For the month of July we had the luck of listening to DJ Mustard's album, Mustard. The album had a west coast vibe with the intro taking me back to 90s r&b, sounding a little like the band Boys to Men. Although I didn't like One Take Jay's rapping, which sounds like Rapper Blueface, the intro was still a great song to vibe to. Mustard has feature artist like Roddy more »
For the month of June, I saw music from Canadian rap Drake releasing two songs, "Money in The Grave," which had beats of an old school rap song for the 90s and a decent song in "Omerta." The song isn't what I was expecting from the rapper. He did, however, make up for it with the hit song with Chris Brown's called "No Guidance." A nice summer mellow song. I more »
Ritual Howls' newest album Rendered Amor is a post punk exploration into love, loneliness and longing. Indie Music Director, Johnnie Wade delves into the album with this audio review.
Kevin Abstract takes on his latest album, ARIZONA BABY, with an approach to music that is only considered as daring. The young rapper has what some would consider a controversial past. Abstract ran away from home when he was just a teenager. When he started making music, and his music video “Empty” came out in 2016, it was only then that his Mormon family found out that he is more »
The ideas of body positivity and self love have been slowly pushing their way through mainstream music over the last few years. The concept seems clear across the board: less judgement and more acceptance. That seems easier said than done. Lizzo is here to prove with her debut album, Cuz I Love You, that she isn’t here to just talk about self love, she’s ready to break the glass ceiling. more »
It is safe to say that Alaskalaska is a band that is known to have a steady stream of unique pop-jazz singles, their debut album The Dots has become an eagerly awaited release. This album consists of twelve tracks and is full of the bands unique trademark. Lead vocalist and guitarist, Lucinda John-Duarte’s vocals are a bit different from the beginning to the end of this album. The song "Monster" more »
The band, Big Thief, recently released their album called "U.F.O.F." This album was recorded at a cabin in Washington state. This was the first time they felt as thought they had a break several years of continuous touring which also helped them create an adoring audience. Big Thief decided to take a slightly different route with this album by not really talking about things such as extraterrestrials, stating that this more »
The band, Vampire Weekend have came a very long way from students one year, to festival headliners the next. Imagine that! They are known to mix up a number of different genres such as digital dancehall, string sections, Latin punk and raga. Their motivation came from them growing up listening to punk and hardcore, but they never could really get a feel for it. Over the years, the band grew more »
Getting old in hip hop is rarely considered good. More often than not, new rappers seek to gain attention, fame, and dominate the charts in a way they claim their predecessors couldn’t. Occasionally though, we get to see an artist truly find their footing with age. ScHoolboy Q shows that being a 32 year old hip hop artist isn’t old or irrelevant. The L.A. rapper shows that his desires with more »
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