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Chemtrails Over the Country Club leaves other albums in the dust

April 20, 2021

By Ally Urban and Amanda Brocki Dedicated fans of Lana Del Rey know that the queen of the sultry pop music scene has a knack for creating cinematic quality musical masterpieces. “Chemtrails Over the Country...

COIN creates a dreamland of their own

Sasha Goldblatt

May 6, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

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...

Nightwish continues to dominate the soundscape of symphonic metal

WHUS Staff

April 23, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

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

WHUS Staff

April 17, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

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

WHUS Staff

April 16, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

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

WHUS Staff

April 7, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

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. ...

Crisp, clean, precise: “It Is What It Is” is a mix of all things Thundercat

WHUS Staff

April 5, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

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 ...

#1 Dads sets the precedent for underground songwriting

WHUS Staff

March 20, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

By Kyle Jackson #1 Dads is the solo project of Big Scary’s lead man Tom Iansek. Iansek has been known all across Australia for his groundbreaking atmospheric pop production and artistry over the past two de...

070 Shake Brings Hip-Hop to a New Level

Sasha Goldblatt

March 10, 2020

Album Review, Music

By Sasha Goldblatt “Modus Vivendi” is a Latin phrase that translates to “mode of living” or “way of life.” 070 Shake’s first official album expresses a way of life that revolves around recovering from heart...

Yung Gravy and bbno$ collab on “Baby Gravy 2”

WHUS Staff

March 6, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

By Kyle Jackson Minnesota native Yung Gravy and Canadian native bbno$ have been friends for as long as their careers have existed. The duo finally decided to collaborate on another project after the release...

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