A few years ago someone sent me a copy of The Right Now Gets Over You to review. It wasn’t like anything I was listening to at the time-a throwback breakup record filled with funk and R&B and some of the best vocals I’d heard in ages. While Stefanie Berecz’s vocals carried the record for me, it was apparent that there was a lot of … Continue reading The Right Now-Starlight
After taking a detour back through Sea Change country on Morning Phase, Beck is back with a track that would make Pitbull weep sugary tears it’s so sticky with pop sweetness. The genre-bending icon hasn’t lost his touch when it comes to disco tinged dance rock. This is the most fun he’s had on record since the release of Guero, and I can’t wait to … Continue reading Beck “Dreams” Up Something Sweet
Every once in a while I get an email from Chicago label Loose Squares with a link to new juke & footwork dance music that I would never in a million years have found on my own. It’s fun, because no one else sends me music in that genre. Calculon even landed on my best tracks of 2013 thanks to one of those links. So, … Continue reading Chrissy-Year Of Edits
I got a surprise invitation to cover a Willy Moon show at Schubas back in February. Willy was heating up with his song “Yeah Yeah” appearing in an iPod commercial, and I kinda dug his sound so I went ahead and covered the show. The opening band was The Outfit from Chicago, and they were really good. They played songs that ranged from blues rock … Continue reading Ariada-S/T EP
Last year Stars released The North, the fifth full-length from the Toronto quintet. It was a continuation of their great run so far, being one of the few bands, in my mind, to not release a bad album. In fact, when I filled out my Pitchfork People’s List last year, there were only two names that appeared more than once : Beck (Sea Change and … Continue reading Stars at Metro with Milo Greene 3/23/13
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