Everybody Wants The Struts, reads the cover of the British rockers’ debut album. It’s not that much of an exaggeration. In 2016, the band opened for Guns N’ Roses; shortly after, opening slots for The Who and the Rolling Stones followed.…
Interview: Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance
Much of the ’80s alternative scene (see post punk, goth rock, darkwave) had an air of mysticism to it. Dead Can Dance took this trend to the next level by crafting songs that could have been soundtracks for supernatural films,…
Review: Twenty One Pilots – “Trench”
Before 2015, Twenty One Pilots were a fun musical oddity with a niche, but ardent fanbase, best known for a ukulele ditty about aging parents. After they released Blurryface—and with it, singles “Stressed Out,” “Ride,” and “Heathens” (from the Suicide…
Interview: Yoshi Flower
Photo by Daniel Marty Yoshi Flower is hard to pin down. After releasing his first single, “Movies,” The Fader described his sound as “early Lana Del Rey except if her partying involved EDM.” He can’t easily be confined to one…
Album Review: Suede – “The Blue Hour”
Brett Anderson described The Blue Hour as “the best thing we’ve done for nearly a quarter of a century.” He is correct. Here, Suede does not try to reinvent itself in a self-conscious manner; nor does it worship the bones…
Album Review: Alkaline Trio – “Is This Thing Cursed?”
Judging by names alone, Is This Thing Cursed? is a natural extension of Alkaline Trio’s discography. Next to earlier album titles like From Here to Infirmary and Good Mourning, it seems to slip smoothly into the sense of continuity that…
