The Year’s Best Music Moments: A Mix of Performances, Videos and Song Snippets That We Just Really Loved
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ySrD4ilf4
Best Scream: “Screeeee-AGGGGGHHHHHHCZCHHHHK!” from Pharmakon’s “Intent or Instinct”
A lot of terrible shit happened in 2014, both internationally and domestically, on scales that were painfully personal or face-numbing in their enormity. Not much music released this year was able to face up to all that strife it in a clear-eyed, articulate way. But maybe that’s the wrong approach? A blood-flecked primal growl might be the best-phrased response. This is Margaret Chardiet’s finest scream, from the year she became the finest screamer in music. –JK
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