The Rap-Up: What’s In The Tape Deck? Edition
By: Jay Papandreas I like to pride myself on listening to pretty much everything that I can get my hands on, but my car is a different place than my headphones. In my car, there’s seriously about two things I can tolerate: Rap and punk. If it’s not in either of those genres, I’ve somewhat...
Joyce Manor – “Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired”
By: Jay Papandreas A short record deserves a short review. Joyce Manor’s full discography, minus a bootlegged show that I have, is about an hour. Their new album, Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired, makes up 13 minutes of that. It’s not a long album, obviously. Some would argue it’s too short. There...
The Rap-Up: Thank You Basedgod Edition
By: Jay Papandreas If you’re familiar with one Brandon McCartney, then this article probably isn’t for you, but since I’m pulling double-duty and writing an article for my public relations class and also one for the blog, so I’m writing to you about the most peculiar, divisive, and interesting rappers in the world. Lil B...
The Rap-Up: March Madness Edition
March Madness is in full effect, as we all know. My bracket has been done since Mizzou dropped that game to Norfolk State. Regardless, some craziness happened at SXSW last week involving a few dudes that I’ve been backing since this column started. The quick rundown: Mr. Muthaf***in’ eXquire got signed to Universal, Danny Brown...
Odd Future- The OF Tape Vol. 2
This time last year, the internet was pretty saturated with the Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. They got signed to a label. Then Goblin happened, and it was a really boring album. It was probably about 30 or 40 minutes longer than necessary. There’s been a couple albums since, but nothing matches Tyler...
The Rap-Up: XXL Freshmen Edition
It’s that time of year again: a bunch of hyped-up rappers get put on the cover of a magazine and we end up caring about three or four of them by next year. Of last year’s crop, Lil B, Kendrick Lamar, Meek Mill, and Big K.R.I.T. are the ones that have managed to have some...
You Should Hear: Laura Stevenson And The Cans
Because I’m stubborn and don’t listen to people when they tell me I’d like things, I didn’t start listening to Laura Stevenson and the Cans until 2011, when they released their sophomore album, Sit Resist. Of course, I’m also really oblivious and didn’t realize I’d been listening to Laura Stevenson since 2007, when I first...
The Rap-Up: Killer Mike + 3 Edition
I had a really big, long, lame article prepared for this week. I was all mad that Sublime and Mac Miller were going to be at IU for Little 5. My whole point was that I think we can do better as a university than have a couple of acts who suck and aren’t intellectually...
You Should Hear: Shook Ones
I had a weird summer in 2011. I got a dog, but I also got in a pretty nasty car wreck that left me unscathed and totaled my car. My mom got sick with what was later diagnosed as a benign tumor on a cranial nerve (She’s fine now, don’t worry). Between those, a boring...
The Rap-Up: Heems/Kool AD Edition
I don’t think this column has been one to shy away from the Das Racist love. Sure, I didn’t love the group’s first full album, Relax, but I do love both prior mixtapes and have gone to lengths to make sure I have all of the group’s material. Das Racist always interested me because they...
Cloud Nothings- Attack On Memory
When I read the Pitchfork review of this album, I saw a couple things that caught my eye. The reviewer pointed out that Cloud Nothings owe a lot to Jawbreaker, Drive Like Jehu, and Braid, and that Steve Albini produced the album. I can say that the second one is definitely true, but the first...
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