Flying Lotus Packs Big Excitement Into Brief ‘Big Mama’ (photo: Matt Lief Anderson) Steven Ellison keeps it moving. Ever since his first two albums as Flying Lotus — 2006’s 1983 and 2008’s Los Angeles — he’s produced great quantities of mercurial, glancing funk that’s as likely to get your head nodding as it is to […]

Kim Gordon Is Captivating, Commanding On ‘PLAY ME’ Kim Gordon (photo: Moni Haworth). A funny thing happened on the way to reviewing Kim Gordon’s third solo record. Because of the somewhat treacherous DSP this reviewer endures, the protected stream was crippled by digital dropouts, glitchery, buffering, overmodulation, you name it. After rebooting, refreshing and revisiting […]

Staying at Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica in Punta Cacique The post Staying at Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica in Punta Cacique appeared first on The Blonde Abroad. Discover why Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica is a dream for families, wellness lovers, and anyone craving luxury and pura vida energy. The post Staying at Waldorf Astoria Costa Rica […]

Squeeze Tackle Teenage Rock Opera On ‘Trixies’ Squeeze (photo: Dean Chalkley). Music fans love the story of “the lost album” — the one project that got abandoned or crushed by the business. Now, more than 50 years into their career, British pub-pop legends Squeeze have rested their pints long enough to revisit Trixies (BMG), a […]

Bill Callahan Confronts Mortality and Legacy on ‘My Days of 58’ Bill Callahan performs live during a concert at the Admiralspalast on October 8, 2019, in Berlin, Germany. (Credit: Frank Hoensch/Redferns) In many ways, My Days of 58 feels like just another latter-day Bill Callahan album. The tales of loneliness, horse-and-rider metaphors, and ascetic stoicism […]

One Power Station, One Canadian Winter: Our Honest Take on the BLUETTI Elite 200 V2 There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in when you wake up to winter weather, check the forecast, and see the words freezing rain buried in the afternoon outlook. If you live in the mountains of British Columbia as […]

Mitski Makes Something out of ‘Nothing’  Mitski. (Credit: Lexie Alley) Typically, when a publicist sends you an advance copy of an album, it’s accompanied by anecdotes from the musician as context for your first listen. For Mitski’s latest, though, I was given two quotes—one from Big Edie of Grey Gardens and one from Shirley Jackson’s […]

Hen Ogledd Makes Us Feel Off-Kilter With ‘Discombobulated’ Hen Ogledd Makes Us Feel Off-Kilter With ‘Discombobulated’ There is a fluidity to Hen Ogledd that separates them from other modern bands. A “supergroup” of niche artists, the collective has morphed in membership since its founding by Richard Dawson and Rhodri Davies in 2012. This devotion to […]

Gorillaz Honor Departed Collaborators On ‘The Mountain’ Gorillaz Honor Departed Collaborators On ‘The Mountain’ Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the humans behind virtual group Gorillaz, don’t view death as the end, but as an excuse for a hell of a wake. Never ones for a morbid affair, they celebrate numerous collaborators on The Mountain (Kong) […]

Converge Conjure Cardio For The Brain On New LP (photo: Jason Zucco) Across 30-plus years of existence, the four-headed plasma ball of Converge have continuously elevated the metalcore genre to altitude-sickness levels. It’s important to acknowledge that the band has never betrayed their audience. The acclaimed collaboration with the opaque Chelsea Wolfe (2021’s Bloodmoon 1) […]