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Artist: the Burning Hell

Album: People

Canada’s the Burning Hell are still described on their own website as “the alter-ego of ukelele player and all-purpose nerd Matthias Kom”, which made sense as of their 2011 masterpiece Flux Capacitor. As of 2013’s louder, more rock-centric People, it makes better sense to refer to Kom as a guitarist, but the essential idea holds true: as pleasant as the old-time swing of their sax and clarinet is (where still applicable), […]

Artist: Paul McCartney

Album: New

Paul McCartney writes good-natured melody-driven pop songs, which often (as on New, or 2005’s Nigel Godrich-produced Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, or his electronics-driven albums as the Fireman) make an effort to keep up with contemporary production innovations. There’s a good chance you knew that, come to think. He co-led a ’60s band called the Beatles, who were usually celebrated as leading a musical revolution (reports differ as to whether they […]