![]() ![]() Oddly enough, Pop’s wobbly voice sounds a lot like his dearly departed friend Bowie these days, focusing on campy theatrics for the lounge-y/spooky “American Valhalla,” which grafts a breezy vibraphone onto a suffocating Queens of the Stone Age bass lump. So even with the presence of “Chocolate Drops,” Post Pop Depression helps Pop and his producer-sideman in equal measure, and it’s one of the better recent releases from both. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Pop’s increasingly box-checking discography veers dangerously close to novelty, and could use a bit of seriousness if he’s ever gonna pull off that elder statesman thing. But despite Grohl-level (and often Grohl-linked) social capital, he rarely comes off like he’s having much fun on his own records. He’s the rockist you can trust, greater than the sum of his parts. At this point Homme may be as iconic as Pop though, a stand-in for progressive guitar-defaulters everywhere: smart enough to troll homophobes with his band’s name, self-involved enough to not try to hit a “No One Knows” out of the park every time. ![]() Despite the cyclical critical and commercial success of an album called friggin’ … Like Clockwork - an album you still can’t hum anything from - Josh Homme sunk a whole lot of style into Lullabies to Paralyze, Era Vulgaris, and his Them Crooked Vultures one-off, and not so many hooks. Those guys haven’t been that great that often either. While not quite as high-concept as the above-named, Post Pop Depression is another pairing with new jacks, in this case a couple Queens of the Stone Age. Somehow the reunion with his seminal proto-punk band managed to be worse than all of these, and the fake reunion with their only other currently living member managed to be better. Like Elvis Costello or Neil Young or even ( sometimes) Dylan, Pop’s become the guy who does This Album and then That Album: the one pairing him with new pop-punk acts, the one with Medeski Martin and Wood, the one with the French title and jazz pretensions… actually there were two of those. That says more about Iggy Pop’s last four decades than any review possibly could: He can sing about coprophilia in 2016 and it really won’t make anyone look up. Like much of Pop’s recent output, it Just Is. It combines when-life-gives-you-lemons rhetoric with milk-milk-lemonade logistics, and it’s neither out of place nor particularly funny. Iggy Poop! Post Poop Depression! But no, really. His 17 th solo album, Post Pop Depression, adds “Chocolate Drops” to that deep-thought parade, which is about poop eating. Song titles have included “Pussy Walk,” “Butt Town,” and “DDs.” Luke shuddering at the un-Auto-Tune-able 65-year-old sullying his bloodless mix. Among Pop’s duet partners were the long-missed Jemina Pearl, B-52s’ up-for-anything Kate Pierson, the not-always-forgettable Sum 41, and Kesha - imagine Dr. Has he made another album as good as his first five? No, but 2013’s Scott Asheton reunion Ready to Die (billed as the Stooges, because nothing means anything) was as good as any other meat he’s thrown us over the last 39 years, and few rock stars can say they’ve had as much fun across the past four straight decades. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.Īny changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel.It’s absurd to cavil about the loss of Iggy Pop’s “rawness.” Whatever you wanted from him, you either got in 1969 ( okayyyy), or 1973, or 1977, or you decided to keep listening. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. ![]()
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