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Lily Moayeri
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Lily Moayeri has been writing about music since 1992. Based in Los Angeles, she is a major contributor to The Guerilla Guide To Music, a textbook used at University of Westminster in London, England. Her writings are aggregated on her blog, pictures-of-lily.com, named after the Who song that used to mortify her when she was younger, but that she loves now.
Given that so many people contribute to our yearly best-of lists, it’s hard to get a glance at an individual’s…
Jamie Lidell has been moving toward the pure soul sounds of his latest album, Building A Beginning, since his first…
Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…
M.I.A.’s albums have always served as her political soapboxes. Her latest—and purportedly last—AIM, is no different.…
Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…
The vintage vibes of Michael Kiwanuka’s 2012 folk-soul-jazz debut album, Home Again, struck a cross-generational…
Having officially passed 2016’s midway point—look for a catch-up guide on the year’s best releases soon—the new…
Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…
Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…
Over the course of three decades and 11 albums, Scotland’s Primal Scream can do no wrong in the eyes of its…
Over a decade since Panic! At The Disco’s emergence, central figure Brendon Urie stands alone as the sole remaining…
Around the time Guy Lawrence (the older Disclosure sibling) was toddling about and before Howard Lawrence (the…
The Vaccines have always made a concerted effort to create the most timeless version of garage rock. For their third…
Noel Gallagher has released a new album, Chasing Yesterday, which means there’s a media onslaught of witty…
You can find the first part of this Inventory here.
Mark Ronson gets more attention as a producer for what he brings to, and out of, other musicians than for his own…
Sam Smith’s vocal input on Disclosure’s “Latch” is undeniably a large component of what made it an international…
The collaboration of experimental super-producer Brian Eno and Underworld’s unconstrained vocalist Karl Hyde for the…
Foster The People garnered such astronomical success with its debut, the chockfull of goodness Torches, heralded by…