by snoadmin | Dec 30, 2012 | End of the Year Awards
#3 Album: Japandroids – Celebration Rock This is what you should hear when you turn on the radio. This is what you should have on your roadtrip mixtape. This is what should soundtrack the montage to your youth. This, simply put, is a celebration. The sophomore effort...
by snoadmin | Dec 29, 2012 | Archives-old
Kool A.D. – 51 Rappers love talking about being the realest in the game. About how none of their actions are dictated by societal pressures or whatever else forces one to act “non-authentically”. But here’s a newsflash: if you have to talk about being real, you aren’t...
by snoadmin | Dec 28, 2012 | End of the Year Awards
#4 Album: Beach House – Bloom Over the course of four albums, Beach House have grown into their own splendor, as their sound rose from Cocteau Twins-indebted, amateur-sounding “dream pop” to majestic heights. A huge Beach House fan myself, it didn’t matter if...
by snoadmin | Dec 28, 2012 | Archives-old
Azealia Banks – 1991 After serving up a club smash with last year’s “212”, rapper/singer Azealia Bank came through this year with an ear-catching blend of hip-hop and house music on 1991, her short but sweet debut EP. This four-track effort showcases Banks’s talent...
by snoadmin | Dec 28, 2012 | Archives-old
Julia Holter- Ekstasis “Avant-pop.” “Ambient experimental.” “Ethereal.” “Baroque-pop.” Try as they might, the blogs cannot pin a clean tag on Julia Holter’s sophomore album Ekstasis. Though they are not entirely wrong. Underneath the layers of antique...
