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Say Anything: Oliver Appropriate
Say Anything: Oliver Appropriate
A pop-punk concept album that raises heavy questions about ourselves (and Green Day)
Jay Roberts
Jan 27, 2019
Anne-Marie: Speak Your Mind
Anne-Marie: Speak Your Mind
It’s clear that someone in the music industry thinks Anne-Marie should be a star, and so they put her in a vehicle built for one — but not…
Jay Roberts
Jun 10, 2018
courtship.: Denial in Paradise
courtship.: Denial in Paradise
You’re sitting in an airy coffee shop — whitewashed walls, letter board menu behind the counter — procrastinating away on your laptop with…
Jay Roberts
May 16, 2018
New Music
Post Malone: beerbongs and bentleys
Post Malone: beerbongs and bentleys
The only thing you really need to know about this album to form an opinion on it is that on the second song Post Malone rhymes jabronis…
Jay Roberts
May 14, 2018
Okkervil River: In the Rainbow Rain
Okkervil River: In the Rainbow Rain
What’s more improbable? That there’s a song called Famous Tracheotomies (the lyrics are…exactly what you’d expect), or that it’s nearly…
Jay Roberts
May 11, 2018
Janelle Monae: Dirty Computer
Janelle Monae: Dirty Computer
It’s 2018 and women have been programmed to obedient. They have been programmed to give but not take. They have been programmed to exist…
Jay Roberts
May 9, 2018
We Are Scientists: Megaplex
We Are Scientists: Megaplex
I don’t know what you come to a We Are Scientists album in 2018 looking to find — a nostalgia trip? A band clinging to its youth? A…
Jay Roberts
May 7, 2018
Smoke Trees: Best of Tinder-Dates
Smoke Trees: Best of Tinder-Dates
How many Tinder dates does this dude go on?
Jay Roberts
Dec 22, 2017
Harry Styles: Harry Styles
Harry Styles: Harry Styles
In 2012 I had to admit once and for all that not only was Taylor Swift talented, but that I loved her music. I had been holding out for a…
Jay Roberts
May 17, 2017
Back Catalogues
Prince: Dirty Mind
Prince: Dirty Mind
Ahem.
Jay Roberts
Mar 23, 2017
Prince: Prince
Prince: Prince
The hooks showed up!
Jay Roberts
Mar 16, 2017
Prince: For You
Prince: For You
PRINCE. FINALLY. FINALLLYYYYY.
Jay Roberts
Feb 23, 2017
Back Catalogue: Prince
Back Catalogue: Prince
Joy Division had a sadly bite-sized catalogue that made it a reasonable pick for my first go at the First Impression of a Back Catalogue…
Jay Roberts
Feb 23, 2017
Joy Division: Closer
Joy Division: Closer
Ah, so this is the serious album.
Jay Roberts
Feb 17, 2017
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
First Impressions of a Back Catalogue
Jay Roberts
Feb 8, 2017
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