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Augie Collins | Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Superorganism may be a fledgling band, but that isn’t stopping them from having big aspirations. In 2017, guitarist Christopher “Harry” Young lamented on the stale nature of today’s pop music, saying: “It feels like it needs a bit more fun injected.” And with the lofty goal of revamping modern day pop in mind, the eight-piece
Augie Collins | Friday, September 29, 2017
In January 2016, Rostam Batmanglij announced his departure from Vampire Weekend while the band was at the seeming peak of their popularity, after having disrupted the indie rock scene with three albums marked by global music influences. The split was an amicable one though, with Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig, the lead vocalist of Vampire Weekend,
Augie Collins | Thursday, September 14, 2017
For Nika Roza Danilova, the musician behind Zola Jesus, “Okovi” — her latest record — was not just the next step in her career, but a necessary life event. “Okovi” came to life as Danilova found herself submerged under layers of depression and darkness. The album’s cover showcases Danilova’s depression, her face obscured by a
Augie Collins | Friday, September 1, 2017
While some of us were busy forming a symbiotic relationship with our sofas over the summer, the busiest band in the world had their hands full releasing not one, but two full-length studio albums in a two-month span. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, an eyebrow-raising seven-piece crew led by front man Stu Mackenzie, hails
Lucas Masin-Moyer, Augie Collins and Brian Boylen | Tuesday, February 21, 2017
In 2015, Kendrick Lamar declared on “Hood Politics”: “Critics want to mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin’ … if you did Killer Mike’d be platinum.” It is with this ringing endorsement from perhaps the most iconic contemporary rapper that Run The Jewels, the collaboration between Killer Mike and El-P, launched into the recording of
Erin McAuliffe, Augie Collins, Adam Ramos, Adrian Mark Lore, Mike Donovan, Jack Riedy, Kelly McGarry and John Darr | Tuesday, December 6, 2016
After days and nights of intense debating, the Scene staff has finished its list of the top albums of 2016, and will reveal it this Wednesday. To tide our faithful readers over until then, several Scene writers have offered up for discussion some personal favorites that didn’t quite make the cut. There is something for
Augie Collins | Monday, December 5, 2016
In celebration of the album’s recent 25th anniversary, R.E.M’s landmark record “Out of Time” has been reissued and expanded in style, boasting a second disc of 19 newly remixed demos. These extra tracks show the songs slowly taking shape; several drafts feature hummed or even silent sections of where lyrics had not yet been finalized.
Augie Collins | Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Looking at Mick Jenkins’ “The Healing Component” from the surface, it’s easy to scoff and think of the LP as nothing more than another rapper’s take on the ever-present theme of love. Take a step back, folks. “The Healing Component” may not be revolutionary, but it does provide us with a fresh take that pumps
Augie Collins | Monday, September 26, 2016
Every few years Devendra Banhart pops in to offer his next charming collection. The fickle nature of his output is a defining characteristic, his tracks are not put through the grinder to come out in neatly labeled cans. Banhart’s new album “Ape in Pink Marble” is as raw as it is refined, a collection of late
Augie Collins | Friday, September 2, 2016
Usually, a band releases a steady flow of albums each year, with some churning out music incessantly and others taking their time. For fans of The Avalanches though, there has been a 16-year drought of music since the band released their praiseworthy debut album, “Since I Left You,” back in the year 2000. Needless to say,