| The Chromatics After Dark: Your Dance Party Du Jour | October 11, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich drives slow, homie. If you’re like me, you left Drive in a state of shock and awe. You didn’t care about precedent, about the other people who liked the movie or didn’t like the movie, about what it all meant, about a gold comedic performance by Ron Perlman. All you knew is that […]
| Miguel, Do or Die, Slum Village & The Brief History of “Do You” | October 5, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich doesn’t The Internet’s going nuts over the new Miguel album and though I don’t have a verdict on it yet, I do want to remind everyone who posted the video for Miguel’s “Do You,” about two other, arguably better, historical songs named “Do You.” I was reminded of the first by Jason Edwards, […]
| The End of Daze of the Dum Dum Girls | September 21, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich bleached his hair black to write this review. End of Daze is the Dum Dum Girls third EP. It’s their fifth release overall. In other words, they are no longer a new band. That’s a trying time for any group, especially for one led by a volatile personality like Kristin Gundred, a.k.a Dee […]
| Takeaways from the “Groundhog Day” Video for Craig David’s “Seven Days” | September 20, 2012 |
1. 0:00 Craig David, specifically, is the person that Ali G was a parody of. I have no idea how I didn’t realize this in the past, because it’s indisputable. (Not actually, but they’re so similar.) 2. 0:06 A British echo of African-American barbershop culture is incredibly entertaining. 3. 0:27 Apparently, you can see exactly […]
| The Thinker: A Few Words on Ryan Hemsworth | September 13, 2012 |
Art by Aaaaaaa123 Jonah Bromwich is thinking about ruses. I reviewed the new Ryan Hemsworth EP recently and, because I enjoyed it, I decided to check out some other stuff he’s done. It didn’t take long before I stumbled upon this fantastic Frank Ocean remix, which Hemsworth released back at the end of July. A good […]
| Here Come the Horns: David Byrne & St. Vincent Might Be Giants | September 12, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich taught Marley Marl how to use the horn stab on Lords of the Underground’s debut. David Byrne and Annie Clark of St. Vincent can sometimes come across a little cold. Their music is high fidelity. It’s pointed and perfect. You imagine them leaning over their songs with scalpels, carving out all the excess […]
| The Creepwave of Kilo Kish | September 6, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich has the mind of a kilo shopper. I don’t have a verdict on Kilo Kish yet. Sometimes, on songs like “Crosstown,” where she sounds drugged out and swoony, I want to say she’s an artist to watch. Other times, as on her amateurish feature on the latest Childish Gambino mixtape or when she […]
| The Correct Behavior of Eternal Summers | August 22, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich only occasionally believes in correct behavior. There are certain people who you trust to make great pop music. Phil Spector. Brian Eno. Kanye West. The male half of the Raveonettes, Sune Rose Wagner, isn’t at the level of those three yet, but he’s one to watch. Aside from meticulously crafting the Danish band’s […]
| On Longevity, Realness, Nas, and Rick Ross | August 10, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich made Rick Ross take off his sunglasses for this picture. So Nas just made one of rap’s first great mature albums. It’s hard to describe the dull anticipation that “mature” conjures up in connection to rap. At best, mature albums are showcases for craftsmanship and deft rhyming that don’t stick in your mind […]
Jonah Bromwich once confessed to chopping down an orange tree. Everyone really wants Channel Orange to be a great album and that includes me. I’m a sucker for stories just like everyone else. I like the way that Frank Ocean opened up about his sexuality, I like the way it’s been received and I like […]
