All posts tagged 'jazz'
Skin // Joy Crookes
Weaving larger-than-life arrangements with razor-sharp yet feather-light lyricism, Crookes sits as the centerpiece of a kind of big band pop.
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST // Tyler, the Creator
The record transcends hip-hop, a buttery fusion of rap, soul, synth-pop, jazz, and a whole lot more. There’s even a reggae section that hits the spot.
Bright Green Field // Squid
Squid take characteristics from krautrock, dub, funk, and jazz to form a sound that is remarkably coherent and wholly distinct. It’s chaotic, but it works.
Sax on the Beach // Bleeding Gums Murphy
From brotherly estrangement to Fabergéal financial ruin to dental calamity, Bleeding Gums’ soulful howling and gravelly tone is magnificient.
For the first time // Black Country, New Road
A blend of teenage angst and a primordial, animalistic sense of something lurking beneath a thin surface, a beastly shape clawing at the other side.
Painting the Roses // Midnight Sister
Part dramatic dream, part sun-soaked soliloquy, part love letter to mid-century pop rock, Midnight Sister have sewn together a wistful, woozy record.
Cosmogramma // Flying Lotus
Cosmogramma is a stunning showcase of music made, or at the very least assisted by, computers. Time has only proved it to be a genuine modern masterpiece.
Bad Witch // Nine Inch nails
This is most downright exciting NIN album in quite some time. This is a grubby, disheveled, and damaged album composed, produced, and arranged as such.
Kind of Blue // Miles Davis
Each player is a master of their craft, yet not one of them flaunts their talent. Kind of Blue plays out like a beautiful alien language.
All the Pigs, All Lined Up: Nine Inch Nails’ studio albums ranked
For years now the music of Trent Reznor has proved to be, yes, The Perfect Drug. Here lies my worst-to-best list of Nine Inch Nails studio albums.
Keep Playing: the fire at the heart of ‘Whiplash’
However grotesque Terence Fletcher may be, he leaves the impression he does because we recognise him in ourselves and understand his value.
Drunk // Thundercat
Thundercat doesn’t want to exhaust an idea, getting in and out of a song as soon as possible, but that doesn't keep the album from being exhausting.
Dissociation // The Dillinger Escape Plan
Furious metal rackets trade blows with soft, elegant jazz fusion and string arrangements, and the whole exchange is gorgeous and horrible at the same time.
‘Green Wing’ soundtrack remains a quirky gem
Trellis’s soundtrack for Green Wing takes influence from jazz, latin, and classical music and melds them together exceedingly well.
Blackstar // David Bowie
A portal into the world of remembrances that grief gives birth to... and the last word. Trust Bowie to turn dying into performance art.
Starfire // Jaga Jazzist
A model of casual listening. It bustles along quite happily, from section to section, from track to track, and then it's over and you don't regret having listened to it.