I love all of of Montreal’s music. But there’s always at least one song, if not a handful of them, from every one of their albums that really speaks to me. “Plateau Phase/No Careerism No Corruption” is definitely one of those songs. Yeah, it’s ear-catching with its blend of booming[…]
“Will He”, a piano-fueled Trip-Hop meets Trap slow jam from YouTube personality turned musician George “joji” Miller, was easily one of 2017’s most memorable tracks for me. So you can imagine I’m quite pleased that Canadian beatmaker Ryan Hemsworth has delivered a fresh remix that not only extends the tune’s[…]
Columbian/American soulful Pop chanteuse Kali Uchis enlists the assistance of Canadian Jazz band BADBADNOTGOOD, pioneering Funk bassist Bootsy Collins, and frequent collaborator Tyler, The Creator on her new single “After the Storm”. “After the Storm”, which comes off as a bit of an answer to the faux Bootsyisms of Childish[…]
The video for joji’s “Window” may be the most ambitious video so far from what may be my favorite record of last year but I’m not sure it tonally matches the music as well as some of the other clips he’s released. It sure is weird, and a little bloody,[…]
Kevin Barnes continues to evolve his drag looks in the video for of Montreal’s newest two-in-one jam “Paranoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia”. “Paranoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia” is the first single from the Athens, Georgia-based Indie-Pop band’s fifteenth studio album ‘White is Relic/Irrealis Mood’ which is out March 9th on Polyvinyl Records. of Montreal
I have no idea what the fuck is going on in the beautiful but creepy video clip for Baroque bedroom Pop act Son Lux’s new single “Slowly”. But the music is haunting in a way that is very typical of Son Lux’s output over the years. “Slowly” is the first[…]
I post a lot of horror-inspired videos but the clip for Chicano Batman’s “Freedom is Free” is horrific in a whole different way. In seeming opposition to the upbeat, almost deceptively care-free, vibe of the song, the video depicts the LA-based foursome undergoing the torture of “enhanced interrogation methods” as[…]
It’s been about a year since rapper/producer El-P and his lyricist partner Killer Mike released their third self-titled project as Run the Jewels. My favorite track on the album was “Call Ticketron”, an almost frantically uptempo cut featuring booming 808s and throwback vocal samples familiar to anybody who watched New[…]
Abandoning the uncharacteristically Gothy New Wave sheen of their last record, “Little Dark Age”, MGMT go for a decidedly more subdued classic Indie-Pop sound while keeping the glum content intact on their snotty new single “When You Die”. I’m not that nice I’m mean and I’m evil Don’t call me[…]
The visuals for Youtube personality turned troubadour joji’s “Demons” are simple but elegant and appropriately melancholy. “Demons” is the second single from joji’s outstanding debut EP ‘In Tongues’ which is out now via 88rising. joji
During my tenure blogging for Okayaplayer one of the records I was proudest to support was ‘The Adventures of the One Handed Bandit and the Slum Computer Wizard’, the debut album from beatmaker 100dBs and emcee Ryan-O’Neil. Since releasing that record a decade ago the duo released a follow up[…]
Aesop Rock has been in the rap game for a solid twenty years and as such has no business releasing a song as 🔥 as his new single “Hot Dogs”. But he did. “Hot Dogs” is out now digitally and on limited edition vinyl via the Rhymesayers Entertainment label. Aesop[…]
