Published in One-Spin·1 day agoKasabian — The Alchemist’s Euphoria (08/12/22)A band in transition, Kasabian returns with their first album since 2017, and more importantly, their first since the departure of Tom Meighan as lead singer. Without Meighan’s vocal punch and aggressive brit-boy attitude, Serge Pizzorno slots in at vocals, and steers the band in an ambitious artsy new direction…2 min read
Published in One-Spin·2 days agoHot Milk — The King and Queen of Gasoline (08/05/22)Difficult to categorize as they undertake some notable changes on their third EP, The King and Queen of Gasoline, Hot Milk find themselves shifting between different mixes of punk, emo-tinged rock, and synth-pop with varying results. …2 min read
Published in One-Spin·2 days agoEminem — Curtain Call 2 (08/05/22)Partially due to the waning intrinsic value of greatest hits compilations in the age of streaming and endless playlists, but also because Eminem’s output and cultural significance have diminished significantly since the halcyon days of the world’s most successful white rapper, Curtain Call 2 lacks a certain gravitas that once…2 min read
Published in One-Spin·Aug 5Maggie Rogers — Surrender (07/29/22)Holding on to her folksy roots while emerging as a bona fide pop star, Surrender finds Maggie Rogers still deciding which musical genre fits best. The pop-centric first half focuses on Rogers’s songwriting, vocals, and overall personality, all laid over a sonic bed of synthetic rhythms and beats. The lyrics…2 min read
Published in One-Spin·Aug 4Beyonce — Renaissance (07/29/22)In stark contrast to the evocative and personal Lemonade, Beyoncé’s Renaissance sheds the weighty emotions and genre-bending ethos of her 2016 effort, wades out onto the dance floor — and stays there. While stylistically confined in one way, Beyoncé touches upon almost every branch of the dance tree. …2 min read
Published in One-Spin·Aug 4Tedeschi Trucks Band — I Am The Moon: III. The Fall (07/29/22)As a collection of songs, I Am The Moon: III. The Fall doesn’t astound with inventive or unexpected musical structures, nor does it explode with energy. Borrowing from basic blues, soul, and gospel, the simple, mellow love songs draw their strength primarily from the band’s emotive contributions. In the hands…2 min read
Published in One-Spin·Jul 30Odesza — The Last Goodbye (07/22/22)Electro-dance duo Odesza return from a five-year release hiatus with The Last Goodbye, a collection of rhythm-heavy electronica tracks in much of the same format as 2017’s A Moment Apart. …2 min read
Published in One-Spin·Jul 30Ty Segall — Hello, Hi (07/22/22)Somewhere between his burgeoning list of bands and occasional soundtrack tangents, Ty Segall finds time to churn out a yearly stream of albums ranging from hard-rock punk to softer, more psychedelic offerings such as his latest, Hello, Hi. Closer in tone to some of Segall’s acoustic based work on Sleeper…2 min read
Jul 29Yondr, and Other Horror Tales from The Land of Live MusicCell phones and concerts…they’re a lousy pairing for sure. Craned heads fixed to glowing screens, poorly governing bodies errantly bumping into one another in congested lines, and hallways, and bathrooms, and seats. A shitty 8-bit version of Rhianna’s “Umbrella” notifying everyone in section HH that “Jenny From Pilates” is calling…Yondr6 min read
Published in One-Spin·Jul 29Ben Harper — Bloodline Maintenance (07/22/22)After an instrumental album and a series of duets, Ben Harper returns with a more familiar sound on Bloodline Maintenance. Split between social commentary of the past and present, and mixed with reflections of familial love and tradition, the brief set finds Harper drawing inspiration from nearly every genre of…Ben Harper2 min read
