February 2012
Interstellar by Frankie Rose (via SPIN)
Such a surprising record! Sonically expansive, and littered with allusions to stars, suns, moons and skies, the album feels celestial in scope.
‘Year of the Tiger’ by Fucked Up
Not one for small gestures, Fucked Up’s latest “single” takes the form of a towering, 15 minute meditation on animal nature, and features vocal contributions from both Jim Jarmusch and Annie-Claude Deschênes of Duchess Says. The song is part of Fucked Up’s career-long project based on the Chinese Zodiac (stream the four previous...
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January 2012
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‘Brothers’ by The War on Drugs
A duct tape bound captive and a rifle-wielding geriatric cowboy form the basis of this narratively tense video for Brothers, which has it’s fair share of nods to classic Westerns. Meanwhile Adam Granduciel’s Dylan-inflected vocals glide above a musical landscape of Americana, finding solace there amidst “fear”,...