Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews William Basinski: A Shadow in Time By Tanner Smith / 18 January 2017 Channeling his classic Disintegration Loops, William Basinski's A Shadow in Time contemplates life and death with great clarity.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Kid Cudi: Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ By Tanner Smith / 9 January 2017 The curious case of Scott Mescudi continues on Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin', which runs at 87 minutes across 19 tracks.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Music Form Follows Function: ‘The Life of Pablo’ and ‘Blonde’ Challenge the Notion of an Album By Tanner Smith / 19 December 2016 Kanye West and Frank Ocean have created imperfect perfect albums which invert our notions of flaws and challenge our perception of the album as an art form.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews Nicolas Jaar: Sirens By Tanner Smith / 23 November 2016 Sirens is a masterpiece. Melding pop and experimental music, it reflects the uneasiness of our difficult times.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Phil Collins: Singles By Tanner Smith / 22 November 2016 The main question with Singles is this: does Phil Collins really deserve all the critical revilement he's gotten for decades?
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Lambchop: FLOTUS By Tanner Smith / 17 November 2016 Lambchop takes a hard left turn on their new album FLOTUS , which makes heavy use of electronic instrumentation and treated vocals.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews The Radio Dept.: Running Out of Love By Tanner Smith / 4 November 2016 Running Out of Love is an exceptional political document that takes on the current state of the world.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Joyce Manor: Cody By Tanner Smith / 1 November 2016 Joyce Manor’s fourth album, Cody is their most elegant effort yet.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere By Tanner Smith / 25 October 2016 Cashmere is a transatlantic hip-hop album that challenges representation of South Asian people in pop culture.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews Cymbals Eat Guitars: Pretty Years By Tanner Smith / 20 September 2016 With Pretty Years , Cymbals Eat Guitars have delivered their richest and most accessible music yet.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/Reviews Joyce Manor: Never Hungover Again By Tanner Smith / 22 August 2016 Joyce Manor proves the axiom "brevity is the soul of wit" on their modern day pop-punk classic Never Hungover Again.