KiD CuDi: Mr. Rager Becomes Mr. Sleeping Pill
KiD CuDi has been on a pursuit of happiness his entire career, and maybe most of his 30-year-old life. Perhaps someone who’s followed him and set memories to his music, like myself, would even say that his darkest hours painted some of his most vibrant tracks. And while most normal… [Read More]
Jimmy Fallon: Musical Comedian or Comic Musician?
The above video is from a Counting Crows show in 1999. Sometime during the performance, a young Jimmy Fallon was called on stage to perform some parodies of famous 90s bands centered on a very 90s object, the troll doll. If the combination of this doll and the bands that… [Read More]
Trying to Remember That You Don’t Care About the Grammys
The Grammys were last night and, let me tell you, a lot of stuff happened. Fashion happened, spectacle happened, music happened a lot. Other not-so-expected stuff also happened, like gay marriages, but for the most part the Grammys played just like how you’d expect an award show which gives out… [Read More]
Blink-182 Should Headline Coachella
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjUbKLZXbkc&w=640&h=480] I’ve been meaning to make this argument for some time now, and just as I was beginning to formulate what I wanted to say, the news broke that Outkast will be reuniting at Coachella. This is a true gift from the writing gods because I really had no basis… [Read More]
Texts From the Making of ‘Reflektor’
By Victor Beigelman and Andy Verderosa Just one week ago, Arcade Fire released their fourth album, Reflektor, to the masses. It’s been more than three years since they dropped the Grammy-winning, absurdly good The Suburbs, so thankfully we’ve all had some time to let our wrists heal from dancing non-stop… [Read More]
Daylight Savings, Sad Dudes, and Winter Music
I try to be one with nature. I don’t mean that in a literal sense. If things go correctly, I will never go camping again. I mean that my music taste is influenced by the seasons. Daylight savings time has ended and winter is upon us. It’ll be dark by… [Read More]
Try Again, YouTube Music Awards
YouTube streamed its first ever awards show on Sunday afternoon and it received negative backlash from the 10 people who actually watched the whole thing — and for good reason. Hosted by Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts, the first ever YTMAs was advertised as “unscripted so anything can happen!” but… [Read More]
A Confederation of Kanyes
There are countless ways to talk about Kanye West in 2013. There’s egoism, the bravado, the fashion. You can talk about the music, the “rants” or Kim Kardashian. Kanye isn’t a sentence, he’s a conversation. But no matter how the conversation starts, whether it be Kim, Taylor or Jimmy, it… [Read More]
The 19 Most Drake Moments From the “Hold On We’re Going Home” Video
Drake is a rapper but he is also an actor. He is also an adjective. He released the video for “Hold On, We’re Going Home” and I picked out the most “Drake” moments. Watch the full video below. 1) I’m having a great time with my friends, but this is… [Read More]
Review: ‘Nothing Was the Same’ and For Good Reason
The story begins with distortion. A rewinding vocal sample sets a different tone than Drake’s usual piano intro, turning backward through two year’s worth of laughable outfits and relative silence right up to the fading vocals of Take Care outro track, “The Ride.” The stark sample leads right into a coarse-grained instrumental,… [Read More]
