Music Review: The Strokes
By Marie-Claire "MC" Bousquette | March 28, 2013The last time I remember caring about, much less liking, an album by The Strokes was during my middle school glory days.
The last time I remember caring about, much less liking, an album by The Strokes was during my middle school glory days.
If anyone has earned the right to indulge in perpetual existential crisis, it’s David Bowie.
The Cave Singers’ fourth album employs a variety of shifts away from their usual aesthetic.
After only a few minutes talking with each of this year’s PhD candidates in music composition, it’s clear that each takes a very different approach to the creation of classical music.
AMOK lives up to lofty expectations as another satisfying Thom Yorke project.
Given the band’s name, it’s strange how far removed they are from the feminist political agenda of the Riot Grrrl movement.
"I think that in college, if you decide to continue with music, it means you’re really passionate about it."
The history of rock music tells us that if a band is in need of a breakthrough album, their best move might be to find a new drummer.
The god of sadcore takes a host of metal, punk, classic-rock and pop songs and reinvents them into hypnotically melancholy folk ballads.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are not always on top of the music world, but they’re always up to speed.
"If we are unique in those ways, in this sea of country Americana folk bands, I’m proud to be unique in those ways."
"Everybody should be able to have the same opportunities for beauty, passion, community.”
Yannis Philipakkis is a bad-habit, animal-like-you, cowboy with a broken crown.
It’s mind-boggling that such distinctive tracks could be composed of automated instruments all played by one brilliant musician.
The full scope of m b v’s greatness will only be known as a new generation of fans and incipient artists are exposed to and invigorated by its presence.
Their performance illustrates the growing coalescence of traditional Chinese and Western classical influences.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra are difficult to define and they like it that way.
Local Natives are in the midst of a new maturity.
Composed of a few pop songs and whale-noise tracks, the album is left swimming in a sea of ambient pop-less pop.
“He can actually talk to ten-year-olds and make them understand what it means to die.”