Album of The Month: Jhené Aiko’s “Trip” Is A Beautiful Guide To Grieving And Loving Again

At 22 tracks, Jhené Aiko’s Trip is a psychedelic nose-dive into the much needed but much procrastinated desire to grieve. At least most of us…

Concert Review: Relationship Advice According To India Shawn

I’m very chill or, at least, I want to be. I want to lie in love like one would under sun; simply absorbing its rays…

Artist Close-Up: Fousheé Has A Time Machine, Come Join!

On the heels of the moody R&B that has enraptured us this 2020, thanks to the likes of SZA, Jhene Aiko, and Summer Walker, Fousheé…

Album Review: Saint Bodhi Escorts Yo To Her “Mad World”

Saint Bodhi is living in a Mad World, and, frankly, so are we all. Anyone else feeling pandemic brain or election anxiety? The tragedy is…

Album Review: Nectar Makes You Want To Joji And Chill

I once described Joji’s sound like Jhene Aiko going to a strip club: spiritual, carnal, and sensually chill. He makes you want to sage with…

Artist Close-Up: Elaine Will Put You In Your Elements

The way Elaine sings, you just want to light a scented candle, run a bubble bath, and forget, for a moment, that THERE IS A…

Film Review: Pete Davidson Is The King of Staten Island

I love comedies that are willing to get dark. Ones that, for all the laughs, allow the audience to understand some things aren’t funny or,…

Quarantine Diaries #4: Toxic Love = Toxic Goals (With A Vibec Playlist)

If sad songs make us emotionally explode towards heartbreak, chiller songs makes us vibe with Love’s toxicity. From Kehlani to Jhene Aiko, I could LIVE…

Album of The Month: Now More Than Ever, We Need Some Chilombo

Infusing crystal alchemy singing bowls into the entire album, Jhené Aiko’s Chilombo is absolutely an embodiment of the healing this world is going to need.…

Concert Review: Ali Gatie Has Devout Fans At Bowery Ballroom

From fake tickets to fake I.D.’s, Bowery Ballroom was packed with tweens and young adults eager to see “The Gatie” or rather Ali Gatie. I…

Artists of 2020: Anna Of The North WILL CONQUER

I begin my fan-girling over Anna of The North by declaring that her album, Dream Girl, was one of the best of last year. I…

Concert Review: Sasha Sloan Gathers The Sad Girls At Webster Hall

Sasha Sloan is rising as a megastar and she is doing it like Phoebe Bridgers, Jhene Aiko, and Billie Eillish have: by acknowledging women get…

Concert Review: Lonr Gains A Following At SOB’s

Lonr. gave the briefest set I have ever seen, but that did not mean it was unimpressive. To the contrary, it was like a burst…

Concert Review: Rexx Life Raj Is A King In Chelsea

I am going to come clean here. I wanted to see Rexx Life Raj because he was Kehlani approved, and she is one of my…

Concert Review: Catfish And The Bottlemen Storm The Hammerstein

I was extremely excited and curious to see Catfish And The Bottlemen because people ARE FANS of theirs. I am talking “Catfish-heads” and proud “Bottlemen.”…