| Destination Unknown: Sleater-Kinney “No Cities to Love” | January 23, 2015 |
Peter Holslin needs a new pair of Sauconys I remember being at some guy’s house some time in the early ’00s. It was San Diego somewhere. It was around 9 o’clock at night, quiet, in a big house where loud music was bound to reverberate off the hardwood floors. I noticed a copy of Sleater-Kinney’s 1999 […]
| Master of Saharan Guitar: Mdou Moctar “Anar” | January 22, 2015 |
Peter Holslin will never forget peanut butter It’s hard to dispute the dopeness of a guy like Mdou Moctar. A Tuareg guitarist based in the city of Agadez in northern Niger, he specializes in a style of loose, droning Saharan desert rock that goes over well at wedding parties but also feels warm and welcoming […]
| After The Smoke is Clear: Shlohmo “Emerge From Smoke” | December 15, 2014 |
Peter Holslin got lost on the way It’d be interesting to get a peek inside Shlohmo’s electronic setup and see precisely what kinds of horrible things he does to the sounds he’s working with. Are the L.A. beatmaker’s knobs all twisted, levels screaming in the red? When he uses distortion, does he settle for no […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2014 (All) | December 12, 2014 |
The Passion of the Weiss staff break down the top albums of 2014 and learn the dangers of teenage steroid abuse.
