Gilbert Wolfe, Author at Rumor Control

$The artwork for Peter Gabriel's single "Been Undone," featuring a fractal, branching design similar to a human brain.$

Peter Gabriel – Been Undone (Dark-Side Mix)

...Gabriel's effort is both topically and musically meditative, calling attention to the mechanical complexity and humanitarian pathos of the matter at hand without devolving into the paranoia that often accompanies artistic appraisals of the looming specter of the digital future.

A photo of Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, standing in front of the ocean.

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Tame Impala – Loser

"Loser" has something of a western feel to it under the hood, characterized by a steady, almost statically insistent groove and punctuated with deliberate rhythmic strikes a la Parker's recent hit "Borderline."

a stylized photo of English musician Miles Kane made to look like a painting

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Miles Kane – Electric Flower

Fuzzed-out guitar licks drip over a strutting, lascivious beat while Kane channels Marc Bolan's sultry croon in an ode on a botanically-dubbed lover, all wrapped up in a warm layer of saturation that recalls both retro recordings, and the scores of present-day tracks made to invoke that same analog aura.

The cover of Muse's new single "Unraveling"

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Muse – Unraveling

..."Unraveling," feels like a both a culmination and an evolution of all these past iterations of Muse, merging the synthwave ventures of their later years with the guitar-driven heaviness of their earlier repertoire.

The four members of the band Wolf Alice holding their respective instruments on the cover of their single "Bloom Baby Bloom"

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Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom

Sounding something like "Moaning Lisa Smile" by way of Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Bloom Baby Bloom" delivers ferocity and reflection in equal measure.

A photo of the musician Obonjayar dancing on the cover to his single "Holy Mountain"

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Obongjayar – Holy Mountain

... OB's exultations are put forward with an delicacy found in the most effervescent indie pop. The end result feels at once relaxed and celebratory: a perfect portmanteau of Afrobeat jubilation and Indie contemplation.

The cover of Mei Semones' album "Animaru," featuring a painting of a rat's back with wings surrounded by a kaleidoscopic pattern

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Mei Semones – Animaru

... "Animaru" contains multitudes, being on the one hand as unpredictable and wild as its namesake would imply, and on another a carefully sonic opus.

A photo of musicians Haley Williams and Moses Sumney, taken from the video to the song "I Like It I Like It."

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Moses Sumney & Haley Williams – I Like It I Like It

"I Like It I Like It" is a soulful, almost sinister little helping of R&B, built on a roiling, slinky beat and a positively seductive bassline and topped with luscious, chime-like keys, plus the occasional clarion-call synth. Both singers join in reverb-drenched harmony throughout, splitting the song's two primary verses between them before ending once more in perfect tandem.

The cover of Leon Thomas and Halle's single "RATHER BE ALONE," featuring a black dog against a dark, sparse gray background

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Leon Thomas & Halle – RATHER BE ALONE

Like the desert locales it conjures, which secretly teem with life beneath a vast canopy of sky, "RATHER BE ALONE" makes so much out of so little.

A photo of Jason Statham's character "H" from the film Wrath of Man. H is bloodied and holding a gun

Film / TV

Wrath of Man: Guy Ritchie’s Action Tour De Force in Retrospective

Wrath of Man is, at its core, a revenge film par excellence, elevated above its peers in the crowded genre of action movies by a clever script, airtight plotting and a captivating non-linear narrative, centered on lead actor (and frequent Guy Ritchie collaborator) Jason Statham's role as Patrick Hill - referred to throughout the film under the given nickname "H". The continual unveiling of both Hill's past and motivations is itself a masterclass in exposition of the "show don't tell" variety.

Music Track of the Week

Lola Young – Conceited

With its stark, damning lyrical accusations and an arrestingly erratic groove - not to mention it's stunner of an act three twist - "Conceited" is a stormy portrait of a toxic love affair painted upon the canvas of its off-kilter and cleverly turbulent arrangement. It's also a brief and striking distillation of everything that makes its parent album - and Young's music in general - so compelling.

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Sleep Token – Emergence

"Emergence," like its creators, is difficult to sum up in simple terms.

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Kendrick Lamar – Reincarnated

Joey Wit – Rose Gold

Vinyl Station – Answer Slow (EP)

Wrath of Man: Guy Ritchie’s Action Tour De Force in Retrospective

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Peter Gabriel – Been Undone (Dark-Side Mix)

Tame Impala – Loser

Miles Kane – Electric Flower

Muse – Unraveling

Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom

Obongjayar – Holy Mountain

Mei Semones – Animaru

Moses Sumney & Haley Williams – I Like It I Like It

Leon Thomas & Halle – RATHER BE ALONE

Wrath of Man: Guy Ritchie’s Action Tour De Force in Retrospective

Lola Young – Conceited

Sleep Token – Emergence