Friday, May 22, 2009
Examining Kid A and retrogression
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Kid A turns 10 next year. I never imagined there was, or ever could be, a future from that record. I guess I thought music was over. It was ...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Allo, guvnuhs
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I have returned Hey readers, sorry for the like six month absence. I've been pretty busy adjusting to the rigors of college life/ making...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Songs that give you chills
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THERE are times when a song is so fucking good that you lose your cool. Those of us with refined tastes are supposed to know better than thi...
Friday, October 17, 2008
ALBUM REVIEWS: Skeletal Lamping
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(certainly the gayest thing you will see on this blog.) Oh, Of Montreal. How the mighty have fallen. And by fallen, I mean fallen upward. An...
Monday, October 13, 2008
Nothing can stop me now: Why The Downward Spiral is (one of) the best albums ever
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It begins with a punch. It jars you, immediately setting you ill at ease. There is a crackle of soundtrack - you realize that you're lis...
Friday, October 10, 2008
On dissonance
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This essay concerns itself with ugliness. Before there was pop music and before there was even harmony, music was entirely mathematical. For...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
ALBUM REVIEWS: This Is the Sound That Crazy Makes
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Typically, I do the best I can to avoid music made before 1977 that isn't already irredeemably cool. Obviously, certain genres are innoc...
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