Shit I Missed Last Year and This Yearās Honorable Mentions Shit I Missed:Faith Healer ā Try š Despite being way late to this LP, I still got my moneyās worth listening to it in the early winter of 2018. The Edmonton artist, also known as Jessica Jalbert, has been making music in this vein of psychedelic art pop since 2011, but only released the first … Continue reading
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Shit I Missed Last Year and This Yearās Honorable Mentions: Sidney Gish
Shit I Missed:Sidney Gish ā No Dogs Allowed Sidney Gish thought she could avoid this year-end rigamarole by putting out No Dogs Allowed on the final day of 2017, but jokeās on her because I donāt actually care about when things were released. This record kicks ass. When I listened the first time, I saw it as a silly, joke record. While laughs abound, after … Continue reading Shit I Missed Last Year and This Yearās Honorable Mentions: Sidney Gish
Shit I Missed Last Year and This Yearās Honorable Mentions Shit I Missed:Gingerlys ā s/t I spent a lot of the beginning of the year with the Gingerlys, and I was crushed when I learned that the album come out last year. I savor being able to include albums in my top ten, because I know that will memorialize my favorites. As this eponymous record … Continue reading
Shit I Missed Last Year and This Yearās Honorable Mentions Shit I Missed:Dresage āĀ āRenaissance (Live at the Chalet)ā My first encounter with this clip was as a submission in my inbox last December. I didnāt secure the premiere, but was able to set up an interview with the artist, Dresage. The article I wrote about our exchange remains my favorite thing I have ever writtenāin … Continue reading
Shit I Missed Last Year and This Yearās Honorable Mentions Honorable Mention:TIerra Whack ā Whack World I struggled with where to place my praise for this burst of creative brilliance from Philadelphiaās Tierra Whack. I have no issue with short records, but this project feels like the precipice of something transcendental. For that reason, I see it as anticipation. I am awed by her breadth … Continue reading
My 2018: A Sweet Beast
Me with Zoey, Samira Winterās cat. Samira took this photo.Ā Every year there is an album or two, generally released in the spring or summer, that I have a natural affinity for. I play them ad nauseam, and if they survive the process, they become etched into my mind for years. There are few to no rules to the phenomenonāI have been known to gravitate … Continue reading My 2018: A Sweet Beast
Smoke Seasonās new video is an aptly absurd metaphor for their circumstances
Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here. The passion shared between Smoke Seasonās Gabby Bianco and Jay Rosen spills into their music. It will be a central theme on their forthcoming record titled Sensudentity, which will include their recent single, āHot Damnā. Keeping with the motif, the band said the song āis about your lust hitting a fever pitch during a wet, hot … Continue reading Smoke Seasonās new video is an aptly absurd metaphor for their circumstances
Humor balances the disturbing in O Futureās new video Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.Ā O Future are back with a video to accompany their song, ‘Smell You’, which is an excellent representation of their left-field brilliance. Not that they are shy about it. The band formerly known as OOFJ has made and starred ināand earned praised forāmany curious clips throughout their … Continue reading
Egg Drop Soup Have Feminism in Their DNA
sngalbums: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.Ā Punk music is better live and thatās a fact. In that spirit, Grimy Goods favorites, Egg Drop Soup are about to drop a four-track EP recorded live at Golden Beat Recording Studio. It is rough around the edges, complete with questionable vocals and feedbackāboth from the monitors and the audience. Read more.Ā Egg Drop Soup | buy Live at … Continue reading Egg Drop Soup Have Feminism in Their DNA
Laura Jean Anderson Puts on a Brave Face Ahead of Bootleg Show Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.Ā The holiday time brings cheer for most, but when spent away from family or friends, one may become forlorn. Laura Jean Andersonās recent EP should alleviate the pain, not only for anyone in such a position this December, but for all who have felt self-doubt at any point … Continue reading
