by snoadmin | Dec 28, 2014 | End of the Year Awards
Courtesy of Popjustice.Yes, I went to one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country for high school and I attend one of the best universities in the country, but I just learned what the word “chandelier” meant about fifteen minutes ago. Seriously? Yes....
by snoadmin | Dec 27, 2014 | End of the Year Awards
Courtesy of Orchid Tapes. DSU is poison in disguise. In chemistry courses, you are taught the dose is what matters. So after listening to this record more times than any other album in my entire life, the concern is not that I don’t know what to feel about...
by snoadmin | Dec 27, 2014 | End of the Year Awards
Courtesy of Radiator Hospital’s Bandcamp. Radiator Hospital’s sophomore album, Torch Song, reminds us of all of those times in high school when we wanted to lay in bed because we believed it would mend a broken heart, and reassures us that...
by snoadmin | Dec 26, 2014 | End of the Year Awards
Courtesy of I Love St. Vincent. The last time we saw St. Vincent’s Annie Clark on her own, she was behind a sheet of white latex screaming on 2011’s Out of Reach-referencing Strange Mercy. Now, having taken the chicken bone our of her mouth,...
by snoadmin | Dec 26, 2014 | End of the Year Awards
Courtesy of Orchid Tapes.In all honesty, “Harvey” is not actually my favorite song from Alex G’s debut full-length album DSU. I’m drawn more to the disorienting, maze-like melodies found in “Icehead” and “Hollow.” But because I have an...
