Album Review: Pop & Obachan Give Pop A Mystical Edge in “Misc. Excellence”

Pop usually has an idealic sound that is equated with Heaven, and, for many,  being mystical is that rightful blend of Heaven’s magic for human…

Album Review: Julia Jacklin’s “Don’t Let The Kids Win” Will Leave You Breathless

Every once in awhile you get a record that leaves you breathless. Julia Jacklin’s Don’t Let The Kids Win feels as if someone handed you a…

Album Review: Phantogram Brings Mischief To Music In “Three”

Phantogram’s Joshua Carter and Sarah Barthel comesoff like a duo of pop mischief. While pop music rises in the the idea of innocence, it is…

Diandra Reviews Good Music For The Week Playlist #22

I love this show, and I love my playlist. #goodstuff. Enjoy my newest weekly playlist filled with a varied collection of new artists for your…

BAM Next Wave Fest: The Hunger Is An Operatic Sociology Class

The Hunger has to have been one of them most unusual operas I have ever witnessed. I can assure you when I say this is…

Album Review: Grapell’s Love Chamber EP Is Psychedelically Darkened Love

Grapell’s Love Chamber EP feels like you entered a smokey, red-lit room with a group of wasted youth glaring at the distance to abstract feelings…

Album Review: Nick Waterhouse Is A Millennial Buddy Holly In Never Twice

Nick Waterhouse brings me back to the fun, fast-paced sounds of Buddy Holly. No, its not because he carries an odd physical semblance to the…

Album Review/ Artist Close-Up: Robert Glasper Experiment Is Coming To Bowery Ballroom

Art Science by Robert Glasper feels like a a 11 tracks of soul. Literally! I am not taking about the genre, but that of a…

Festival Review: Meadows Fest Day 2!

Meadows Fest Day 2, by now, has been heavily recorded because of Kanye’s family emergency. Yet, there were some really great performance throughout the day…

Festival Review: Meadows Fest Day 1

Meadows Fest was this past weekend, and yes it was AN EVENT! For all its ups and downs, The Weeknd’s 38the cancellation and Kanye’s “non-concert”…

Album Review: Supersilent’s 13. Is Batman Meets The Matrix In Music

Supersilent is a Norwegian band that has left the globe in awe, since1997, through their texturized music that has the ability to make you feel…

Album Review: La Sera Bring You To “Queens” With Bright Rock

My readers know I love inventing terminologies for the entertainment I review. It is my inner sociology major that makes want make up terms for…

Film Review: Masterminds Is A Modern Napoleon Dynamite

Masterminds comes out September 30, and the Zach Galifianakis film is a strange comedy to recommend, but a worthy one. The film is a star…

Album Review: MC Chris Is The King of Nerd Rap

Mc Chris has been dubbed the King of Nerd Rap through beats and rhymes that are clearly pop-culture inspired and comical in delivery. Yet, beyond…

Album Review: Mylko’s “Contrast” Shows Friends Come And Go But Music Remains

This pair of high school friends began their careers as drummers but eventually turned their attention into music production. The electric array of bouncing beats…