If you're expecting a traditional electronic album with deep thrashing bass and lyrics talking about "poppin' molly" from Jamie xx's debut solo album, then you're in for a surprise, and a damned good one at that. Producer Jamie Smith, best known as part of The xx (a band that I believe is extremely underappreciated), has been…
This startlingly dark, lustrous EP kicks off with "Figure 8," and I have to say that I am entranced already. At the start of this stunning video (linked below), you will hear Twigs' gorgeous, soothing voice layered over the visuals of what I can only describe as an inky, dark, female anglerfish mixed with Ursula…
With a seemingly endless list of influences, Dan Croll's debut album, Sweet Disarray, is a wonderful amalgamation of songs. When I first heard Dan Croll's debut album, Sweet Disarray, I was in a folk stage of my life. It didn't help that I worked for an alternative radio station at the time either. And while a few songs…
Pure Heroine is an achievement in production and songwriting. Lorde proves herself to be one of our generations voices with one of the greatest debuts of the decade. Based on festival scheduling this year, it looks like we will finally be getting that long-awaited second Lorde album. Ever since her debut Pure Heroine dropped, people have…
Get "Blurryface" on vinyl or MP3 download on Amazon! If you know me, or don't know me since I'm so vocal about it, you know that twenty one pilots is one of my favorite bands of all time. From their self-released self-titled to "Regional at Best" to "Vessel," there is really not much they've done…
out of 10 For those of you who like Jazz, I commend you. It's one of the genres that's a passing fancy nowadays, dominated only by big, dead names like John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and others. I grew up listening to jazz, it was my first genre I ever…
out of 10 The fact that the Black Keys are around in the music world and they continue to sell out stadiums and records with an old-school sound is appalling to me. It's not because they're bad or anything, but it's because I don't think a lot of people in this…
In a folk scene in threat of becoming stagnant in the face of major label commercialization, even Mumford & Sons are trying to reinvent themselves. Nobody wants to listen to the same Lumineers song over and over again, but if you’re the kind of music listener who just needs an acoustic guitar and some raw,…
Neon Indian has basically remained consistent throughout all their albums and Alan Palomo has been able to pump up the quality of each one immensely. Their debut, Psychic Chasms, was a warm, summery dive into the emergence of chillwave. A few years later, he revealed his second album, Era Extrana, and remained steadfast that their 80s synths and…
The Dead Weather has to be Jack White's 6,798th project if we take into account how active he's been in recent years, but what makes this different is that it's not just himself taking the reins and singing and doing all the production; it's members of The Kills, Queens of the Stone Age and The…
