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Michael Yonkers | Michael Yonkers [ALBUM REVIEW]

Mon, 03/17/2014 - 22:00 by Natasha Neale

Although he's perhaps better known as seventies fuzz-rock pioneer, this not-quite-self-titled reissue by Michael Yonkers highlights another aspect of the musician's talent: simple cowboy country songs. Originally recorded in the early seventies on tube-type reel-to-reel machines, the 13 tracks feature echoing vocals, spoken word passages and sing-along choruses in Yonker's unique baritone, often made spooky by the spaciousness of the no-fi home recording techniques.

Actress | Ghettoville [ALBUM REVIEW]

Mon, 03/10/2014 - 22:31 by Natasha Neale

Imagine for a moment what it might be like to suddenly find yourself in a decrepit, leaky, underground sewer tunnel below an abandoned factory, in the worst part of Detroit, in the not-too-distant future. It’s completely void of light except for the occasional beam of sun penetrating the cracks in a random manhole and faintly bleeding down into the black. The place feels like an oily catacomb. A bleak maze that defies logic or reason, like it was built by an insane city planner. The worst part is you have no idea how you got there.

The American Apparel

Fri, 03/07/2014 - 12:19 by Natasha Neale

What better way is there to point out a city’s complexities than to capture the obvious? LA-based photographer Thomas Alleman did just that when he created The American Apparel. Yes, a Canadian founded company (Montrealer Dov Charney is founder and CEO), American Apparel headquarters call LA home, and its choice billboard locations created an inspiringly simple and affective project for Alleman.

Jesse Rose | The Whole Twelve Inches [ALBUM REVIEW]

Fri, 02/28/2014 - 07:45 by Natasha Neale

Theodor Adorno once famously wrote, “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” As a lifelong student of communications theory, I take Adorno’s work very seriously and it’s taught me how to look at music through a critical lens. The same lens any creator of culture, in this case, Jesse Rose, should look through when creating a new piece of music (culture). Unfortunately his creation, The Whole Twelve Inches, is terrible. This entire record is incredibly outdated and is one giant snooze fest.

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