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Motomami by Rosalía – Review
Rosalía’s third full-length record is an eclectic and outrageous showcase of her talents.
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Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon – Review
Spoon’s tenth album is solid proof that they are still reliable, exciting and relevant, without sounding like they’re trying too much. Here my review.
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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief – Review
Big Thief’s new record, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, is an expansive work of the band’s already characteristic take on folk and indie rock. It is safe to say, it lives up to its premise. Here my review.
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Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road- Review
My review of Black Country, New Road’s epic and cathartic second album in just one year.
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2021 in 15 great albums from the past.
15 albums from the past that I heard for the first time in 2021. An evidence of the unbelievable timelessness of music.
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Neon Golden by The Notwist – Essentiality Review
20 year anniversary review of one of the most important albums of my 21st century.
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Bonus round: 2021’s Honorable Mentions
A collection of 15 albums that may not have been my favorites, but definitely deserve a recommendation.
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Art in the midst of uncertainty: My favorite albums of 2021.
In 2021 I listened more music than ever. This time I’m sure. Meeting new people, seeing new places, venturing into different genres, and exploring music from the past inevitably makes my interest to keep listening all the more urgent. This is all for good.
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Hunky Dory by David Bowie – Essentiality Review
Fun fact: I just discovered a few weeks ago what ‘hunky-dory’ actually means. An expression to denote something that is going ‘fine’ or ‘well’, I find curious that I never assumed that there was a deeper meaning behind it, for me it was always the title of one of David Bowie’s most highly regarded albums,…
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30 by Adele – Review
It has to be said. To be one of the most recognized pop artists of the century, having the best-selling album of that same period of time and being revered by tons of fans all over the world has to have some weight on an artist. Those are also reasons that may explain why it…
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An Evening with Silk Sonic by Silk Sonic – Review
In today’s mainstream pop landscape there’s hard to find something fully original and yet, simultaneously there’s people at the vanguard of the genre defying its well established standard. However, once in a while you encounter a piece of music that’s neither future-leaning, or experimental but also neither boring or monotonous, which is the case for…
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Is This It by The Strokes – Essentiality Review
I was on the verge of not writing this Essentiality Review. 2021 has been a very weird year in the sense that I thought I would write more, especially reviews of new albums, but it hasn’t been like that. Writer’s block? Laziness? Stress? Whatever it is, I hope 2022 comes with more, I guess, inspiration,…
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Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver – Essentiality Review
This year, a particular reminder appeared in my Facebook memories. A random March 7th in 2016 I wrote a few paragraphs about Bon Iver’s second album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, which turns 10 today (curiously, that same year Bon Iver would announce its follow up after five years). Not only that is the one first…
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What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye – Essentiality Review
Born in 1939 in Washington DC to a domestic worker mother and a church minister father, Marvin Gaye started singing gospel music at a young age, before becoming an essential part of the influential recording label Motown in the 60’s, as a drummer. On 1971 Gaye, who had already a substantial and celebrated career in…
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Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes – Essentiality Review
“I was raised up believing, I was somehow unique/Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes/Unique in each way you can see”. There’s no folk band like Fleet Foxes, I dare to say. They’ve been around for almost 15 years now, adding with each release, layer after layer to their textured and pristine musical world. I can…