Albums of The Year: Rich Jones Gives You A Shoulder To Lean On

In culminating the year, I am setting up the standout album of 2018. Rich Jones’ The Shoulder To Lean On is a clear reminder that…

Album Review: NVDES Creates A Sonic Comic With Vibe City Utah

I love NVDES. His music feels like it was made in thousands of barrels of sugar, mountain dew, an pixie dust. You, literally, want to…

Album Review: Swizz Beatz Releases “Poison”

Swizz Beatz’ Poison is the encapsulation of a man who has created a career building others. Swizz Beatz is a rapper, but he is also…

Album Review: Mikky Ekko Shows The Rise And Pitfall of FAME

On FAME, Ekko comments, “The album is me finding my way through a labyrinth and the emotions I experienced along the way. Anyone can fake…

Album Review: Ciaran Lavery Fights Life’s Sweet Decay

The soul is a tricky thing because you never lose it. Instead, it is divided between your spirit and your ego, of which life is…

Album Review: Robyn Show Dancing Is Love In “Honey”

From it’s very beginning, Robyn’s Honey makes you feel like you have walked into a club in Europe or Scandinavia . You are in the…

Album Review: Lukas Graham Grows Up In 3 (The Purple Album)

Lukas Graham’s 3 (The Purple Album) is his most mature record yet. If his previous ones were about a young guy trying to find his…

Album Review: Julia Holter’s Aviary Absorbs A Melting World

You ever feel like you are the only one that feels? Like you are looking at a room full of people, and wondering, “Where is…

Album Review: Say Lou Lou Find An “Immortelle” Identity

I love melodramas because, in an odd way, they are emotionally honest. In perspective, a situation is minute, but, in emotion, especially if present, it…

Albums of October: Nao Takes You To Saturn

Saturn, as an ancient symbol, is often associated with time and harvest; the idea that the seeds you sow culminate into what you reap. Nao’s…

Album Review: Farao Is Addicted To Love In Pure-O

‘Pure-O’, Farao’s second album, is a prog-pop exposition on the curious dichotomy between beauty and destructiveness in sex and relationships. For the young singer, love…

Album Review: Papercuts’ Parallel Universe Blues Helps You Move

Are we creatures of habit? Part of the reason it is so hard to heal old wounds or behavioral flaws is because we get used…

Album Review: Elle King Will “Shake The Spirit” of Love Within You

Elle King’s voice could summon spirits. Honestly, she could lead American Horror Story: Coven with that vocality, and Shake The Spirit is her most confident…

Album Review: Jessie Reyez Opens Up On “Being Human In Public”

I KNEW I was going to like Jessie Reyez’s EP, Being Human In Public. On title alone, I felt won over. I knew her drawling,…

Album Review: Robert DeLong Is Giving Apocalyptic Pop In See You In The Future

Let’s Be Honest! Between the global dying of democracy and the rising of climate change, it is safe to say that most of us just…