August 11, 2016
The Week in Reviews
Arcade Fire ‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’ When we knew that Reflektor, or something like it, was coming – when we walked out the front door of our house under…
Arcade Fire ‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’ When we knew that Reflektor, or something like it, was coming – when we walked out the front door of our house under…
Here is one of those wonderful narratives that starts in the middle, only to end up right back at the start. The penultimate song shares with us the romantic platitude…
Young Dolph – ‘Facts’ There’s something vaguely threatening about the production on King of Memphis, a subtly sinister, carnivalesque taunt that runs through the album and makes itself known almost…
Devin the Dude – ‘Georgy’ Devin the Dude is the kind of rapper who is less a ‘rapper’ than a good talker. He style is simple, and his delivery lacks…
In the final track of this record, the second offering from the Dillon/Paten Locke pair, we find Dillon ‘breaking bread like a bad baker.’ In this line, I think, lies…
The Dramatics – ‘Whatcha See is Whatcha Get’ / Black Menace – ‘Str8-Up Gangsta’ / Snoop Dogg – ‘Doggy Dogg World’ Sometimes one truly is the loneliest number, so rather…
G-Slimm – ‘Live To Be A Man’ This dangerously smooth yet angsty bildungsroman of a song came to my attention via the excellent RMBA article, ‘Remembering the Lost Heroes of…