File this under “Stuff That Doesn’t Suck.” Watch Canadian rockers PUP throw a punk spin on Phantogram’s “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” for triple j’s Like A Version series. The clip is from October and it kicks tons of ass. Boatloads, even. (And remember kids: always go off-genre for covers!) PUP cover Phantogram ‘You…
Every year, I do a rundown of my picks for the Best Albums of the Year. Sometimes I rank them. Sometimes I don’t. I do what I want. In no particular order, here’s what kept my ears happy this year: Blood Orange – Freetown Sound Blood Orange, aka the London-born New Yorker Dev Hynes, is no…
Phantogram’s third album is out soon. It’s called Three. Which as it turns out isn’t just a clever name. The duo is coming off of last year’s quite stellar Big Grams EP with Outkast’s Big Boi. So yeah. Things are pretty OK for these guys. Lead single “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” came out a while ago…
Music in 2014 just wasn’t as enticing as last year. When 2013 came to a close, I couldn’t bear choosing just 20 albums to include in my Best Of list…and here, I struggled to really scrape up a solid 10. Sure, there were many albums I liked in the last 12 months, but not too…