By John Wright Rock is a young person’s game. Jumping around on stage with guitars and tight pants is a young person’s game. Being brash and controversial, but still somehow charismatic and charming is...
By John Wright I would like to pose a question: in music, how simple is too simple? We often praise simplicity in art: a simple story told well is seen as mature, plots with...
By John Wright It’s always nice when trends come back around on the endlessly spinning wheel of fortune that is our culture. In any case, it now seems to be the turn of a...
By John Wright I lack the words to adequately describe how nice it is to have a punk record, a no frills, no hyphenates, no genre-bending, no horns or synths or xylophones capital P-U-N-K...
By John Wright It’s interesting to consider what great artists would excel when dropped into other eras; would Hans Zimmer be considered a great composer had he lived in the baroque period? Would the...
By John Wright It’s tempting to lump the loose canon of compilation CD’s, AMV’s, and 10-hour YouTube videos with titles in all caps known as “Eurobeat” into the “internet meme music” pile. Some would...
Review by John Wright Score: 7/10 It’s always seemed, to me at least, that creating art in collaboration with someone you love must be a deeply exhausting experience. Working relationships, even for artists, need...
By: John Wright Rating: 7/10 The Predator franchise is an anomaly in modern Hollywood. It’s a beloved 80s sci-fi property with a loyal cult fanbase and a lot of background lore in comics and...
Review by John Wright Is that band name too long? Fans of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard or Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger probably don’t see the problem, but I think it...
Review by John Wright Score: 9/10 Andrew Savage and the rest of Parquet Courts continue to soar to new heights in their continuing saga of a rock band from Texas come to...
1. Kelela Raven (Warp)
2. Fireworks Higher Lonely Power (Run For Cover)
3. Nosaj Thing Continua (LuckyMe)
4. Daisy the Great All You Need Is Time (S-Curve)
5. Her Head's On Fire College Rock & Clove Cigarettes (Iodine)
6. Little Simz NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals/AWAL)
7. Paul Spring Thunderhead (Self-Released)
8. Jessica Winter Limerence [EP] (Lucky Number)
9. Deerhoof Miracle-Level (Joyful Noise)
10. Emelia Austin From Another Sky (Anxiety Blanket)
