Rob Fitzpatrick
Modern Guilt feels like a vanity project: there is no attempt to reach out, none of the classic pop singles Beck has been revered for, just 10 inward-looking, unlovable tracks.
11y
If you have an itch you can never scratch for whoopingly hollered songs about radio waves being "like snow", then Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner's band will be like a welcome ice cube on a mosquito bite. If you don't, they will become the mosquito.
9y
It would seem from the evidence presented here that the freshly shorn Kings are intent on rebuilding themselves from scratch, drawing on whatever wild and wonderful influences they’ve tripped over in their race to live five lifetimes in every day.
12y
At the risk of sounding as if we actually give a shit, the very concept of Nouvelle Vague – alternative ’80s hits done in a deeply kitsch, sub- Bebel Gilberto sunset-samba style – is one that’s so tired, so looooong past any imagined sell-by date that we’re honestly astounded it exists.
11y
Iron & Wine isn’t an easy place – death and sorrow are never far from the surface – but Beam knows that there’s nothing more healing or more uplifting than giving vent to your dreams and fears and letting them all glide away on a breath of wind. Real or imagined.
15y
The fact of the matter is, Limp Bizkit just don’t matter anymore.
14y
Not, by any means, a disaster. More a cruel glimpse of a talent that occasionally blazes but is frustratingly inconsistent.
15y
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