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METALLICA and LOU REED – Lulu (Part 2)
Did you know that sex and death are the only subjects seriously interesting to an adult? We have Yeats to thank for that insight. That’s right. Jenn Lao is talking fucking Yeats in this discussion of Loutallica’s Lulu. Other guest appearances include Franz Kafka, Lady Gaga, and I Heart Huckabees. Brandon even chimes in for … Continue reading
METALLICA and LOU REED – Lulu (Part 1)
So, you’ve probably heard. Metallica and Lou Reed ran into one another in a dark alley of Hell and made a Doctor-Moreau-level abomination called Lulu that’s pretty much equally embarrassing for everyone involved – the players and the listener alike. Brandon tries to figure out if the wretchedness of this album may have been intentional. … Continue reading
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming…
To bring you Generation Catalano! Doree Shafrir has a particularly great article in Slate this week, which is itself a response to an interesting think-piece in New York Magazine by 27-year-old Noreen Malone, who wrote about her generation, the Millennials. In the article Shafrir muses that there should be a little micro-generation that can fit … Continue reading
OH LAND – “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (The National cover)
If you have 3 minutes today, please download and listen to this cover of The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio” by Oh Land. (MP3)
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Pts 1-4)
Brandon and Natalie discuss Twin Sister’s debut LP, In Heaven, which just came out on Domino Records. It’s a confidently playful album that may or may not be sequenced in pairs, and one that covers a broad tableaux, from Blondie’s nu-wave, to loungey R&B, to spaghetti-western. Or is it James Bond? Can that be a … Continue reading
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 4)
The dramatic and incredibly brief conclusion to the In Heaven dialectic.
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 3)
In Heaven is an album by a band still figuring out what it wants to sound like. Brandon would like to suggest “awesome.” They should go for “awesome.”
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 2)
On the song “Saturday Sunday,” lead singer Andrea Estella and guitarist Eric Cardona trade back and forth in the refrain, “Saturday.” “No, Sunday.” Natalie would like to offer a third option: “Not on this album.” She then wonders if she’s narrow-minded because she can’t totally get into the album’s nu-wave spaghetti-western dance tracks.
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 1)
Brandon writes to Natalie about Long Island quintent, Twin Sister’s debut LP, In Heaven, which just came out on Domino Records. It’s a confidently playful album that may or may not be sequenced in pairs, and one that covers a broad tableaux, from Blondie’s nu-wave, to loungey R&B, to spaghetti-western. That’s right, you heard me. … Continue reading
WILCO – The Whole Love (Pts 1-4)
In this corner, we have Chris Mollica, devoted Wilco fan, lover of their eighth album, The Whole Love. And in the other corner we have Brandon Hall, lover of sports analogies, fan of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, like just about everyone else, who calls The Whole Love “country rock on Prozac,” before proceeding to say much … Continue reading
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