Diandra Reviews Good Music For The Weekend Playlist #18

It may be stormy weather, but these tracks are bright. Enjoy the weekend with these new artists sunny tracks as you combat Hermine. Enjoy!

Album Review: Lowell Captures Youth In Part 1: Paris YK

Can music feel good? Hmmmm. Can music feel so instantly right that mentally you mark it as a pleasure point? Idk. Yet, when I heard…

Album Review: Caleborate Makes You Celebrate Like Its “1993”

Blessed with an affinity for wordplay and a compelling sing-song cadence, Caleborate’s1993 combines nostalgia for the 23-year-old rapper’s childhood with reflections on modern life. The…

Artist Close-Up: We Are Z Are Punk-Funk Fabulous!

INTRODUCING We-Are-Z a four-part French, one-part Anglo-Italian avant-garde rock group presenting themselves as the perfect post-Brexit act! These rebel rockers prove the greatness that comes…

Song Review : Early Hours’ Into The Wilderness Reminds You Of Young Love’s Honesty

Into The Wilderness is fresh, fun, and filled with a light-hearted sound. From its very beginning, the song makes you want to run through a…

Album Review: Angel Olsen Is Every Woman In “My Woman”

Nowadays, trying to make your mark on the music industry is a divided effort. You are either especially original or a micro-version of another artist.…

Song Review: Tayla Slays As She Asks Listeners To “Call Me Danger”.

Hailing from Birmingham, UK, Tayla Malcolm has created a summer jam that ends the sun-filled season with a bang. Her new track, Call Me Danger…

Song Review: Morgxn’s “Love You With The Lights On” Literally Sounds Like Sex

Morgxn is the newest, rising artist to strike electro-soul. Music has always been used to ignite physical attraction and the Nashville native’s  debut “Love You…

Film Review: The 9th Life of Louis Drax Is A Fantastical Look Into A Troubled Childhood

Louis Drax is smarter than most kids, and wittier than most adults. He is uniquely perceptive to his surroundings, which builds the mystery over why…

Concert Review: Laura Mvula Sounds Like Virtual Heaven At National Sawdust

If electro-soul, funk, and R&B were mixed into a virtual swirl, Mvula’s sound would arise, but you’d have to go to Heaven to find her…

Film Review: The Light Between Oceans Will Make You Ugly Cry

‘ Alright, I am going to admit something here….. I did not expect The Light Between Oceans to be good. There I said it! The…

Album Review: Glass Animals “How To Be A Human Being” Is A Musical Storybook

Glass Animals’ How To Be A Human Being is rocket-ship attempt to peal back the labels of humanity and observe its layers. In 11 tracks,…

Artist Close-Up: Shaed Offers Makes You Want To Run Through Fields and Thunder

SHAED is a head-bobbing pop trio comprised of multi-instrumentalist twin brothers Max and Spencer Ernst and powerhouse vocalist Chelsea Lee. Lee’s vocals weave divinely through…

Festival Review #2: Afropunk Makes Me Sonically/ Socially Conscious

Let Me Just Dive Right Into My Sunday FAVES! Shall we? Gallant First, let me thank Afropunk for having signs like these! It is as…

Festival Review #1: Afropunk Turns Commodore Barry Park Into A Music Haven

Afropunk had to have been one of coolest festivals I have been to, and I have been to several. Its ability to turn Commodore Barry…