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Dylan Seeger returns, and a toast to the unexpected
A near delirious strain of baroque pop, the album is quite beautiful. It’s off the beaten track, true to itself and all the more alive because of it.
This frilly ape's 'Lovely mutant cauliflower' as weird and wonderful as it sounds
It's quite the fusion of sounds, and huge credit goes to Rumerio for creating something so distinctive. It's rather captivating, truth be told.
Our 10 favourite albums of the 2010s
The end of the 2010s is upon us, which means we are bound by obscure 16th century law to rank our favourite albums of the decade.
Our 10 favourite singles of the 2010s
The decade had some doozies. Here were our favourites.
Our 10 favourite albums of 2019
It's the end of the year, which means we're legally obliged to round up our favourite albums. Here are our picks in the year of our Lorde 2019.
Our 10 favourite singles of 2019
From haunted hip hop rides to lunar cruise muzak, this will likely be the most un-single-like list of year-end singles we ever do.
Keep Faith: the music of ‘Mirror’s Edge’
The Mirror's Edge OST is tuned perfectly to the game’s tone. Elegant, adaptive, and constantly on the move, it is proper parkour music.
Confessions of an album reviewer
For reasons known not even to himself, Fred decides to disparage the memory of George Orwell's essay 'Confessions of a Book Reviewer'.
Mr. Tambourine Fan: Bob Dylan’s studio albums ranked
Who would be mad enough to single-handedly rank Bob Dylan's 38 studio albums? Why, Charlie Clissitt of course. Two great minds for the price of one.
Soma, Spotify, and the brave new world of music consumption
In 2012, David Byrne wrote that music risked becoming a soma-like drug. Today his concerns are closer to reality than we would like to think.