Album Review: “Blurryface” – Twenty One Pilots

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…

BADBADNOTGOOD Album Review: “III”

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…

The Black Keys “Turn Blue” Album Review

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…

Album Review: Matthew Santos – “Into the Further”

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,…

Album Review: “VEGA INTL. Night School” – Neon Indian

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…