Autre ne Veut

Bernadette Lange Poop 2013

2013 was so full of shit! Here’s what’s been prairie doggin’: ALBUMS    Buy New or Used via Amazon 1. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety Autre Ne Veut translates in English to “I want no other” and this album made me forget about anything else I had heard in 2013 for a good month. It only takes one listen to become enamoured by Ashin’s emotional masterpiece.    Buy Newor Used via Amazon 2 . Haim – Days Are Gone Gotta love the “bass face”. These sisters write some catchy pop songs. Hits, people, hits. Danielle’s stuttery, hiccupy vocals remind me of Michael…


Tom Whalen Poop 2013

Top Ten    Buy New or Used via Amazon 1. Burial – Rival Dealer (Hyperdub) Burial made his anti-bullying, transgender-empathetic message clear in his text to the BBC and in this EP’s spoken word coda, but on Rival Dealer the theme of identity flux is also a deep-seeded musical element. “Do you know who I am?” wonders one sample; “You know my fuckin’ style!” taunts another (Raekwon, I believe). We sure thought we knew, but on “Hiders” and “Come Down to Us”, Burial shows us a new side, one so bright and so warm, an unexpected gift.    Buy New or Used…