February 2012
4 posts
January 2012
8 posts
December 2011
1 post
October 2011
1 post
The Quarterly Report: Albums
Hey, I finally got around to doing another of these! God willing, I’ll keep doing them, but who even knows anymore. As always, this is albums (and mixtapes) released in the past three months, as in between July and September. Apologies to the Weeknd, Youth Lagoon, Danny Brown, the Field, Lil Wayne, the Men, Araabmuzik, Roach Gigz, Young Jeezy, the Horrors, Pistol Annies, and Prurient....
April 2011
2 posts
The Quarterly Report - Singles
And another one. Absolutely no apologies for including Tyga and Ace Hood songs in my top five. 1. Adele: “Someone Like You”. I am a person who voluntarily watches American Idol every week. I get paid to make jokes about it, sure, but I’d probably do it anyway. And so when someone roll through and does one of those gut-busting, heart-stomping piano-ballads to absolute...
The Quarterly Report - Albums
Hey, I finally got around to doing another one of these! I seriously meant to do one of these three months ago, and then another one six months ago, I swear. I am, however, a busy dude. There’s only been a few truly great albums so far this year, but there’s been a ton of very good ones. Apologies to the Mountain Goats, Mouse, Radiohead, DJ Burn One, Stalley, J Mascis, Cold Cave,...
February 2011
2 posts
December 2010
1 post
October 2010
5 posts
Ari Up.
Been meaning to write this for a minute. A little more than a year ago, I had the idea to interview Ari Up, partly because the revived Slits had an album coming out and partly because I’d just realized that we’d only interviewed white men for the nascent 5-10-15-20 feature. The interview was an easy enough one to set up, and a very difficult to end. The idea of 5-10-15-20 is that you...
So that photo.
Bridget’s grandfather lives in Marquette, Michigan, way the fuck up on the Upper Peninsula, miles from nowhere. (The closest city is Green Bay, which is a couple of hours away.) Going up there this past weekend, we drove past this big cast-iron dinosaur, which we thought had something to do with an Indian casino that was pretty close-by. Nope. Turns out it’s Lakenland, this homemade...
The Quarterly Report - Albums
We just had a pretty great couple of months, and I sort of can’t believe some of the albums I couldn’t find room for here: Superchunk, Swans, Playboy Tre, Earl Sweatshirt, How to Dress Well, Black Mountain. Also, apologies to Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, Best Coast, Neil Young. 1. Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. I came this close to...
September 2010
2 posts
WatchCurren$y: “4 Hours & 20 Minutes (Ride to H-Town) [ft. Killa Kyleon]”
This song is dope as fuck. Kyleon should rap on everything, all the time, always.
August 2010
5 posts
The Quarterly Report - Singles
It was really, really not easy getting the motivation up to finish this shit. I don’t know why, except I’ve been writing this thing for more than five goddam years and I still don’t know if anyone really cares enough to keep reading. But a couple of people on Twitter said they wanted to see it so here we go. This right here, obviously, is my favorite new songs from April to July...
July 2010
5 posts
“AK: Even as I was doing the really glossy pop stuff, I would come home at night...”
– From Ryan “Wildman” Dombal’s Sleigh Bells interview, a nice little indication of why Sleigh Bells is so great.
WatchRick Ross: “Super High Remix [ft. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa]”
Some smooth shit right here. I love that Ross got Wiz and Spitta on this; shows he’s paying attention.
WARNING: INCLUDES RICK ROSS SHIRTLESSNESS
The Quarterly Report: Albums
So there were a lot of really, really good albums and mixtapes in the last three months; this isn’t one of those quarters where I can’t think of shit so I end up listing, like the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ soundtrack or a Clientele album. Apologies to Trash Talk, Yakuza, Crystal Castles, Young Jeezy, T.I., Robyn, Male Bonding, Z-Ro, Janelle Monae, Emeralds, the National,...
June 2010
8 posts
WatchJ. Cole: “Who Dat” How to make me give a shit about a rapper I never gave a shit about, in two easy steps.
1. Write and record a really good song.
2. Make a really good video for your really good song. Make it all one continuous shot. Evoke memories of Xzibit’s “What U See Is What U Get” video and the training montage from Rocky II. Include fire.
That should...
WatchYou’re the guy who reviewed that Drake album? Ryan Dombal? You’re a wildman, you know that. He’s a wildman, you know that? I wanna shake your hand.
How many points did you give that piece of crap album? Dombal! I asked you a question. 8.4! 8.4. That’s gotta be a record. Spoken like a wildman.
“If you want this to be a full-time gig (fat chance), selling your soul and...”
– Wise words from Chuck Eddy, who, if you didn’t already know, is the motherfucking man. When’s that anthology coming out?
May 2010
12 posts
Watch“She’s somewhere in the Loch Ness Monster’s forest, somewhere in London.”
You could argue with the geography, but don’t.
