by snoadmin | Jan 3, 2012 | Archives-old
Lou Reed and Metallica – Lulu I know what they say about Lulu. But I listened anyway, and found out they’re completely wrong. The negativity surrounding Lulu started before the album even came out, with critics tearing apart the odd combination of...
by snoadmin | Jan 2, 2012 | End of the Year Awards
#2 Album: St. Vincent – Strange Mercy It is more than understandable that Annie Clark is perhaps the most lusted-after woman in indie-rock today (she tops the list of Stereogum’s top indie crushes of 2011), but for slightly less obvious reasons than one...
by snoadmin | Jan 1, 2012 | End of the Year Awards
#3 Album: Bon Iver – Bon Iver “This is not a place,” Justin Vernon coos on the album’s glacial introduction, “Perth.” Bon Iver’s first album (2008’s haunting For Emma, Forever Ago) is largely associated with its creation during his...
by snoadmin | Jan 1, 2012 | Archives-old
The Front Bottoms – The Front Bottoms Did your 2011 lack the dark comedy lyrics of folk punk, the danceable melodies of your favorite 2009 synth-pop band, the belting choruses of your emotional middle school years, and the DIY New Jersey attitude? Have no fear,...
by snoadmin | Dec 31, 2011 | Archives-old
Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra. With his first major release, Frank Ocean emerges as a broken-hearted sensitive crooner (a.k.a. an oddball) in the OFWGKTA crew, the angry youth-driven group that the public has deemed to be the worst thing since unsliced bread....
