JOE P
Writer, editor, fan of many tunes. Currently working at Baeblemusic.
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Imbibe and Inspire
An interview I did for a friend’s website, with some editorial to match.
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12 Holiday Songs That Will Make You Wish You Were Deaf
Another piece for Guest of a Guest.
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On The WATERS Front
An interview I did with Van Pierszalowski, formally of Port O’Brien. Been a fan since 2008.
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How To Throw A Party Like Your Favorite Buzzed-About Artist
Make your next party the most unique and unforgettable event imaginable ever of all time by not only playing the best, most hipster-friendly music and droppin’ plenty of dubstep, but also by basing your entire party on your favorite buzzworthy artist. Don’t worry if your friends don’t know what an “Odd Future” is, or if they still think chillwave refers to the weather — we’ve got five ideas to turn your next party into a blog post, guaranteed to get at least a 7.2 from Pitchfork.
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Radiation City is all about dynamics. The Hands That Take You has a lot to do with space; the distance between chordal explosions and quiet passages, the former distance between the original duo Lizzie Ellison and Cameron Spies, and the distance between a series of tight hits and crescendos. The album is meticulously sewn together with a warm, aged aesthetic, and retrofitted with contemporary progressions and harmonies. It’s the kind of quiet record you crank up to 11, to fully appreciate even the most subtle of sonic nuances, the tight riffs and impeccable precision mixed with fuzzy vocals, a time capsule of ennui with an unclear origin.
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Chris Martin has repeatedly said Mylo Xyloto is a made up name with a purpose, to sound like nothing the band—or anyone else for that matter—has done before. Tricky ground for Coldplay, who have been accused of plagiarism before and again borrow one of their most poignant new riffs from another recording (this time with the proper credit given at least). Add another potentially derisive angle in the idea of “the concept album”, a loose narrative following Mylo through his romance with an unnamed woman who he winds up leaving, and this project is beginning to sound like the misguided noodling of a star too big to fail. But all the muck aside, the songs themselves play out in traditional Coldplay fashion, with fanfare and gravity, and the criticisms of those who find the band fruity or too bombastic seem to melt away with the fantasy of confetti and blown-out arenas. Coldplay knows their target demo.
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T.G.I.Mixtape 131
Particularly proud of this mixtape I put together for Baeble. The feng shui on this sucker is ridiculous.
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Blink 182
I’ve obviously been waiting my whole professional life to review a new Blink 182 record. Neighborhoods provides me with that opportunity, in addition to the opportunity to use the phrase “dick jokes” in a published piece. Onward!
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The War On Drugs: Beautiful Noise
An article I wrote after talking to Adam Granduciel about his band’s new album, Slave Ambient.
