[ominous electrical clicks] – Review
Thom Yorke – Anima Review by Spencer Smith [This week I was rewatching Twin Peaks: The Return with subtitles and the captions for the sound effects were really amusing me, so I decided to...
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Nils Frahm: a Classically Charming Fella!
By Spencer Smith Last Monday, just ahead of the iconographic, late-March snow in Pittsburgh, Nils Frahm took the stage in front of a hushed congregation, fluttering with excitement for what would be nothing short...
Kompakt’s “Velvet Desert Music Vol. 1” – Review
By Spencer Smith Velvet Desert Music Vol. 1 is a new compilation from Kompakt, the German techno label who has brought us landmark releases from the likes of DJ Koze, GAS, The Field and...
“Buoys” by Panda Bear – Review
By Spencer Smith For an artist often cited as the innovator of chillwave, one would come to expect relaxing listens from Panda Bear, the solo project of Animal Collective member Noah Lennox. But for...
“Aviary” by Julia Holter – Album Review
By Spencer Smith Experimental jazz-electronica queen Julia Holter’s new release is a double LP inspired by a short story on being trapped in the titular aviary, surrounded by cacophonous birds (an experience not unlike...
“Traversa” by Geotic – Review
By Spencer Smith Will Wiesenfeld of Baths returns with another release under his Geotic moniker, a vehicle for his more passive and easy-listening releases. Traversa is no different: its pretty, inoffensive production is unfaltering...
“Like a Baby” by Jerry Paper – Review
By Spencer Smith On Like a Baby, Jerry Paper is as goofy and sardonic as ever, yet ever poised and hyper-focused on crafting his brand of mockingly digestible pop. Paper, also known as the...
Agitation Free – Malesch – WPTS Throwbacks
By Spencer Smith Krautrock: a quasi-pretentious critical branding of German experimental music tracing back to around 1967 that is characterized by blending progressive rock with various aspects of ambient, world music, and...
Sink EP by Sudan Archives – Review
Review by Spencer Smith Score: 7/10 RIYL: SZA, Shabazz Palaces, Jlin Sudan Archives is an LA-based solo R&B project on famed experimental hip-hop imprint Stones Throw Records; famous for the work of abstract...
“Sparkle Hard” by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Review
By Spencer Smith Score: 9/10 RIYL: Ultimate Painting, Animal Collective (mid-period), Kurt Vile In the lifetime of pop music, time has been a bit of a bitch to its titans, elders, grandfathers…whatever you want...
