17/vince staples/big fish
18/charli xcx/blame it on u
19/cut copy/standing in the middle of the field
20/haim/right now
21/ariel pink/feels like heaven
22/harry styles/sign of the times
23/lorde/green light
24/st. vincent/los ageless
25/miley cyrus/malibu
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
13/charli xcx/number 1 angel
Like many of us, Charli XCX is a dreamer out here in the atmosphere just wanting to let her hair down and disappear, spread her wings, and fly. Luckily for us, this act of letting her hair down and flying away to a place of euphoria entails bringing us along for the ride via a collection of bangers. And on Number 1 Angel, the ride is divine, and the task of dropping tracks that bang is never ending. Over the course of this 40 minute mixtape, Charli is your girl, here to soundtrack her (and your) life in the daydream, and the moments held that we can't let slip away. Over your vanity, and not wanting to care anymore, Charli gives in to one of the unspoken, universally known rules of pop music: make it fun (and, if you can, go big). Number 1 Angel, like the woman behind it, is up for a boomin' good time, and refuses to dance alone, as it chases highs, rolls with the homies, and engages in trysts and travails with boys who play too much or won't play at all. Beneath it all is a collection of glossy tracks that boom like an 808, nodding to hip-hop, R&B, house, and club music effortlessly, often within one track. It's Charli, baby, down for a good time, and curious to know if you wanna roll with her and paint the town red.
Say yeah.
KEY TRACKS: 3 AM (Pull Up)/Blame It on U/White Roses
14/lcd soundsystem/american dream
15/lorde/melodrama
16/syd/fin
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.
13/drake/passionfruit
14/kendrick lamar + rihanna/loyalty
15/joe goddard/home
16/n.e.r.d + rihanna/lemon
17/vince staples/big fish
18/charli xcx/blame it on u
19/cut copy/standing in the middle of the field
20/haim/right now
21/ariel pink/feels like heaven
22/harry styles/sign of the times
23/lorde/green light
24/st. vincent/los ageless
25/miley cyrus/malibu
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
14/lcd soundsystem/american dream
He took a little time off and took the band with him. And when he returned and got the gang back together, they did not put their name in lights or pull out the bullhorn and chose to, instead, place the marquee in the heavens, on cloud nine: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM presents their AMERICAN DREAM, aka one of 2017's greatest shows on earth, immaculately sequenced and brought to you in an album format. And there's something "spectacular! spectacular!" about this American Dream showcase. In the way it plays and presents itself with a confident urgency as if James and company never left. Up on cloud nine the party continues, as American Daydream plays and moves like a live album produced from a place that you HAVE to be at, while reminding you that you SHOULD be dancing. From the slow burning opener that sets the table for the ramshackle dance numbers that immediately follows it, revving up the engine as the band's new disco grooves and cathartic energy pushes and pulls you towards a higher ground til things eventually draw to a close, wordlessly, leaving you there to sweat it out and dry off as the album's closing minutes fade out like the end to a raucous encore or party you wish will never end. But they do. And when the music fades and the lights come up here, you are reminded that a little time away did nothing to diminish the technical prowess, wit, and emotional rescue that we've come to know and love (and expect) from LCD Soundsystem. So let's raise a toast to the bodies in here, and thank them for the triumphant return that is their American Dream.
KEY TRACKS: oh baby/call the police/emotional haircut
16/syd/fin
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.
14/kendrick lamar + rihanna/loyalty
15/joe goddard/home
16/n.e.r.d + rihanna/lemon
17/vince staples/big fish
18/charli xcx/blame it on u
19/cut copy/standing in the middle of the field
20/haim/right now
21/ariel pink/feels like heaven
22/harry styles/sign of the times
23/lorde/green light
24/st. vincent/los ageless
25/miley cyrus/malibu
Monday, December 18, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
15/lorde/melodrama
Melodrama is the broadcasting of booms and heartbeats that are forever racing. A collection of vivid super cuts of hard feelings and love as seen and experienced by Lorde. And us, as these feelings and scenarios are highly familiar and universal: all the glamour and the drama, and the reasons why we bother, and the highs and lows of young love, long nights out, and the mornings (and days and emotions) that follow. All the terror and the horror alongside all the thrills and initial rushes of attraction and sparks. Packaged here in anthems for the l-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation set to trip-hop leaning compositions that burst like fireworks, from a 21 year old on fire looking for love and more from life wherever it can be found (if it can be found). Melodrama, like the game of love, is a rush of blood to the head, and a flush of warmth for the body and soul.
KEY TRACKS: green light/the louvre/liability
16/syd/fin
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.
15/joe goddard/home
16/n.e.r.d + rihanna/lemon
17/vince staples/big fish
18/charli xcx/blame it on u
19/cut copy/standing in the middle of the field
20/haim/right now
21/ariel pink/feels like heaven
22/harry styles/sign of the times
23/lorde/green light
24/st. vincent/los ageless
25/miley cyrus/malibu
Sunday, December 17, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
16/syd/fin
Ain't nothing you can tell her, she grown. Debut album, track one, she immediately makes this known. And over the course of Fin, the 25 year old Odd Future affiliate and member of The Internet luxuriates in rhythm & blues that is both grown and sexy. Syd's Fin is a smooth, sensual LP that floats like a butterfly when the destination of the bedroom is within reach, and stings like a bee whenever a reminder is needed that she is no ordinary woman, and this is no ordinary love. Like Aaliyah's One in a Million before it -an album Fin is close to in spirit- Syd's debut is an R&B album that exudes sexuality and confidence without overplaying it, and sits comfortably in R&B's past while moving the genre forward. It's a Top 5 R&B album that plays it cool, brought to you by a young woman who came from nothing to something, and got her own. Whip appeal for days.
KEY TRACKS: Smile More/Body/Insecurities
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.
Saturday, December 16, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
17/spoon/hot thoughts
Spoon shoots straight. And for them, shooting straight equals spewing hot thoughts melting their minds, and letting them flourish throughout the melodies and rhythms accenting each track. Hot Thoughts. Present in that gospel breakdown in "WhisperI'lllistentohearit". Seen in the woozy instrumental blowout that is the album closer, "Us". Highlighted in Britt Daniel's ever present casual sex appeal, and let out through his ferocious snarl. You can catch them in the pulsating, rhythmic back beat of "Shotgun", and see them be allowed to shimmer yet again in the spaced out, wordless funk of "Can I Sit Next to You"'s closing minutes. Hot Thoughts, melting the mind, with a little bit of funk, and a whole lotta swagger. Once again. Album number nine. Go and let it burn.
KEY TRACKS: Pink Up/I Ain't the One/Us
18/st. vincent/masseduction
19/cherry glazerr/apocalipstick
21/vince staples/big fish theory
22/thundercat/drunk
23/kehlani/sweetsexysavage
24/palberta/bye bye berta
25/father john misty/pure comedy
Friday, December 15, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
18/st. vincent/masseduction
She can’t turn off what turns her on. And on album
number five, that which entices & tickles her senses is also the
light and guiding force behind the wonderfully quirky and angular new
wave pop contained within, presented in technicolor. Annie's Masseduction steams and hisses in an eroticism that is both emotional and physical (and often
times confrontational). It’s there in the album cover, and it's present
in her naked honesty and vulnerability, found in every chorus and verse,
reminding us of the deft storyteller and painter of images she is, and
continues to be. It's sex, love, and rock & roll, buttressed by a
vibrant canvas that bends pop & guitars to her whims and their
spastic breaking points, with titillation for the masses, dressed up in leather and Annie Clark's love, pleading with you to get
physical in order to get down and get free.
KEY TRACKS: Pills/Sugarboy/Happy Birthday, Johnny
19/cherry glazerr/apocalipstick
21/vince staples/big fish theory
22/thundercat/drunk
23/kehlani/sweetsexysavage
24/palberta/bye bye berta
25/father john misty/pure comedy
Thursday, December 14, 2017
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.
19/cherry glazerr/apocalipstick
They consider the title of "TRASH PEOPLE" to be a term of endearment, and they wear their underpants three days in a row. The room they inhabit smells like an ashtray, and the carpet smells like beer forever. They can't work a nine to five cause "art is love, and love is sloppy" and needs their undivided attention in order to come correct and clearly announce to the world who they are. And who they are is Cherry Glazerr, the Los Angeles quartet fronted by 19 year old riot grrl Clementine Creevy. And on their sophomore LP, this merry band of confident misfits walk proud in who they are, not quite pure, not quite dirty. With Apocalipstick, Cherry Glazerr gives us an incredible, bombastically wide 35 minute grunge leaning monster that toes the line between those two extremes of not quite dirty and not quite pure handily while sounding as if it was plucked directly from 1994. It boils the blood, black like a nuclear bomb, and lands like one, shredding & screaming, turned up to eleven. "The revolution is female" -and unafraid to push through and make waves- says Apocalipstick. "Here is your soundtrack."
KEY TRACKS: Told You I'd Be With the Guys/Trash People/Lucid Dreams
21/vince staples/big fish theory
22/thundercat/drunk
23/kehlani/sweetsexysavage
24/palberta/bye bye berta
25/father john misty/pure comedy
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.
19/cut copy/standing in the middle of the field
20/haim/right now
21/ariel pink/feels like heaven
22/harry styles/sign of the times
23/lorde/green light
24/st. vincent/los ageless
25/miley cyrus/malibu
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