New Reviews: Black Eyed Peas, Sonic Youth and Dirty Projectors
Leading the charge of new releases hitting shelves this week is the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D., which stand for The Energy Never Dies. By now you’ve already heard the Hot 100-dominating “Boom Boom Pow,” and for good reason: As Jody Rosen writes in his three-and-a-half star review, “all hell breaks loose” on the track, [...]
Rolling Stone — Leading the charge of new releases hitting shelves this week is the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D., which stand for The Energy Never Dies. By now you’ve already heard th... more info
411 Mania — Sixteen albums into their career, the Youth half of their name no longer applies, but what about the Sonic half? Can Sonic Youth still make sweet noise or has their sound... more info
Rolling Stone — If you hung out in New York’s Soho neighborhood in the early 1980s, chances are you could’ve caught an early Sonic Youth performing in an avant-garde loft space. A lo... more info
LargeHeartedBoy — The Los Angeles Times reviews the new Sonic Youth album, The Eternal. The music remains ageless and weird, fueled on chaos and clarity, but these are songs, not sound exp... more info
Aquarium Drunkard — Rounding out their third decade as a band, with sixteen full-length records under their belt, Sonic Youth once again find themselves back on an independent label, Matador... more info