Matt Jenko
Playlists
fresh bruises – Bring Me The Horizon – amo Album Fan Review
30 January 2019
This week I’m going to do something a little bit different (a theme which will be running heavily throughout, as you’ll soon see), and go right on ahead and do my first ever album review. And boy, what an album it is to be making my debut with…
Bring Me The Horizon — amo Album Review
30 January 2019
BMTH deserve a mountain of praise for even having the balls to do this album, never mind to have pulled it off with such finesse. It must be an incredibly fine line to walk between staying true to your own creative goals, and not alienating the people who allowed you to be in that position in the first place.
Dangerous – The xx
22 January 2019
I had such a bizarre experience recently. Unless you’re incredibly fortunate, you’ve probably heard of this little old dating app known as Tinder. I’ve used it every so often throughout my tenure as a single dude, to varying degrees of ‘success’, but for the most part I’ve treated it as a casual novelty that whiles away the time before someone of substance shows up…
Underwater – RÜFÜS DU SOL
16 January 2019
Remember the last track of 2018 when the theme was resurfacing? This week’s entry is something of a thematic precursor to what we talked about then; if Back to Earth was about overcoming the drowning feeling, then Underwater is about the experience as it’s happening…
Dreamer – Livin’ Joy
9 January 2019
Hello hello, welcome back and happy new year, all that good tidings and thank God Christmas is finally over! I hope you’ve all been sticking to your New Years resolutions; I know I have, I had a to-do list the size of my arm coming into January and I’ve managed to whittle it down to one, albeit mighty, item left to tackle…
Back to Earth – HOUNDTRACK
18 December 2018
Last year, I was in a deep state of depression that was fueled by a crippling anxiety. It got so bad that in the summer I had to take six weeks off from work, and I felt like I was completely falling apart from the inside…
Rave Alert – Justin Mylo, SWACQ
11 December 2018
Hoo boy, I’ve been excited about this track ever since the mix-cut first materialised on Hardwell on Air. To fully understand why, let’s journey back (pretend the screen’s gone all wavy like we’re doing a flashback… Go on, it’s fun! )…
Keep Her Close – ODESZA
5 December 2018
If you were to ask me how I felt about Christmas, I’d say I’m a fan of it sure, but only in a very subtle, modest way. Y’know, the way it used to be back when it still meant something more than stress and ostentatious lighting…
Drama Free – deadmau5, Lights
28 November 2018
Lately I’ve been having these bizarre pangs of existential confusion, and I have to tell you kids, it’s pretty bloody weird.
I’m 27 with a fairly decent job and enough freedom to focus on my creative goals, but there’s this insidious little voice in my head that recently has been getting loud enough to hear over the other nonsensical bullshit that rattles around in this old noggin of mine…
Origin – Far Out
14 November 2018
If there’s one thing I look for in a track above all else, it’s a powerful sense of story. I don’t just mean that the lyrics really capture an emotion – often the most vivid songs are the one that use no words. What I’m talking about is a track that builds a soundscape right before your very ears,…
Shelter – Porter Robinson, Madeon
30 October 2018
The problem with most ‘happy’ music, to put it simply, is that far too often it’s far too sweet to be palatable; like eating pure marzipan or mainlining sucrose directly into your brainstem, you’re typically left feeling nauseated and filled with regret at allowing yourself to go through such an ordeal…
Happiness – Sagan
23 October 2018
*Villains Beware: the following content is not suitable for those of a malevolent disposition*
Earlier this year, Andrew and I attempted an experiment. For a whole month, we swapped playlists, completely entrusting one to run the other’s list in a way that stayed true to the central theme but also putted an added twist on the existing paradigm…