Sex Snobs’ and Power Pyramid’s multitalented rock enthusiast offers a glimpse into his informed and reverential musical universe.
Sonic Youth
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Royal Baths — Better Luck Next Life
The two comprise Brooklyn’s Royal Baths, and their second record, “Better Luck Next Life,” shows an impressive self-assuredness, conviction and carefully crafted sound that seems only common among the calculating acts from New York these days (see: Sleigh Bells, Body Language). They’re also savage and unafraid of dissonant guitar noises, something they probably learned from […]
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Daydream Nation
Now it shares the moniker with a Canadian film that wishes it were as hip and influential. Mind you, the drama isn’t bad — just a well-shot narrative mess. Kat Dennings (the Norah of the cooler-than-thou “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) fronts and narrates the proceedings as Caroline Wexler, a high school student who’s moved with […]