DJ Shadow, "This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)" DJ Shadow's third album, The Outsider, is kind of a mess. It was four years after The Private Press and ten after Endtroducing, and all that time apparently created a lot of ideas that all...
Michael Kiwanuka, "Black Man In A White World" Kiwanuka's second album, Love & Hate, is an ambitious album that roams all over the R&B and soul maps, unafraid to stretch out the songs, play with lush arrangements, and challenge listeners. It's an album that I...
Today! Apathy, "The Grass Ain't Greener" I know that this is dumb of me, but I still find the idea of a rap album exploring the darker side of Connecticut kind of hilarious. And, you know, there's plenty of material there! The album itself is...
One of the things I'm doing with my restart of this project is really kind of taking the schedule as it comes. If I don't feel like doing an entry some day, I'm not going to sweat it. Hopefully, that will make sure that I...
Today! Gaunt, "Duh" Does any song ever need to be longer than the 1:36 of this song? Yeah, of course, why would you ask that question? But damn, this shit is EFFICIENT at getting the rock into your face. Gaunt ruled, y'all. Gift of...
