2015
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 2015.
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Lupe Fiasco – “Tetsuo & Youth” (2015)
The more I listen to Tetsuo & Youth, the more convinced I am that it’s a modern hip hop masterpiece. I don’t give a shit if Lupe Fiasco isn’t “cool” anymore—but I suspect hip hop listeners at large do. Fiasco uses his youthful, irreverent persona to his greatest advantage yet, and a frequently innocent, childlike… (read more)
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Preoccupations – “Viet Cong” (2015)
Preoccupations understands the disenfranchised coldness of late ’70s and early ’80s post-punk very well, which proves they’re great listeners. But their unrelenting attachment to it makes their sound inflexible, and the interesting personality quirks that the original, experimental scene brought out aren’t audible in Viet Cong—and that’s the real strength of post-punk. Viet Cong is… (read more)
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Björk – “Vulnicura”
‘Vulnicura’ is an exhausting listen that rarely breaks form. Björk’s prioritizes sophistication over songwriting in her most stunted work so far. (read more)
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Swervedriver – “I Wasn’t Born to Lose You” (2015)
Oh, hell yeah. “Autodidact” may be a few miles from reaching a shoegaze classic, but it’s undoubtedly a Swervedriver classic. One track into I Wasn’t Born to Lose You, and we’ve already got another essential song from this once-lost band. Something any fan thought they’d never have again. …But it never gets any easier. I Wasn’t… (read more)
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Sleater-Kinney – “No Cities to Love” (2015)
The induction of post-punk rhythms into Sleater-Kinney’s sound makes ‘No Cities to Love’ a very hoppin’ affair, and something being more dance-y is always better. (read more)