ITZY released a strong single this spring with Girls Will Be Girls, but that album’s club-heavy b-sides pointed toward an even more promising avenue for the girls. Their charismatic performance style feels perfectly suited to the kind of talk-heavy dance music that’s currently in vogue… Read More »Song Review: ITZY – Tunnel Vision
“Most people see their life flash before their eyes when they’re dying,” Harley Flanagan tells me. “I’ve been watching mine on a movie screen, night after night, in front of strangers.” The film in question, Wired for Chaos, doesn’t follow the usual rock doc template.… Read More »Interview: Cro-Mags’ Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos, Built for Survival
A decade ago, Kevin Parker might have told you he considered himself a drummer. The once-long-haired psychedelic rock aficionado started […] The post Album Review: Tame Impala – ‘Deadbeat’ appeared first on The Alternative.
Though I would prefer to fall in love with every song I ever hear, sometimes it’s fun to have songs you hate as well. It’s like an arch-nemesis designed to irk you at every turn. In a strange way, I have a special fondness for… Read More »Song Review: Fifty Fifty – Skittlez
In a sea of copycat comebacks, Just B have forged their own sonic path. Their recent music has borrowed heavily from hyperpop, delivering brief bursts of dense electronic soundscapes. While this hasn’t always worked as well as it could, I admire them for picking a… Read More »Song Review: Just B – True Heart