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Mark Richardson: Nuno Canavarro: Plux Quba
Mark Richardson: Nuno Canavarro: Plux Quba
Still, it would be dishonest to deny that the mystery of Plux Quba adds to its appeal. The fact is I’m particularly curious about Nuno Canavarro because this record seems so personal; I listen and feel like I know him. Plux Quba is a disjointed, unpredictable work that sounds like the aural representation one sensitive and intelligent individual’s subconscious thoughts. Like a mind, Plux Quba veers from one fragment to the next, leapfrogs over an idea and lands on another, recalls a forgotten memory for an instant only to have it vanish before it can be examined in detail.
·markrichardson.org·
Mark Richardson: Nuno Canavarro: Plux Quba
Jenn Pelly: Mirrorring: Foreign Body (Pitchfork)
Jenn Pelly: Mirrorring: Foreign Body (Pitchfork)
There is a tendency among music critics to create sub-stories with records and impose narratives. We might identify with a hardcore punk group this year because we are a restless generation, or with a work of hyperactive pop because the internet has made us incapable of concentrating, and so on. But sometimes we take a record for what it is: a resistant piece of art, existing as a singular entity. In a world that is newly full of "content" at every turn, it can be refreshing to find an uncompromising record that exists so honestly on its own.
·pitchfork.com·
Jenn Pelly: Mirrorring: Foreign Body (Pitchfork)
Steven Hyden: The Shins: Port of Morrow (The A.V. Club)
Steven Hyden: The Shins: Port of Morrow (The A.V. Club)
That’s the realm that Mercer is working in now, and when he has the confidence on Morrow to follow through on his glossy pop ambitions, his music manages to be as likeable as it always has been. It’s when Mercer tries to update the old Shins playbook with big-budget production that Morrow sounds awkward and dangerously sleepy.
·avclub.com·
Steven Hyden: The Shins: Port of Morrow (The A.V. Club)
Eric Harvey: Grimes, 'Visions' (SPIN.com)
Eric Harvey: Grimes, 'Visions' (SPIN.com)
‘Like so many spotlit debuts, Visions displays a young singer developing a relationship with her own voice and the seemingly infinite possibilities for shaping and representing it. The mirror stage for emergent artists who spend a lot of time online and work alone with inexpensive tools often can (and does) lead to merely replicating the surface qualities of the stuff that streams their way. Boucher's talent lies in the balance of exploiting her gifts and leveraging what's come before her, but judiciously.’
·spin.com·
Eric Harvey: Grimes, 'Visions' (SPIN.com)