Bloc Party attempts a revival on the uneven ‘Alpha Games’ (for The A.V. Club)
Click here to read: “Alpha Games is the sound of a band trying to reignite its original sense of passion and intensity, to diminished results.”
Click here to read: “Alpha Games is the sound of a band trying to reignite its original sense of passion and intensity, to diminished results.”
Click here to read my Permanent Records feature on Portishead’s Third: “No artist—not even Portishead itself—has tried to re-encapsulate the album’s allure, but its influence is heard throughout modern music.”
Click here to read: “The Philly-via-Vegas musician (and Tuca & Bertie voice actor) is at his best when he’s confrontational.”
Click here to see my ballot for The A.V. Club’s 2021 best albums list.
Click here to read my blurbs about Halsey and The Weather Station.
Click here to read: “The simultaneous release of Alejandra Ghersi’s four new albums—that’s 47 songs, two and a half hours of music—blends the peaks with the valleys”
Click here to see my ballot for The A.V. Club’s year-end albums list.
Click here to read my blurbs about Rina Sawayama and Chloe X Halle.
Click here to read: “Describing the massive scope of Grae’s music as ambitious is akin to labeling a stab wound a scrape.”
Click here to read: “…its 12 songs are riveting enough to suggest that the full Grae will rank among 2020’s most exciting albums.”