Patrick Lyons
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Portland, OR, United States
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Young Thug's Breakthrough Mixtape '1017 Thug' Came Out 10 Years Ago Today
Young Thug is not an alien. He’s not a “post-verbal” pioneer, a mumble rapper, a genderqueer revolutionary, a gambling addict with an eating disorder, a crime lord, or our lord and savior. Without fail, people twist their takes into grotesque balloon animals when trying to wrestle with Young Thug’s groundbreaking presence. Critics, commenters, Lyor Cohens, and cops rarely have any idea what to… → Read More
Queens Of The Stone Age's 'Songs For The Deaf' Turns 20
You’re trapped in a sweltering van with two of the worst imaginable human beings, driving east on the worst stretch of highway California has to offer, and one by one, all the good radio stations are fading to static. “I know it smell crazy in there” doesn’t even begin to cover it. → Read More
Darkside Interview: Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington On Their New Album 'Spiral'
Remember Psychic, Darkside’s absolute banger of a debut album? Arriving in fall 2013, on the heels of a summer that was kicked off by massively popular, unabashedly nostalgic Daft Punk and Disclosure albums, Psychic offered that same big-tent vibe, but in a more mercurial, genre-bending fashion. Darkside synthesized the eclectic interests of electronic wunderkind Nicolás Jaar and virtuosic jazz… → Read More
'Leaves Turn Inside You' At 20: Unwound's Finale Might Be Post-Hardcore's Logical Endpoint
Unwound's finale was a challenging statement album that might mark post-hardcore's logical endpoint. → Read More
The Weeknd's 'House Of Balloons' 10th Anniversary Review
The Weeknd must have been genetically engineered by music bloggers. Not the current, chart-topping, Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show-performing version of the Weeknd, but the Weeknd of 2011, who sang like a siren beckoning listeners to smash into the rocky crags of depravity, whose identity was such a mystery that some journalists were still referring to the Abel Tesfaye solo project as a “group”… → Read More
Dynamite Hack's "Boyz In The Hood" Paved The Way For 20 Years Of Awful Acoustic Rap Covers
"Some people tell me I’m a genius… that I’m forcing white America to listen to the problems of black America, that I’m tricking them into listening to the song → Read More
Destroyer 'Have We Met' Interview: Dan Bejar On His Attempt At "Computer Music"
It’s been said before, quite possibly about every album Destroyer’s released in the past 15 years, but the latest, Have We Met, is a very different Destroyer → Read More
Tinashe "Songs For You" (Review)
Tinashe has regained control over her career, and it shows on 'Songs For You.' Tinashe finally, for the course of a full album, sounds like herself again. In... → Read More
Man On The Moon Turns 10
Last month, Travis Scott released Look Mom I Can Fly, a documentary centered around his blockbuster 2018 album Astroworld. The film spends a good deal of its → Read More
Scary Funny: How DaBaby Remains Intimidating While Cracking Jokes
A look at DaBaby's unique breed of gangster rap, which relies on humor as much as it does on malice. DaBaby is hilarious. In his videos he's cosplayed Chuck Norris' character from Walker Texas Ranger, told a cop to download his mixtape, played a mailman, and given an in-depth explanation for why he ... → Read More
The 10 Best Drake Loosies Not On "Care Package"
Drake bundled some of his best-loved b-sides into a 'Care Package' for fans, but here are some that he missed. Last Thursday night, Drake semi-surprise dropp... → Read More
Top Tracks: Bryson Tiller's "Blame" Has A Monster Week
Besting several other huge tracks, Bryson Tiller's 'Blame' is our #1 of the week. Since bursting onto the scene in 2015 with the breakout hit TrapSoul, Bryson Tiller hasn't made quite the splash in the industry as some initially thought he would. 2017 follow-up True To Self went gold, sure, but that... → Read More
Top Tracks: NBA Youngboy's "4 Sons Of A King" Hits #1
NBA Youngboy claims this week's crown with '4 Sons of a King.' NBA Youngboy is the king of Youtube, where he regularly racks up millions of views in mere days, and often appears at the top of the video site's weekly charts. Elsewhere, he's had slightly less success— not exactly a household nam... → Read More
Top Tracks: Tory Lanez, Quavo & Tyga Debut At #1 With "Broke Leg"
Tory Lanez's Quavo and Tyga-assisted new single, 'Broke Leg,' slaughters the competition on its way to a #1 debut. Throughout his career, Tory Lanez has been... → Read More
Tyler, The Creator "IGOR" Review
Tyler leans even further into psychedelic R&B and delivers an album whose execution can't match its ambition. 'I hate wasted potential,' states comedian Jerr... → Read More
Top Tracks: Jeezy's "Suge" Freestyle Is Crowned #1
We're late, but here's our new edition of Top Tracks. Jeezy scores his first solo #1 in years with a freestyle over DaBaby's 'Suge.' Is DaBaby's 'Suge' going... → Read More
Top Tracks: DJ Mustard's Mega Posse Cut "100 Bands" Debuts At #1
'100 Bands,' DJ Mustard's star-studded new single featuring YG, 21 Savage, Quavo, and Meek Mill, hits #1 on our weekly chart. Apart from a good chunk of YG's... → Read More
Top Tracks: Eminem & Logic's "Homicide" Torches The Competition
Logic and Eminem's new collab nabs the top spot. Elsewhere, an ongoing beef between Mozzy and Philthy Rich dominates our top ten. It was inevitable. Logic an... → Read More
Rico Nasty's "Anger Management" (Review)
Rico Nasty synthesizes her aggressive and uplifting sides, to great effect. Rico Nasty unlocked something powerful when she started yelling. The young, Balti... → Read More
Top Tracks: ScHoolboy Q's "CrasH Talk" Snatches Two Top Spots This Week
Two of our three most-viewed tracks of the week are from Schoolboy Q's just-released 'Crash Talk.' After three long years of waiting, ScHoolboy Q finally rel... → Read More