Kacy Hill: Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again Album Review

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Kacy Hill: Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again Album Review

By James LanikMusic Journalist Astute followers of the hip hop scene for the last several years, may have noticed that GOOD Music, Kanye West’s in-house record label, has had a somewhat terrible reputation at letting their more unknown artists get the publishing and coverage they deserve. Former and current signees such as Desiigner and Teyana Taylor have expressed their frustration with the creative restrictions they dealt with during the time […]

July 24, 2020 129

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Jinsang: Life Album Review

By Ty RaymondMusic Journalist Now more than ever, work gets done at home. Some are fortunate enough to have a quiet environment at their households. However, a lot of people have roommates or kids at home that can make sitting down and focusing on a computer screen difficult. I personally have always been a master at the art of getting distracted. I hear a noise and my mind is instantly […]

July 13, 2020 285

The photo is the cover for the Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist album Alfredo

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Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist: Alfredo Album Review

By Christopher BrockerAssistant Music Director Gary Indiana native Freddie Gibbs returns accompanied by a solidified producer, The Alchemist. Gibbs is coming off the highly acclaimed collaboration album Bandana with producer Madlib in 2019. Bandana was easily the biggest Grammy snub for hip hop album of the year last year. Gibbs has been paving out his lane in hip hop and putting together a solid and underrated discography. 1985 The album […]

July 11, 2020 442

A drawing of a purple-sky landscape and a yellow grass hill. At the top of a hill, a man and woman stand together. At the base of the hill, there is a smiling monkey. On the photo in cursive writing, it reads “Go to School: A Musical by The Lemon Twigs”.

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The Lemon Twigs: Go to School Album Review

By Chinny EgbunaMusic Journalist Centering around what is arguably one of the most out-there album concepts ever, Go to School blends folk, glam-rock, and theatrical flair to tell a wild and winding musical tale. The musical album centers around Shane, a chimpanzee adopted by an infertile human couple, and his struggle to assimilate into a world of judgmental humans. The album focuses on showy and melodramatic numbers, while simultaneously infusing […]

July 6, 2020 114

The album cover is a portrait of a young female in front of iridescent streamers.

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BRIDEY’s Pop Diary EP Review

By Ashley FarnieMusic Journalist With only 71 monthly listeners on Spotify, Chicago-based BRIDEY’s undiscovered sound includes influences of alternative and indie rock with an emphasis on lyricism to convey the intricacies of life and love. As the second studio release following their debut album, Honey, in 2019, Pop Diary experiments with more pop-influenced sounds and structures--hence the title-- without straying from the authenticity exhibited in previous releases. The EP cover […]

July 5, 2020 112

Solid white background with grey square in the middle. Within the grey square is a black and white photo of Mac Miller from the chest up. Miller is wearing a black sweater and has a tattooed hand covering one of his eyes while the other eye is shut. A slightly transparent photo is layered on top of the original photo. The transparent photo is almost identical to the original, except Miller's uncovered eye is open, and looking directly into the lens. The layered photos give the image an action effect.

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Mac Miller: Circles Album Review

By Cheyenne YoungMusic Journalist Artist: Mac MillerAlbum: CirclesRelease Date: January 17, 2020Label: Warner Records The first lyric Mac Miller offers us in his posthumous and possibly final studio album, Circles, is a sighing “Well...," setting a somber and melancholic tone. As I sit here grasping at ways to begin this review, writing and erasing, starting and stopping, I find a sighing “Well” may be the perfect place to start. Well, […]

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In the middle of the album art is a close up picture of Fiona Apple’s face, with the artist and album name in playful purple letters.

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Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters Album Review

By James LanikMusic Journalist In 1997, Fiona Apple famously took the stage at the VMAs to accept her award for Best New Artist and simultaneously call out the world as bulls**t. If any moment in time best illustrated her place in the pop music landscape, it's this one. She has spent every moment in the limelight since then subverting the expectations of people around her hoping to be able to […]

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There are three people, appearing to be men, standing on a checkered, baby blue and off-white, tiled floor. The image only catches their feet and legs. The person standing left of the image is wearing black and grey socks, and a blue skirt that falls at their mid thigh. The person standing in the center is barefoot and wearing a brown skirt that stops right above their ankles. And the person standing to the right of the image is wearing a pale blue dress with red ribbons at the bottom, black and blue striped sock, and a pair of fuzzy, pink, puppy slippers. They are standing in a semicircle leaving a vacant area on the floor where the phrases “Peach Pit” and “You and Your Friends” are placed in wavy white font. There is also a very small parental advisory sticker in the bottom right corner.

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Peach Pit: You and Your Friends Album Review

By Zoe ElterMusic Journalist Album: You and Your FriendsArtist: Peach PitRelease Date: April 3, 2020Website I initially fell in love with Peach Pit when I stumbled across this live performance of their song "Alrighty Aphrodite" in late 2016. Ever since then, I have been following their music with almost reckless abandon. Peach Pit, coupling Neil Smith's voice with the innovative bedroom pop style, has a sound that is all their […]

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Dvsn: A Muse In Her Feelings Album Review

By Christopher BrockerMusic Journalist Scarborough, Toronto R&B duo Dvsn returns for their third studio album A Muse In Her Feelings. The duo consist of singer Daniel Daley and producer Paul Jefferies who is known as Nineteen85. Dvsn is signed to OVO Sound which is a label co-founded by Drake. Nineteen85 has notably produced some of Drake's biggest hits in “Hotline Bling” and “Hold On, We’re Going Home.” It’s been roughly […]

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