Well folks, that sure was a bumpy ride; I didn’t know if we’d make it. Season 2 of True Detective brought forth from the blogosphere ire, contrarian praise, and mass confusion alike, in just eight too-short episodes. While there’s an awful lot to parse through – and like the few survivors of the festering wound of corruption that…
Kendrick Lamar’s incendiary, nothing-short-of-genius To Pimp A Butterfly has recently begun yielding music videos that match the album’s experimental tone. After the recent black and white romp through the streets of an avant garde Oakland in “Alright”, we’re now being treated to a short two-minute burst of intense visual metaphors for “For Free? (Interlude)”, a song…
With the recent news that Wet Hot American Summer is getting a Netflix reboot, it’s easy to slip into campy (sorry) nostalgia. Think back to the halcyon days of food on sticks, eau de bug spray lingering in the air, and weirdly intense two-month friendships which end in unfulfilled promises to “totally write to each other like…
The Midwest tends to churn out intensely earnest, emotive, self-searching musicians. From Guided By Voices to American Football to The Hold Steady, small towns that get flown over by big-time coast inhabitants end up being the most cinematic and the most worthy of our attention. The Hold Steady is probably the best at these narratives…
Campfires are the best part of summer for a few reasons. They make for good photo ops; they make you smell FABULOUS; and, most importantly, they repel mosquitos. But to make your next campfire even better, you need some mellow, vibey tunes wafting through the smoke. We’ve got you covered with this chill playlist.
As Pitchfork recently pointed out, Instagram is a fascinating social platform because it offers streamlined, intimate snapshots into a person’s life – which can get especially juicy when the user is a famous musician. But not all gram games are created equal. Here are eight artists you should maybe, probably, definitely be following on the…
Kids these days. They don’t appreciate musical history and they’re all glued to their bright blue mobiles. Except it’s not just the kids who are screen addicts anymore. Folds’ latest offering from his upcoming yMusic collab So There is “Phone In A Pool”, and it’s basically about exactly what it sounds like. Ben is back to his old…
Though The White Stripes helped to pioneer the garage rock renaissance of the early 2000s, their bizarre aesthetic often (intentionally) distracted from the ingenious minimalist blues pumping through their Sears amps. Frontman Jack White has often stated that the color scheme and childlike mannerisms of the band were meant to juxtapose the music they played,…
Most Vinyl readers, if they’re not complete and utter monsters, probably have fond adolescent memories of Jimmy Eat World. Regardless of your opinions on the divisive emo and pop-punk movements of the early aughts, the supercharged pop emotion in classics like “The Middle” and “Pain” are usually crowd pleasers, even if their more recent output…
It’s usually a safe bet that strange things are a-brewin’ in Sweden. Despite its chefs and furniture outlets, the country is no less mysterious to the general public, so freak folk collective Goat have stepped in to fill in the gaps. Sort of. Not much is known about the group’s members – they claim to have over…