I don’t want to spoil the twist in the breathtaking video for George “joji” Miller’s new single “Slow Dancing in the Dark” but just let me say it’s a sublime surprise that falls right in line with the dark and bloody but whimsically beautiful imagery that has become a hallmark[…]
Archy “King Krule” Marshall does what he does best—moody neo-noirish Alternative Pop that seems equally inspired by Hip-Hop, vintage Jazz, Post-Punk, and Shoegaze—on his newest single “Biscuit Town”. The video, which finds him inhabiting the grim environs of a darkly surreal diorama model of a retro-futuristic dystopian city with decidedly[…]
It’s been kicking around YouTube for a few months and I’m only just now sharing it, but Japanese-American singer/singwriter Mitski’s depressive Emo-Disco thumper “Nobody” is one of my favorite records of the Summer. If I’m being perfectly frank, one of the reasons I post so infrequently these days is severe[…]
It’s already a viral hit so I don’t feel like I’m telling you about anything you didn’t already know when I say Los Angeles based singer, rapper, and producer Dumisani “Doja Cat” Dlamini’s “Mooo!” is the song of the Summer. The production, comprised of a jazzy sample flittering over Bounce-inspired drum[…]
Kālī is a Tantric Goddess of creation, destruction, love, sex, life, and death. Kali Uchis’ newest video is for a stripped down harp and keyboard backed version of her tune “Dead to Me”. It’s super sexy but totally about wishing someone dead. That’s motherfucking Tantra. “Dead to Me” is from[…]
I loved the shit out of “I Love LA”, a slice of scummy retro Glam-Rock, when youthful Los Angeles based quartet Starcrawler dropped it late last year. They’re back, and still mining ’70s sleaze, both musically and visually, with a new single and video titled “Chicken Woman”. The song brings[…]
I can admit it, a lot of the shit I post here tends to be “feel bad music” in one way or another. But that doesn’t mean I don’t like to get down with a feel good jam now and then. The Summer season just happens to be the perfect[…]
Is it possible for something to be chilly and sultry at the same time? Because that’s exactly how “1:00AM”, the new single and video from Kentucky bred Shoegaze revivalist Vyva Melinkolya, sounds to me. “1:00AM” is taken from the self-titled full length album she released earlier this year. Vyva Melinkolya
I’ve been listening to ‘Everything’s Fine’, the collaborative LP by Brooklyn based Rap superhero Jean Grae and Detroit bred producer/emcee Quelle Chris, a whole lot lately. The dirty Jazz beats and abstract poetry of “Gold Purple Orange” make me think this is what Digable Planets would, or should, sound like if[…]
A few weeks back I went to see Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film ‘Isle of Dogs’. I don’t particularly care for dogs, but I enjoyed the film. This isn’t too surprising since Anderson is one of my favorite modern filmmakers and has consistently amazed me throughout his career. Though it has[…]
Never one to rest on her laurels (which include dropping a universally praised album ‘1992 Deluxe’ last year and throwing soup on a racist subway rider) Harlem bred rapper Destiny Frasqueri, otherwise known as Princess Nokia, is back and on some broken-hearted depression-wave Hot Topic Emo-Goth shit on her new[…]
I know. I know. I never update the fucking blog and it’s been ages since I did a Monday Magick post! I kinda doubt anybody is even reading any more so my excuses are probably going to fall on deaf ears, but my mental health has been erratic at best[…]
