Music review

Learning the spirit of radio
By Kate Drozynski
March 10, 2015 - 12:37am
The failure to complete a music critique exercise, and the realization that it's OK.

I am a failure.

What's worse is I failed at something that I wanted to do and that was easy. An inexcusable failure. I failed to listen to one album I'd never heard every day in February and tweet about it. What I did, though, was listen to about half a month's worth of new music, tweet a little and prove to myself that there's nothing I hate more than having my listening habits dictated, even if I'm the one imposing sanctions.

Intriguing new Thom Yorke LP ultimately more about marketing than music
By Patrick Hosken
November 3, 2014 - 1:19am
Review: The Radiohead frontman steps back into the studio for an eight-song experimental album that isn't worth much past its delivery method.

Like plenty of music makers in 2014, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke hates the corporate hold on the industry. But Yorke is actively working to change it, devising new ways to deliver music directly to listeners without any major-label meddling.