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Author/critic/strategist/YouTuber/#hopepunk at heart. He/him. If you know you know.
Monday, October 30, 2017
video review: 'trial by fire' by yelawolf
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So the most common comment I've been seeing is that people forgot this album was coming out... not a good sign for album promotion, a...
album review: 'trial by fire' by yelawolf
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I'm not sure how to talk about Yelawolf these days. I'd like to open up this review with a discussion how after the underwhelming ...
Sunday, October 29, 2017
video review: 'skin & earth' by lights
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Yes, I know this is very much late, but honestly, I didn't have much to say on this... outside of 'Savage', kind of an underw...
album review: 'skin & earth' by lights
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So I'll be the first to admit I've been really hard on Lights in the past, the Canadian indie synthpop artist who has fluttered ar...
Friday, October 27, 2017
video review: 'ken' by destroyer
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I honestly think this might be one of my best reviews - what can I say, Destroyer brings out the poetic side of my writing in a really go...
album review: 'ken' by destroyer
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It's hard to talk about Dan Bejar's work as Destroyer. Not just for its sheer diversity of tones and sounds that have flipped thro...
Thursday, October 26, 2017
video review: 'letters never read' by dori freeman
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Man, not a huge amount to say on records like this, but when it's this straightforward and good, you don't need to say much. Defi...
album review: 'letters never read' by dori freeman
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There's a part of me that's always a little surprised that Dori Freeman doesn't get more buzz - but then I go back to that sel...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
video review: 'losing sleep' by chris young
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And this was... I can't even say this was a disappointment, because it was pretty much exactly what I expected. Forgettable and borin...
billboard BREAKDOWN - hot 100 - november 4, 2017 (VIDEO)
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Well, this sucked. Amazingly Garth Brooks somehow has not flagged the video for copyright, but we'll see if that lasts...
video review: 'flicker' by niall horan
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I honestly have no idea why so many people are surprised I find this so damn satisfying, but my god, it just works for me. I can see this...
album review: 'losing sleep' by chris young
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This is not the country record I want to be covering right now. If I had my way I'd be reviewing Turnpike Troubadours and Dori Freeman...
billboard BREAKDOWN - hot 100 - november 4, 2017
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So I'm not saying this week was crazy busy or anything - it really wasn't, and outside of some notable shifts, most of our new arr...
Monday, October 23, 2017
album review: 'flicker' by niall horan
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I think I've been looking forward to this record more than... well, pretty much everyone else. And that's not entirely surprising ...
video review: 'of erthe and axen: acts i & ii' by xanthochroid
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Have to be honest, this one took a lot out of me, but a worthwhile listen all the same. But now something light...
video review: 'lotta sea lice' by courtney barnett & kurt vile
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So this was a pretty chill listen. Not much more than that, and the sloppiness did wear a little thin on me, but overall, not bad.
album review: 'of erthe and axen: acts i & ii' by xanthochroid
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So here's one of the little benefits that comes with working in genres like black metal: given that you have no real obligation to fit...
Friday, October 20, 2017
album review: 'lotta sea lice' by courtney barnett & kurt vile
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So I think I've said this in the past, but sometimes there are collaborations that just make too much sense, almost to the point where...
video review: 'el dorado' by shakira
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So considering the record dropped months ago, I'm a little astounded how well this video has done... heh, guess there really was some...
Thursday, October 19, 2017
album review: 'el dorado' by shakira
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Well, this is awkward, and I think an explanation is owed why I'm covering this months after it was released, because given how many t...
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