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Staff Pix 4/10: Hate Crate
“Fuh You” by Paul McCartney Listen: I love the Beatles. Like, a lot. But it gets to a point… why was Paul McCartney, in his 70s, singing what he calls a “raunchy love song” in 2018? “Fuh You” was the…
Staff Pix 4/3: Deep Cuts
“Desired Constellation”, “Stonemilker”, “Isobel (Dim’s Ol’school Dubstremental) by Björk — Christian Jones “9-9,” “You Are The Everything,” “New Test Leper” By R.E.M — Lucca Swain “Some Song,” “No Name #6,” “Punch and Judy (Other Version)” By Elliott Smith — Julia…
A Lost Future Found: 30 Years of Hooverphonic’s A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
Hooverphonic’s first album, A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, is a bit of an outlier in classic trip hop. Unlike all the classic trip hop albums we have from the likes of Massive Attack and Portishead, Hooverphonic takes in influences from…
The Best Japanese Shoegaze Band You’ve Never Heard Of: Kinoko Teikoku
Only Kinoko Teikoku’s earliest three projects are truly shoegaze. They stand as relics of a short-lived period when the band created some of the most prodigious music of the genre, regardless of era or style. If in writing this I…
Let’s Keep Dancing: Rochelle Jordan at the Paradise Rock Club 3/23
If you’re at all tapped in to the world of alt R&B, you likely already know her name: Rochelle Jordan. She made appearances on popular electronic-groovemaker KAYTRANADA’s 2024 album TIMELESS and the 2023 collab EP Lover/Friend. But if dance-pop is…