We’d use that tiger-hand photo again but there’s been a lineup fallout or five, so instead, the brick wall shot.. [Video][Website] [6.00] Andy Hutchins: What a weird career trajectory Hayley Williams has had, from fronting a late-2000s version of No Doubt to trying to break out like Gwen Stefani to coming back to Paramore and […]
“He knows how to use the headboard well, giving him headboard swag.” [Video][Website] [5.45] Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy: Since dropping his KILT! mixtape in May of last year, Iamsu has shown impeccable taste for the beats he chooses, where his adlibs are placed, how fast or slow his flows turn out, where exactly a certain phrase should […]
If you’re angling for a good score, Ms. Richard, our scale doesn’t even go up that high… [Video][Website] [6.64] Anthony Easton: It’s lovely and well constructed, with a floating, gossamer presence. In fact, its presence is so lightly felt that it glides past any attempt at rigorous analysis. [6] Alfred Soto: Through a warm synth pad that Peter […]
It’s not a TV tie-in, it’s HBO… [Video][Website] [6.00] Katherine St Asaph: As a soundtrack to my RSS feed, this is up there with “Donna Summer on the Radio.” As a song? It’s a TV tie-in, so the answer should be obvious, but still: there’s more substance in most recap GIFs.[5] Jonathan Bogart: Who run […]
Want your song on the Jukebox? Cover “Rhythm is a Dancer” to increase your chances… [Video][Website] [6.12] Anthony Easton: Named after two disasters — one natural that ended an empire, one man-made that began one, — and sounding wry and lonely, with an introduction that sounds heavily metaphoric. The central question, one of how to […]
SO I BECAME TODD TERJE… [Video][Website] [6.82] Alfred Soto: Lindstrøm needed schlock, Terje needed ethereality, so let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments, except one: reciting a list over a dance track is a cue for an Italodisco chant a la “Paninaro,” not to fade it.[7] Renato Pagnani: Lindstrøm had a […]
Let’s all play the Pray For A Remix waiting game… [Video][Website] [5.09]Kat Stevens: An endearing mix of frustration and regret from Brianna as she muses on the Issues Of Today. Meanwhile, T-Pain is cramming in as many well-meaning but ultimately unhelpful syllables as he can, before the loungey beat gently reminds him that the next […]
Alas, it’s only a feeling, young mythical beast… [Video][Website] [6.12] Iain Mew: The vocals do a fine job of breaking things up texturally, but there could be almost anything in those bits. Unicorn Kid is still all about the pleasure provided by the overload of choppy vintage electronic sounds, which delivers in abundance once more. […]
The Jukebox says “yes” to mariticide. Maybe. [Video][Website] [7.14] Alfred Soto: Last time out she blew me away with a twister metaphor; now she turns to narrative, the culmination of years of professional, occasionally moving, often faceless craft. Underwood sounds assured over the guitar peals and strings, and when the backing vocals go “bye bye,” she […]
Widening the pop trading gap between South Korea and China even further… [Video][Website] [5.60] Patrick St. Michel: In a bid for even larger record sales across Asia, Korean pop-squad Super Junior created a spin-off unit called Super Junior M which focuses squarely on the Chinese marketplace (the “M” stands for “Mandarin”). That’s fine and dandy, […]