Recent Reviews
Mar 29, 2020
Still doesn't top Cerulean Salt for me, which was one of my favorite albums of the 2010s, but probably her strongest record since then.
Mar 11, 2020
This is a fucking great little ambient release from Portland; idk how I found it, had to add it to the site myself, but if you're into slow, droning but pretty atmospheric soundscape stuff check this out!
Mar 3, 2020
March 3rd and this is early AOTY contender for me; I love how the styles switch up so much; Our Love was a little one note and repetitive for me, but I love how Caribou can go from Sister - which very much feels like a Sufjan Stevens song - to a Bonobo-like downtempo move on Sunny's Time, to the Motown vibe and Avalanches style sampling on Home and Daft Punk funk of Lime, to what feels very PC Music / Danny L Harle on Never Come Back. Even with all these various influences, the songs all still ... read more
Feb 23, 2020
I love that every time I go back to Houston I hear this album playing at bars and breweries and restaurants. Such nice Houston pride.
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I reviewed in college for the Rice Thresher and in grad school for the Berkeley BSide. Briefly kept my own review blog. Love compiling lists and doing stats. Very curious to see the decade end lists. I also front an indie rock band called UT Kirin.
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