Indie-rock guitar hero John Reis has had his hand in so many projects over the last two decades — most recently, last year’s returns of post-hardcore innovators Drive Like Jehu and big-band punk aesthetes Rocket From The Crypt — you’d think the guy might take it easy for awhile. Instead, he dives into another new […]
Let’s talk about John Hughes movies. I used to have a theory that straight chicks of a certain age and indie-leaning disposition would always go to bat for Pretty in Pink (and Duckie!), while their dude-equivalents were all about Some Kind of Wonderful and Mary Stuart Masterson as Watts, in particular. I mean, they’re pretty […]
That was a close one. For a second, I thought we might have lost The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle to the world of literary fiction with last year’s Wolf in White Van. It’s a damn fine book, but I needn’t have worried. The Mountain Goats never leave us for long. Darnielle and company will be […]
I have a list of “artists to learn about”, and Obnox has been at the top of it since the summer. I encountered his single “Sit Yo Ass Down” by purely random chance on Soundcloud and it sounded like nothing else: dark and driving with fuzzed out vocals. I had a weirdly hard time finding info […]
Back in October, I wrote about the announcement of the first volume of G Stands For Go-Betweens, a comprehensive box set covering the early years of The Go-Betweens. Shortly after, the good folks at Domino Records sent Sound It Out a digital review copy of the the set’s book and music. Last week, Domino sent out the final product to those customers […]
I struggled with how to write about Anthony Naples’ “Abrazo,” the newest release from the NYC dance producer’s upcoming Body Pill LP. I mean, I like it, for reasons I’ll get to, but writing about music can be a drag. There are far more interesting thinkers on the subject, but you don’t have to spend […]
As a kid reading my Creem magazine on a Sunday I would fantasize about being in a band where it was just me and the guys banging out a few tunes in the garage. I’d maybe sometimes include my best girlfriend in the equation just because it seemed I’d need someone who’d really understand me. […]
One of the more skilled young practitioners of deep house, Fort Romeau, returns with a new single and forthcoming album that showcase his growing craft. His achievement might be hard to notice at first, as he works in the sub-genre of house music least concerned with novelty or catchiness — a formula that admittedly can […]
A bold left turn here from Ghostpoet, the London MC with the distinctive sleepy, restless flow. His 2011 debut album introduced the compelling, easy-on-the-ears blend of grime and UK bass that earned a nomination for Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize. Having drawn from this musical well for several years, Ghostpoet moves in an unexpected direction on […]
Commune with your spiritual forebears often? Nah, me neither, but the ladies—and by “ladies,” I mean “QUEENS”—of THEESatisfaction have used their latest video “Recognition” to pay homage to the sacred sites of African-American artistry, making stops at the Schomburg Center in Harlem, where a portion of Langston Hughes ashes are interred, along with the Philadelphia […]