Album Review

Emperor X

Western Teleport

If you are thinking about moving to the city of Los Angeles, or if you’d just like to pretend you live in the city of Los Angeles, Emperor X is a man that can help you. I don’t think I’ve ever heard so many references to my own city. There’s a track called “Sig Alert” that is just a shout out to a great many LA roads (a sig alert, by the way, is what we call it when a lane on a freeway closes - something that happens a lot).  A map of the city dominates the album cover, just in case you need a visual reference.... More

Album Review

Dum Dum Girls

Only in Dreams

For this writer, the evolution of the Dum Dum girls is both great and damaged by exposure. Remember before the internet inundation and you didn’t know every waking move of every celebrity on the planet? Remember the time when your imagination could wander and you could create your own conclusion about what this song meant or how a family member’s death may have influenced the record or when you couldn’t sit in front of YouTube eating chips watching other people live? ... More