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3 Album Reviews: Trap Rap, 2017 (Offset, 21 Savage, Gucci Mane, Young Thug, Future)

November 17, 2017by Marshall Gu Leave a comment

Offset, Metro Boomin, 21 Savage – Without Warning (2017) – B+ A lot of praise has been given to Metro Boomin’s atmospheric bangers (appropriate for a Hallowe’en release) and Offset […]

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2010s, Trap Rap

Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream

November 15, 2017by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

Up-top, you should listen to “Hymnal” right now because it contains a verse of the year contender from Sammus, who manages to keep up the same double rhyme through her entire verse […]

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2010s, Hip-Hop

Pulp – The Sisters EP

November 9, 2017by Marshall Gu 2 Comments

Released a few months after their second-best album, this contains one of Pulp’s best songs (“Babies”), one of Pulp’s best choruses (“Seconds”) and some of Jarvis Cocker’s better social commentary […]

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1990s, Britpop

The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour

November 8, 2017by Marshall Gu 3 Comments

The Fall’s method is so simple – old man yells amelodically over a three chord barrage of guitar chug and drum pound with (sometimes) hypnotic bass – that you’d think […]

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1980s, Post-Punk

Rock EPs from the Nineties (Pavement, Ride, Slint, Luna, Yo La Tengo)

November 6, 2017by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

Pavement – Major Leagues (1999) – C+ Whether or not Stephen Malkmus likes it, “Major Leagues” is one of the three best songs from Pavement’s worst album (the other two […]

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1990s, Indie Rock

Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted

November 5, 2017by Marshall Gu 4 Comments

1. ”Chesley’s Little Wrists” is the single worst Pavement song to exist on the first four Pavement records. (Counter to your counter: “Brinx Job” is fun.) 2. Drummer Gary Young (who doesn’t […]

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1990s, Indie Rock

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