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Locked Up Like a Trophy: Vampire Weekend’s Contra Turns 10

January 13, 2020January 12, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2010, Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Vampire Weekend, XL Recordings

A look back at the most underrated album of the most hyped band of the last decade

Hip Hop

Tell a Friend Bitch: Jay-Z’s Vol. 3…The Life and Times of S. Carter Turns 20

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, Beyonce, Def Jam, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Roc-A-Fella, Shawn Carter, Vol. 3... The Life and Times of S. Carter

The final installment of Hov’s three album saga is by far the best of the bunch

Hip Hop

ALBUMS: The Best Rap LP of 2019 Is Its Darkest

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2019, Backwoodz Studioz, Billy Woods, Hidden Places, Kenny Segal, Tom Waits

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal’s Hiding Places is to music what Parasite is to the big screen

Electronics Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo New Wave Pop Post-Hardcore

Le Tigre and the Dismemberment Plan Took Punk Into the Next Millennium

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, DeSoto, Kathleen Hanna, Kill Rock Stars, Le Tigre, The Dismemberment Plan, Travis Morrison, Travistan

How two of indie-rock’s greatest albums broke down every remaining barrier in one day

Indie Rock Pop

The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs, Ranked

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1999, 69 Love Songs, LD Beghtol, Merge Records, Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields

A belatedly mathematical celebration of an indie pop masterwork for its 20th anniversary

Heavy Metal Pop Progressive Rock Psychedelics Roots Soul

Hæven Is a Place on Ear7h: The Cults of Lana Del Rey and Tool

September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Adam Jones, Fear Inoculum, Lana del Rey, Maynard James Keenan, Norman Fucking Rockwell, Tool

A closer look at two titles from the most memorable Album Release Day since the Kanye/50 Cent face-off

New Wave Pop

ALBUMS: Ezra Koenig Is Genteel in the Hour of Chaos

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Columbia Records, Ezra Koenig, Father of the Bride, Goosebumps, Madison Square Garden, Rostam, Vampire Weekend

Ahead of tonight’s big show at Madison Square Garden, let Dan Weiss remind you how Vampire Weekend impart their coolheaded calm onto those who can’t afford same. This has always been their job.

Hip Hop

21 Songs Chronicling Spongebob’s Rap Takeover

July 19, 2019July 22, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Big Boi, Chief Keef, Chuuwee, Danny Brown XXX, Famous Dex, Ghostface Killah, Lil Kim, Lil Pump, N.E.R.D., Prince Paul, Rej3ctz, SpongeBob Squarepants

Hip-Hop has been about that Bikini Bottom life for 20 years now

Electronic Experimental Hip Hop Indie Rock Pop Punk Records

Ten Albums From the First Half of 2019 That Need More Love

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 100 gecs, Charly Bliss, Dumb Club Nites, Emily A. Sprague, Emily A. Sprague Mount Vision, Fontaines D.C., Malibu Ken, Open Mike Eagle, Pronoun I'll Show You Stronger, PUP, Pup Morbid Stuff, Stella Donnelly, Stella Donnelly Beware of the Dogs

From hip-hop to punk rock to pure pop to avant electronics, there is quite a lot the critics missed in the last six months

Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores

Miley Cyrus Through the Looking Glass

June 17, 2019June 18, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Ashley O, Ashley Too, Black Mirror, Miley Cyrus, Netflix, NIN Head like a hole

With her Black Mirror episode, pop’s most unapologetic skin-shedder returns to the medium that made her a star

Hip Hop

The Pleasure Is All Lizzo’s

May 11, 2019May 13, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Adele, Lizzo, Ricky Reed

Succumb to the Minneapolis powerhouse’s pop dominance

Pop

Don’t Let the Perfect Jenny Lewis Be the Enemy of the Good Jenny Lewis

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, Warner Bros.

Is the former Rilo Kiley singer’s fourth solo album too manicured for its own gain?

Alternative Rock New Wave Power Pop

If Living Well Is the Best Revenge, Is Weezer the Most Successful Band of All-Time?

April 27, 2019April 29, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1994, Brian Bell, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

As their blue debut turns 25, its time to ponder if these dudes really are The Greatest Band Who Ever Lived ™

Hip Hop

MF Doom’s Born Like This Turns 10

April 17, 2019April 18, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 2009, Daniel Dumile, KMD, MF Doom

A decade later, the villain man still never runs with krills in his hand

Electronic Experimental

Richard D. James At The End Of The 20th Century

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Aphex Twin, Richard D. James

ΔFex tΣi[N]’s “Σi[[NdσΣ1i cx∈r” t∈ r[N]s 2σ

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