Category: Doing

  • WORST HEADPHONES EVER: ETYMOTIC ER6i

    After reach­ing out to the ILX hive­mind for sug­ges­tions on buy­ing a new pair of head­phones, I end­ed up get­ting a pair of Ety­mot­ic Research ER6i Iso­la­tor In-ear Ear­phones, against the advice of for­mer Sty­lus col­league and renowned audio­phile Nick Southall. This, I real­ize now, was my first mistake. In my haste to find a…

  • FAVORITE SONGS OF 2008: SOLANGE — “SANDCASTLE DISCO”

    Bey­on­ce’s lit­tle sis­ter Solange is prov­ing to be one of the most pleas­ant sur­pris­es of the year. “Sand­cas­tle Dis­co” is anoth­er one of those songs that should’ve been released the moment it was clear that there’d be noth­ing fun on the radio between May and August. I mean, how could a song this fun be…

  • FAVORITE SONGS OF 2008: TORCHE — “ACROSS THE SHIELDS”

    Some peo­ple are dis­ap­point­ed in Torche for record­ing an album that has crossover poten­tial. That might both­er me, too, if it were still pos­si­ble for met­al bands to crossover. To me, “Across the Shields” exem­pli­fies what makes Torche’s Mean­derthal such an excit­ing album: not only are they mak­ing catchy, hooky music, they’re still going for…

  • FAVORITE SONGS OF 2008: SANTOGOLD — “LIGHTS OUT”

    It’s easy to under­stand why San­ti White aka San­to­gold would be upset with crit­ics for call­ing her music hip-hop or R&B, as any­one who’s lis­tened to her lat­est sin­gle, “Lights Out,” would know. It’s a great new wave track that could’ve, nay, should’ve been one of the sum­mer’s under­sung hits. Then again, with a new…

  • FAVORITE SONGS OF 2008: PORTISHEAD — “THE RIP”

    Por­tishead­’s “The Rip” is hands down one of my favorite songs of 2008. The video is equal­ly beau­ti­ful. It’s on my cur­rent mix and I’m guess­ing it’ll stay there for the rest of the year. I did­n’t think that Por­tishead­’s Third could match their ear­li­er work; Dum­my had a major impact on me as a…