By Alana Riddle Music Journalist Artist: Nick Hakim Album: Green Twins Release Date: May 19, 2017 Website: https://nickhakim.bandcamp.com Nick Hakim’s debut full-length album is a blend of psychedelic, soul and jazz that explores the complexities of love. Hakim fuses these diverse elements to create a sound that somehow sounds like a modern blend of Marvin Gaye, Leon Bridges, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The album feels dreamy from beginning to end, […]
By Nora Jones Music Journalist Artist: Deem Spencer Album: Sunflower EP Release Date: January 11, 2017 Website: https://soundcloud.com/deemspencer/sets/sunflower Deem Spencer, an emerging artist from Queens, is one of the more exciting rappers from New York. Similar to Frank Ocean or Kevin Abstract, Deem Spencer can switch up his singing with his rapping, flawlessly blending Hip-Hop and R&B styles. Spencer released his Sunflower EP on SoundCloud back in August, but more […]
By Clayton Ambrose Music Journalist Artist: Ween Album: The Mollusk Label: Elektra Release Date: June 21, 1997 This is probably not the first 20th anniversary article you have read this year, and it certainly will not be the last. If it is not one of the many retrospectives on Radiohead’s OK Computer, you might see fond reminiscing on Bjork’s Homogenic, Elliott Smith’s Either/Or, or any of the other classics and […]
By Kendra Sells Hip-Hop Journalist Artist: BROOKZILL! Album: Throwback to the Future Website: www.brookzill.com Label: www.tommyboy.com Hip-Hop all-stars Prince Paul, Don Newkirk, Ladybug Mecca and Rodrigo Brandão eloquently meshed together Afro-Brazilian culture and American Hip-Hop to satisfy an itch I never knew needed to be scratched. The team makes up BROOKZILL!, a concept of togetherness, cool rhythm, sultry vocals and flavor, seasoned perfectly to taste. Throwback to the Future truly […]
By: Ranisha Shipp Music Reviewer Artist: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Album: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Label: CYHSY, inc. Release Date: September 13, 2005 Website: www.cyhsy.com I was first introduced to this album my senior year of high school. I had recently received one of those ipods with the camera for Christmas. Before that, I was an MP3 girl in a world that Steve Jobs was about to take […]
By: Andrew Wilcox Music Reviewer Artist – Damaged Bug Album – Cold Hot Plumbs Label – Castle Face Date of Release – 6/1/15 Website - http://www.castlefacerecords.com/products/damaged-bug-cold-hot-plumbs Sounding incredibly fresh and sonically interesting, John Dwyer’s second release as Damaged Bug, Cold Hot Plumbs evokes images of the past to the listener, but curiously using electronics. Dwyer’s influences can be felt on the synthesizer. Inside Cold Hot Plumbs, traces of Cream (especially […]
By: Ranisha Shipp Music Reviewer Artist: The Bird and the Bee Album: Recreational Love Label: Rostrum Records Release Date: July 17, 2015 Website: http://www.thebirdandthebee.com/news/ The Bird and the Bee are a musical duo from Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of Inara George (AKA The Bird) and Greg Kurstin (AKA The Bee). The duo started making sounds together back in 2006 and haven’t stopped since. Their sound can be […]
Andrew Nogay Web Content Contributor A few days ago, the newest album from Death Grips, one of the most praised and mysterious musical acts in recent memory, was leaked before its planned March 31 release. So Death Grips did what Death Grips does: it put all of the songs from the album, Jenny Death, on their youtube channel. Jenny Death was supposed to be the band's last release before their highly-publicized […]
Springtime Carnivore Springtime Carnivore Autumn Tone Records 2014 by Harrison Holt KTSW Music Springtime Carnivore’s self-titled debut is an album that illuminates the essence of a mellow high Sunday afternoon. Each and every track features a melodic mix of psychedelia and upbeat pop elements driven behind the soft, yet distinctive voice of Greta Morgan. With Richard Swift (The Black Keys, The Shins, Foxygen), co-producing tracks 4, 10, and 11, the album […]
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