Album Review: EMA Writes From The “Exile In The Outer Ring”

EMA’s Exile In The Outer Ring is unique in its mingling of gender politics with American working-class anxiety. Each verse and chords is dedicated to…

Album Review: Iron & Wine Celebrates 15 Musical Years In “Beast Epic”

Life is like a ferris wheel. We rise to new spaces only to come down to old ones anew. It is crazy to see how…

Album Review: Majken Shows That Being Young Is Like A “Dancing Mountain”

If you are a fan of Nico and The Velvet Underground then you will LOVE Majken. I have not seen any artist so capture the…

Album Review: Jack Cooper Makes “Sandgrown” The Feeling of Your Life

Jack Cooper’s Sandgrown is the epitome of slacker pop, and I love it. The Blackpool native captures the muggy weather of this British town, and…

Album Review: Picture This Make An Imaginative, Romantic Debut

Picture This is releasing self-titled debut, and the Irish duo is eager to make you imagine life according to their eyes. From admiring their lovers…

Album Review: The Mynabirds Ask You To “Be Here Now”

For an album called, Be Here Now, The Mynabirds have delivered in this statement. Every track is a musical grab pulling you back into the…

Album Review: Happy Abandon Make You Want To Put On Your “Facepaint”

I love new artists. It is like they are the fresh car smell of music (lol!). They bring about an excitement through their newness and…

Album Review: Widowspeak Teach You How To Truly “Expect The Best”

“How did we get here?” seems to be one of the biggest questions for any person in crisis. How did I get to this moment…

Album Review: Gordi Makes Her Heart A “Reservoir” As She Sings To Loss

Gordi’s music has always aimed for being “off”. That is the term every human uses to describe when he or she feels like life is…

Album Review: Grizzly Bear Show You The Elegance of “Painted Ruins”

Painted Ruins sounds like an interesting, imaginative concept. You can picture rubble and scraps being colorfully glazed over as organs play, and people try to…

Album Review: Weatherboy Aims For Sun In Self-Titled Debut

Funky horns, surfing guitars, twinkling keys, and bopping drums peruse through Weatherboy’s self-titled debut. For Los Angeles artist-restaurateur (and avid surfer) John Walquist and Iceland-born multi-instrumentalist/producer Ragnar Rosinkranz,…

Concert Review: A$AP Ferg Shows He Is “Still Striving” In Success

The irony of A$AP Ferg’s mixtape, Still Striving, is that, to most us, he has made it. Fame, fortune, and art define his life as…

Album Review: Myke Bogan Throws A “Pool Party” And I Am Going!

Myke Bogan is throwing a Pool Party of sound, and you are all invited. On August 18, his album, Pool Party, will be released, and the…

Album Review: Phora Shows The Meaning of Yours Truly Forever

Yours Truly Forever has to be one of the most romantic statements ever uttered. To be dedicated to someone for eternity, and trust that the…

Album Review: Camille Delean Lyrically Dances Upon “The Grey Line”

Camille Delean’s The Grey Line might be the first album where I want to ship a record to every lyrical/ contemporary dance studio. The music…