Category: Music
The Auditory Motif of Chvrches’ Love Is Dead Album Persists With “Never Say Die”
It’s still another two months until Chvrches’ third album–the appropriate (yet somehow underused for the twenty-first century) title being Love Is Dead–will be released on [Read More…]
At the Funeral of His Ego: Jhené Aiko Teaches Us It Takes Two Music Videos for One Song to Properly Carry Out An Ex Revenge Fantasy
Jhené Aiko, who has been saturating a, shall we say, different kind of audience after briefly touring as Lana Del Rey’s opening act on the [Read More…]
The Latest Couplet of Lily Allen Songs Explores Divergent Emotional Subjects Via Ambient Grooves
Once again finding a harmonious balance with Giggs, who Lily Allen featured on the first single from the forthcoming No Shame, “Trigger Bang,” “Higher” is [Read More…]
The “Delicate” Video Channels Britney In Her Barefoot Gas Station Phase More Than Her “Lucky” One–With a Dash of “Drowned World/Substitute For Love” Thrown In
Every musician/celebrity reaches that point in their career where they wonder if, as Madonna once said on the first bookend to Ray of Light, they “traded [Read More…]
The Video for Madonna’s “Music”: An Ode to Feminine Masculinity
When Madonna re-teamed with “Ray of Light” director Jonas Åkerlund to create the concept behind the 2000 video for “Music,” many likely believed that the “day-old [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s Cover of “You Must Love Me” Isn’t Problematic for Technical Reasons
It is never an easy thing to cover a musical legend’s song. And, though, in the past Lana Del Rey has released her share of [Read More…]
Tower Closed Anew: Russ Solomon Dies While Watching the Oscars
Even prior to The Beatles providing hard evidence to stodgy adults that there was value in the music industry–the kind of value they could actually [Read More…]
The Wedding Singer, Spice Girls Edition
While, yes, everyone loves the Spice Girls, they’re not exactly a go-to sonic choice for one’s wedding. One’s wedding reception, to be sure–but not one’s [Read More…]
Leaked Amy Winehouse Demo, “My Own Way,” Is An Independent Woman Anthem in Direct Contrast to Back to Black Material
For anyone who has listened to Amy Winehouse’s debut album, Frank, after Back to Black came out, it was, no doubt, something of a shocking [Read More…]
Bobby Brown, Presumably on Drugs, Says Whitney Houston Did Not Die of Drug Overdose
Bobby Brown is a lot of things: tactful and caring with regard to his ex-wife, Whitney Houston, isn’t one of them. The latest example in [Read More…]
