Berated

Tyler, The Creator's second full-length, Golbin, is so polarizing that two reviews of slightly contrasting opinions seemed appropriate. Mike and Jay look at the long-awaited follow-up, with both agreeing that it is an early step in a career that eventually will result in success. Just be prepared to dig through some filler first.

Westerners tend to group Tamikrest into the “desert rock” movement, a vague and cinematically inclined term for music that would sound appropriate set under images of the Saharan desert, complete with tired camels and heat lines. The band hails from Mali, where about two-thirds of land is desert, so the grouping is at least geographically [...]

There has been a disturbing trend with a number of bands I like. In the past few years, many of them have softened their sound, slowed it down, or “gone acoustic.” The Mars Volta’s 2009 album, Octahedron, was their least eclectic to date and, arguably, their least interesting. Last year, The Black Keys’ Brothers was [...]

April was a busy and thoroughly enjoyable month in music. It’s easy to point out that big names dominated most of it, some of them even brand names in indie music; Panda Bear, TV on the Radio, and Fleet Foxes are as close as you can get to that. I try to avoid featuring artists [...]