Welcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. Compassion is hard to come by anymore, but if anybody’s music is the very artistic embodiment of the word, it’s Mike Hadreas’ (a/k/a Perfume Genius). Scored by wistful piano, his [...]
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Every Monday, we highlight one song that you may not have heard of, may not have heard in ages, or one that we just can’t seem to get out of our heads. Enjoy! The entire female populace seems to be on a Justin Timberlake kick lately and I am no exception. The Hood Internet over [...]
Read More daft punk, justin timberlake, Mashup, Music MondayWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. While watching The Perks of Being a Wallflower recently, I was struck by my ability to pinpoint exactly which year the drama was occurring based on the songs writer/director [...]
Read More Cracker, Track LifeWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. I haven’t been a big believer in the ASAP Rocky hype machine. While I find the rapper’s ear for beats to be near perfect (thus helping to launch the [...]
Read More ASAP RockyWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. One band this new generation of “indie rockers” hasn’t been completely able to recreate is Nirvana. While LA punks No Age have come close (at least in terms of sheer [...]
Read More METZ, music, Punk, rock, Track Life, WastedWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. Now that Das Racist is no more, we have a slew of messy mix-tapes to look forward to from both main rhymers, Heems (Himanshou Suri) and Kool AD (Victor Vazquez). And [...]
Read More Das Racist, Heems Soup Boys, Wild Water KingdomWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. HEALTH does one thing that most other bands of their generation should take note of: a few months following each album of original material, they drop a record of straight [...]
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Every year film-goers try to find the best of the best and the hidden gyms of each year of the SXSW Film Festival. My SXSW 2013 list is a living thing, changing with each passing day and it will continue to do so throughout the festival itself. As SXSW Film moves closer, only a day [...]
Read More And Who Taught You To Drive, Before Midnight, Big Ass Spider!, Cat Edison, Cheap Thrills, Dave Grohl, Don Jon's Addiction, Drinking Buddies, Everyone's Going to Die, Evil Dead, featured, Good Ol'Freda, Good Vibrations, Grow Up, Haunter, I Am Devine, Kelly+Victor, Maladies, Milius, Milo, Much Ado About Nothing, Mud, Must See Films, Plus One, Prince Avalanche, Sake-Bomb, Screen Invasion, Snap, Sound City, Stevie Nicks, SXSW, SXSW 2013, SXSW Film, The Bounceback, The Fifth Season, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Punk Singer, The Punk Syndrome, The Wait, These Birds Walk, Tony Phillips, We Cause Scenes, When Angels Sing, Yellow, Zero CharismaWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. X has a weird history. Formed in Los Angeles in 1977, the band orginally emerged as one of the most lauded members of the city’s punk scene. Combining John Doe’s [...]
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