By Kevin Baxter Music Journalist Artist: Mr Elevator and the Brain Hotel Album: Nico & Her Psychedelic Subconscious Released Date: October 23rd, 2019 Website: https://mrelevator.bandcamp.com/ Mr Elevator and the Brain Hotel is a four-piece psychedelic rock group hailing from Los … Continue reading Mr Elevator and the Brain Hotel: Nico & Her Psychedelic Subconscious Album Review
By Megan Gallagher Music Journalist As an avid music admirer, I am curious about the magic of music, as is anyone that surfs blogs for music content! Thus, I wanted to throw appreciative energy out into the cosmos to Mort … Continue reading Mort Garson: Mother Earth’s Plantasia Album Review
By Ethan BrownMusic Journalist Artist: Somos Album: Prison on a Hill Label: Tiny Engines Website: https://somos.bandcamp.com/ Prison on a Hill is the third full release for the indie/emo band Somos based out of Massachusetts. The album was released ahead of … Continue reading Somos: Prison on a Hill Album Review
By Shane WillenborgLocal Music Journalist Artist: The Well Album: Death and Consolation Release date: May 2019 Fall has finally taken hold in central Texas, the temperature is dropping while the sun’s relentless reign of terror over the southwestern landscape is … Continue reading The Well: Death and Consolation Album Review
By John GalindoMusic Journalist Artist: Jack Harlow Album:Confetti Release Date: Sept. 19, 2019. Record Label: Private Garden/ Generation Now Jack Harlow becomes one of our favorite pastime rappers while simultaneously flexing his Louisville flow and musical repertoire. Jack Harlow may … Continue reading Jack Harlow: Confetti Album Review
By Jason ArlineMusic Journalist It’s been 16 years since Gang Starr’s last album. After the death of member Guru, it seemed like we had heard the last of the hip-hop duo. However, with the release of their album One of … Continue reading The Album 16 Years in the Making: Gang Starr’s One of the Best Yet
By Kevin BaxterMusic Journalist Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel Album: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Released Date: Feb. 10, 1998 Website: https://walkingwallofwords.com/ In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a noisey, fuzzy masterpiece of an album. Released by Neutral Milk … Continue reading Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Album Review
By Lexi AshburyMusic Journalist Let me preface this doctoral dissertation by saying I am a King Princess superfan. Seeing her set this year at ACL was something I can only describe as a spiritual experience. Let’s cut to the chase, 20-year-old … Continue reading King Princess: Cheap Queen Album Review
By Elise MontemayorMusic Journalist It’s been about seven years since Chromatics released their last full length album, Kill For Love. The band has kept their creative momentum going by working on other projects within the past few years. They have … Continue reading The Chromatics: Closer To Grey Album Review
By Kaitlyn WatsonMusic Journalist Artist: Arctic MonkeysAlbum: HumbugRelease Date: Aug. 19, 2009Website For the 10th anniversary of the release of Arctic Monkeys’ third studio album, Humbug, I ask that we all celebrate by rewatching “Skins” on Netflix. After the wild … Continue reading Humbug: Ten Years Later
By Keller BradberryMusic Journalist Steve Lacy, 21-year-old Compton native, makes soft-funk with great attention to song-building and guitar-playing. He began making his music via mobile device. He first worked with an alt-funk group, The Internet, as a guitarist and producer … Continue reading Steve Lacy: Apollo XXI Album Review
By Ethan BrownMusic Journalist Artist: Tiny Moving PartsAlbum: breatheLabel: Hopeless RecordsWebsite Tiny Moving Parts are a midwestern emo band which is a mixture of indie and math rock drawing inspiration from the ’90s emo scene. It’s characterized by bright, open … Continue reading Tiny Moving Parts: breathe Album Review
By Lauren FloydMusic Journalist Artist: Summer RentalAlbum: Take Me With YouRelease date: Oct. 4, 2019 The first day of fall may have come and gone, but that hasn’t stopped Summer Rental from putting out their debut album. The self-branded “San … Continue reading Summer Rental: Take Me With You Album Review
By Saidif MejiaMusic Journalist Right now, the underground music scene has a heavy saturation of bedroom pop, old school-inspired and sometimes experimental hip hop, as well as indie and alternative rock. As a result, other genres like electronic, folk-rock, and … Continue reading Junior Toots: A Little Bit Of Love Album Review
By Hope KronkeMusic Journalist An eerie, lush ringing enters your ears as House of Sugar, the latest release from Alex G, who is also known as Sandy on stage, begins to play. Possibly his most poignant and telling release yet, … Continue reading Alex G: House of Sugar Review
By Katherine RobertsonMusic Journalist Moonlight Breakfast is a trio hailing from Romania but are now currently making music in Vienna, Austria. The three, Bazooka, Adita and vocalist Christie, have been putting out music since 2014 with their first full length … Continue reading Moonlight Breakfast: Affection Album Review
By Madisen GummerMusic Journalist One of the many great things about being in the music department of a college radio station is the amount of new music we get to discover on a weekly basis. My favorite artist that I’ve … Continue reading Pearla: Quilting & Other Activities Album Review
By Saidif MejiaMusic Journalist Artist: Charlie Doesn’t Surf Album: Charlie Doesn’t Surf Release date: May 9, 2019 Though not nearly as recognized as places like New York City, Los Angeles or any other large independent musical hub, plenty of smaller cities throughout the Midwest … Continue reading Charlie Doesn’t Surf: Charlie Doesn’t Surf Album Review
By Timia CobbMusic Journalist Arist: Banks Album: III Release Date: July 12, 2019 Website: https://www.hernameisbanks.com/ Banks is back after a three year break with her third studio album, III, released on July 12, 2019. Banks is a Los Angeles native … Continue reading Banks:III Album Review
By John GalindoMusic Journalist Artist: Sampa the Great Album: The Return Release Date: Sept. 13th, 2019 Record Label: Ninja Tune Inspired by her own experiences chasing stardom, the Zambia native tackles new challenges and revisitis what it is like to … Continue reading Sampa the Great: The Return Album Review
