Email Author MT Richards

2012 Stories by MT Richards

• New Year's Eve with Kendrick Lamar

  published December 27, 2012

  Like Porcupine Tree’s Fear of a Blank Planet, Kendrick Lamar’s self-explanatorily titled Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City is about children... More >>

• Action Bronson

  published June 7, 2012

  Here’s the skinny on rotund rapper Action Bronson: he’s a culinary enthusiast by day and an MC by night, recording fastidiously... More >>

• Youth Lagoon

  published April 5, 2012

  Don't ask Youth Lagoon's Trevor Powers to paint a vulgar picture. His PG-rated tunes conflate gentle-breezing optimism with reverberant pianos and... More >>

• Dirty Ghosts

  published February 23, 2012

  Don’t be fooled by the branding statement on Aesop Rock’s resume that reads “hip-hop producer,” Aesop has no use for the... More >>

• Class Actress

  published February 9, 2012

  You’ve got to prove your love to Class Actress frontwoman Elizabeth Harper. This dance-pop wunderkind sings like the Madonna of “Into... More >>

• Starfucker

  published January 5, 2012

  Raunchily named bands shone bright in 2011 (see Fucked Up and Holy Fuck). Portland’s Starfucker encountered more potholes than their... More >>