Now Playing Ep 2: Indie Rockers
Now Playing is a blog highlighting three different emerging or lesser known artists each week that have released exciting new music in 2020. Each week will follow a specific theme varying from genre specific t...
Now Playing Ep 1: Solo Female Artists
Now Playing is a blog highlighting three different emerging or lesser known artists each week that have released exciting new music in 2020. Each week will follow a specific theme varying from genre specific t...
Lana Del Rey bends over backwards for fans with new audiobook
Lana Del Rey. Oh, Lana Del Rey, elegant, cool, collected queen and master of the sultry pop scene. That’s if I can narrowly restrict her to a genre for the sake of simplicity, because her music is simply indes...
COIN creates a dreamland of their own
By Sasha Goldblatt
On February 21, 2020 COIN released their third full length album, Dreamland. It follows the typical uplifting, love-focused themes that COIN enjoys dwelling on, but still contains some of...
What does social distancing mean for the music industry?
It’s an unprecedented time in the music industry. Concert venues across the country have shut down indefinitely due to COVID-19, leaving thousands of artists without work and millions of fans with no access to...
Nightwish continues to dominate the soundscape of symphonic metal
By Ally Urban
Special thanks to Sonja for all her help in writing this review.
When I first started listening to Nightwish back in 2015, I was completely transfixed by their incredibly unique sound. Flo...
The Strokes return with a new LP for a new generation
By Kyle Jackson
The Strokes are a band defined by the personalities of the members. When a new album comes out, the music changes with the lives of each of them. The New Abnormal is perhaps the most impacte...
Inner Wave balances funk, electronic, and bedroom pop on new EP
By Kyle Jackson
Inner Wave has never been a stranger to experimenting with digital implementation in their recordings. Previous work like Six AM expressed the group's affinity for the abnormal instrumental ...
Myrkur’s “Folkesange” blends atmospheric folk with black metal
By Ally Urban
It’s been a long time since I’ve sat in the album reviewer’s seat, but I’m incredibly glad to be back at it! As an added bonus, the album I’ll be reviewing today is particularly fantastic.
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Crisp, clean, precise: “It Is What It Is” is a mix of all things Thundercat
By Faisal Rajan
I remember reading a Hannibal Burress interview where he said that everyone who reviews music should give some context of what they were doing when they listened to the album, because as he ...