When thinking outside the box just isn't enough
Connecticut experimental rockers Have a Nice Life’s 2014 sophomore release, The Unnatural World, is an existential concept album that explores the sonically tenebrous edges that tie our lives to feeling and consciousness. The duo, composed of Dan Barrett (of Giles Corey, In Pieces) and Tim Macugan (of Nahvalr), have amassed a considerable cult following through […]
Run the Jewels is the heavy-hitting, villainous collaboration of rappers El-P and Killer Mike. Independently, both Run the Jewels members have recently released very mature, complex albums, equally lauded by critics and their respective fans. Indeed, New York veteran producer and rapper El-P released his Cancer4Cure album in 2012, and produced Atlanta rapper Killer Mike’s […]
Full-disclaimer: I have always been a fan of everything Boeckner. This Canadian singer-songwriter has been at the creative co-helm of electronic/pop/alternative rock outfits such as Handsome Furs, Wolf Parade and Divine Fits. The operative word in that last sentence? Co-helm. Alongside the mad Spencer Krug, Boeckner composed half of Wolf Parade. With his ex-wife, the […]
