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Christian Bunker | Tuesday, October 25, 2016
There are points in life that deserve a soundtrack. You probably imagined the sound of a triumphant fanfare the last time you got an ‘A’ on a test, or a high energy rock anthem while you were getting ready to go out last Friday. However, it’s undeniable that American popular music is applicable only to
Carlos De Loera and Christian Bunker | Thursday, October 6, 2016
There are a million things we could say about Bon Iver’s highly anticipated new album “22, A Million,” but we narrowed them down to these 22 for your convenience: 22, A Million?: The first thing that jumps out about this album is its title. It immediately evokes the question “But why?” The answer to this
Christian Bunker | Thursday, September 29, 2016
Even in 2016, music has some nativist moments. People, myself included, are quick to classify artists by decade and country, as if a year or a timezone inherently changes how humans create and experience sound. Luckily, artists like David Bowie are around to absolutely demolish these kinds of preconceptions. Simultaneously a British, American and German
Christian Bunker | Thursday, September 22, 2016
Every so often an album comes out that gets everyone talking — not just because of how good it is, but because it is so radically different from everything else. Such albums sound as if they came from another planet, or at least David Byrne’s basement. The new Local Natives album, “Sunlit Youth,” is not
John Darr and Christian Bunker | Friday, September 16, 2016
“BoJack Horseman” is a fortunate anomaly of a show. Starting out as a relatively weak animated adult comedy, “BoJack Horseman” quickly evolved into a full-fledged character drama. Over the course of its three seasons, it has investigated the depression and anxiety connected to the way different personalities seek fulfillment and pulled no punches when portraying what happens to
Christian Bunker | Thursday, September 8, 2016
The Oxford, England-based quartet Glass Animals is one of those bands that evade easy categorization into a genre. Equal parts indie rock and electronica, their music often sounds positively tribal yet owes a clear debt to the Bristol trip-hop scene of the nineties. However, no matter what genre you put them in, their music is