“Describe,” the new single from Perfume Genius, opens with the lush, thunderous, bass-heavy wall of sound once glowed down a possible pathway, Emerald City–like, viewed by alternative music after the haze of grunge lifted. In these tones, power and beauty … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Perfume Genius, “Describe”
I could type out a million words about the new Waxahatchee single, offering babbling descriptions of every favorite moment: the easy, melodic stroll of the intro, her delivery of the lyric “marking the slow, slow, slow passing of time,” the … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Waxahatchee, “Lilacs”
Much as I try to avoid getting overly mired in nostalgia for the music of my youth, there are few sonic offerings that will set my heart aflutter quite as surely as modern indie pop that adopts the slick, sauntering … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Moaning, “Fall in Love”
My usual intent with calling out a single song every Friday is to focus on brand new material, with a particular hope to introduce myself — and, if I can, others — to emerging artists. Although my research this week … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Bat for Lashes, “Boys of Summer”
I retain a youthful tendency to fall hard for certain songs, albums, and music artists (and certain films and filmmakers, but that’s a different topic), and no performers have been more successful in recent years at making me dizzy with … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Diet Cig, “Night Terrors”
Officially, “Cop Car” is the first new original song released by Mitski since the stellar Be the Cowboy, and plenty of music scribes have already touted it as a hopeful sign that the artist’s recently announced hiatus won’t be as … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Mitski, “Cop Car”
“Overtime,” the new song from U.S. Girls, isn’t all that new. A version of the song cropped up earlier, on the 2013 EP Free Advice Column. Meg Remy, the creative force behind U.S. Girls, decided to revisit “Overtime” for the … Continue reading This Week’s Model — U.S. Girls, “Overtime”
In my time as a student leader in college radio, I loved the breaks. As stewards of the public airwaves, we felt an obligation to keep our humble broadcast outlet running, even when the rest of the university shut down. … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Celeste, “Stop This Flame”
Jack Tatum recently passed his ten-year anniversary creating dream pop music under the moniker Wild Nothing, a span that included four full-length studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and slew of singles, remixes, and collaborations, according to his own tally. Perhaps to help commemorate, he closed out 2019 by releasing a new single. Culled from the upcoming EP Laughing Glass, “Foyer” is built on tinny synths and moves with a cascading rhythm. It’s pop that shimmers and seduces. Another decade’s worth of music at this level would be a very welcome development. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Wild Nothing, “Foyer”
For those still trying to settle on that perfect resolution to launch themselves into the new year, perhaps Burna Boy can help. About six months after the Nigerian performer’s fourth album, African Giant, was released, he’s brought out a new … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Burna Boy, “Money Play”
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