Art Rock
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the art rock music genre.
-
TV on the Radio – “Nine Types of Light” (2011)
I love Dear Science for taking post-punk the closest to the dance floor it’s ever been, as well as just being a great update of R&B-inspired rock, but that’s not enough for me to call myself a TV on the Radio fan. Return to Cookie Mountain didn’t impress me much, so I tested my loyalty by going on to… (read more)
-
Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Through the Looking Glass” (1987)
Through the Looking Glass is one of the best albums by Siouxsie & The Banshees. Yeah, it’s a covers album, and those are often mediocre as hell, but this is the exact opposite. These covers are phenomenal and integrate perfectly into the Banshees’s distinctive style, yet there’s still a lot of structural variety on the… (read more)
-
David Bowie – “The Next Day”
Initial thoughts on The Next Day: 1. Like most of his later career stuff, a lot of this isn’t bad at all, just uninteresting. Like, “okay, whatever.” 2. If anyone other than David Bowie put this album out, people would unanimously criticize it by saying “sounds like a David Bowie album, except bad.” Basically they’d… (read more)
-
David Bowie – “Black Tie White Noise”
‘Black Tie White Noise’ in its entirety defines "cheesy," and is uneventful to boot. Bowie enters the ’90s with a downtempo whimper. (read more)