Yeah, as if I wasn’t going to take the opportunity to talk about The Cure’s new single on NYLPM. One thing notable about this song is the strong beat. One thing that Jason Cooper has brought to the group is a much less abstract sense of[…]

KENNA – “Hellbent”It’s a very simple song, alternating between dreamy, ambient verses and chunky, 12/8-driven refrains, along with a simple 303 bridge. Doesn’t sound like mush to describe it, but Kenna appears to be one[…]

Everyone has a private area, be it physical or metaphorical, that they use a private retreat. I am amazed and astounded that Björk has shared the soundtrack for hers with the world and it sounds so much like the soundtrack for mine.[…]

I now understand exactly what all of the people who’ve been bemoaning lowest common denominator trance music have been complaining about. Despite the “hook” of being a trance reinterpretation of an operatic aria, absolutely nothing […]

DESTINY’S CHILD – “Bootylicious”The mood is set from the opening guitar lick, a one note riff lifted from Stevie Nicks’ “Edge Of Seventeen”. The beat stutters, the girls of Destiny ask each other if they can[…]