Irish Post-Punks Get Poetic on Debut Album “Dogrel”
If the country’s literary canon is to be believed, growing up in Ireland necessitates cynicism and hope in equal parts. Even ignoring his lyrics, Fontaines D.C. frontman …
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Talk Talk Mastermind Mark Hollis Remembered
AT THE SIX-MINUTE mark of Talk Talk’s “Ascension Day,” the music suddenly stops. The song spends its duration retreating until it suddenly threatens to explode, and, in …
New LP finds Dirty Projectors embrace heartbreak, weirdness
If it’s generally seen as a presumptuous or self-aggrandizing move to repurpose the name of the band that achieved relative stardom through the combined talents of …
A Valentine’s Day Playlist for Your Special Someone (Who You Don’t Actually Like)
With the gradual decline of consumer-friendly physical music-listening formats, one could be forgiven for calling the art of the mixtape a lost one. In fact, however, …