Anyone who’s been keeping up with pop music over the last few months has undoubtedly heard the 80’s-reminiscent powerhouse track known as “Can’t Feel My Face” by the oddly-haired singer and songwriter known as The Weeknd (And yes, that’s without an ‘e’.) Despite releasing nine mixtapes in 2011, and releasing his debut album entitled Kiss […]
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Album Review: The Maine’s “American Candy”
They’re back. The band that brought you timeless classics like “Girls Do What They Want” and “We’ll All Be” just released their fifth studio album on March 31, 2015. It’s called “American Candy.” The second I heard “Miles Away,” the first track, I had high expectations for the rest of the album. And those expectations […]
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Album Review: Xavier Rudd’s “Nanna”
Xavier Rudd is a folk artist from Australia who has dabbled in a variety of genres, and he has proven himself as an extremely talented and unorthodox multi-instrumentalist since he began his career in the early 2000s. His most recent release “Nanna” is a collaboration with other musicians from around the world, forming the appropriately […]
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Album Review: Big Data’s “2.0”
Today, the average person relies heavily on their technology, using it for everything; from doing your taxes to finding your soul mate. So what do you do when you’re hit by the sudden realization that the human experience is being changed drastically by technology? You make an upbeat, electronic music album of course! This is […]
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Album Review: Charlie Parr’s “Stumpjumper”
Charlie Parr is a country-blues artist out of Minnesota. He already has over a dozen albums under his belt, and in his most recent album, “Stumpjumper,” his experience and comfort behind his various string instruments and the microphone is clear. There is an unhesitant confidence in every string plucked and word sung, and the album […]
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Album Review: Purity Ring’s “Another Eternity”
When an artist makes a truly breakthrough debut album very often anticipation builds for a follow up endeavor that rivals the first in song structure, lyrical content, and pacing. Most sophomore albums go over well but in some cases show that the band was nothing more than a one hit wonder. When Canadian Electro-pop duo […]
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Album Review: Father John Misty’s “I Love You Honeybear”
If you did not know any better, you might be assuming this is a review of an ordained priest, singing glorious hymns of worship, faith, and vocalizing stories of the past. If you know nothing about Father John Misty, otherwise known as Joshua Tillman, you are probably not far off in your assumptions. Since the […]
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Album Review: One Direction’s “FOUR”
The recently released album from the popular boy band, One Direction, has hit the stores just in time for all of the hormonal teenage girls to add to their wish list this holiday season. Admittedly, I am one of those people, although not hormonal or a girl. But I am a fan of theirs. With […]
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Album Preview: Loretta Lynn’s Multi-Record Deal
Mrs. Country Music, Loretta Lynn, is back in town and ready to go. Recently signing a multi-record deal with Legacy Recordings after a decade. According to Mrs. Lynn and Rolling Stone, she has new music up her sleeve and is going to be reintroducing some of her finest tunes to the listening audience to fall […]
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October 2019 Album Round-Up
Welcome to a new monthly series where I display most of the albums that have been released in the last month and explain just a bit about some more notable ones. October 2019 was an alright month for the music industry. We saw some major names like Summer Walker, Mike Posner, Becky G., Cigarettes After […]