Album Review: Cosmo’s Midnight Take Me Back To Yesteryear

Do people want to dance? This is the question BTS answered with their rocketing success in “Dynamite.” A global pandemic is a weird time to…

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: Nasty C Is The Zulu Man With Some Power

Releasing his debut and representing for South Africa, Nasty C’s debut Zulu Man With Some Power blends South African music with a range of genres…

Album Review: Katy Perry Comes Back With A Bigger “Smile

Sometimes, I am SHOOKETH by people who HATE on Katy Perry, of which my sole conclusion is that it is because she is the essence…

Album Review: Sam Fischer Is Doing His “Homework” About Life

The reason we love artists like Ed Sheeran or Sam Smith is not just because they have incredible, distinct voices. It is because they sing…

Album Review: Bel Begins Her Trilogy With “T1”

In the first of a trilogy of EPs, T1,  BEL solidifies that she is not your Casper; while her powerful voice ghosts over rhythms, she…

Album Review: Aluna Is Having Her “Renaissance”

It happens in every young woman’s life, especially when she tips over the mid-twenties; we seek a Renaissance. Realizing that dreams either A) don’t come…

Album Review: Galimatias Is A Renaissance Boy

Listening to Galimatias’ debut, Renaissance Boy, out August 28, I was transported. A cloud came and picked me up, offered me golden headphones personally made…

Album Review: Protoje Is In Search of Lost Time

As a Caribbean gal, I have to say Reggae is MY VIBE. It is a spiritual frequency that reverbs within my heart to remind me…

Album Review: Angel Olsen Is A “Whole New Mess”

There is something dangerous about a dream come true. Somehow, the way reality strikes a dream makes it less “dreamy.” In our minds, a goal…

Album Review: Disclosure Are Coming With The “Energy”

Forget “mood” or “vibes!” Come with the ENERGY! Mood and vibes are for aesthetics and atmosphere, but energy is for a frequency; a force so…

Album Review: Wafia Makes You See The “Good Things” About Life

I remember seeing Wafia’s first show in New York, and feeling like this young woman is not only a star but should be, which is…

Album Review: Mulatto Is The Queen of Da Souf

In a week where every man from the depths of the ocean, including the sea monster known as Tucker Carlson, has decided to discuss “WAP,”…

Album Review: Bryce Vine Has Problems

Bryce Vine has problems like everyone else, and his music is starting to reflect it. On his new EP, Problems, he turns the dial down…

Album Review: Lewis Del Mar Set Up The Mood For August

I remember seeing Lewis Del Mar perform, and feeling like they represented everything that is MOOD. Music has always been able to set a mood,…