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Posts By: Philip McSweeney
Modern Vampires of the City: First Impressions
Contributors Elise Munden and Philip McSweeney give you the track-by-track play-by-play of Vampire Weekend’s latest album. McSweeney’s on odds, Munden’s on evens. Read more »
My Infatuation with The Infatuations
Marías’ latest is a delight and a revelation, concurrently tugging at your heartstrings and engaging your grey matter. Read more »
The Downlow
Salient’s guide to upcoming releases, so you too can remain on the button and enter the upper echelons of music snobbery. Read more »
Life is a Veil of Tears
Philip chats with the Veils’ frontman Finn Andrews about, among other things, their new album. Read more »
Feminism I Love You (But You’re Bringing Me Down)
I have become disillusioned with feminism as it is conventionally expressed. My faith is waning, constantly put to the test by self-aggrandising sentiments and parochial critique. Read more »
I Just Want Four Walls and Adobe Slabs for Girls
Girls isn’t just of interest because it’s an innovative, shit-on-my-cock-this-is-great show (although it is), but because no other show in recent memory has generated as much discourse. Read more »
The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake’s (or, as I affectionately refer to him: JT <3) new album, The 20/20 ...Read more »
Music Introduction!
Hello newcomers! It’s always delightful seeing fresh faces as yet ungrizzled by the demands of ...Read more »
The Emperor’s New Clothes
A right royal foray into wellington’s men’s bathhouse and sauna. My sojourn into Emperor’s Bathhouse ...Read more »
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