By Neil Manning Music Journalist Artist: Weezer Album: Weezer (Teal Album) Release Date: Jan. 24, 2019 Weezer’s latest album, consisting entirely of covers, caught fans by surprise in late January. The only hint before the drop were covers of “Africa” … Continue reading Weezer (Teal Album) Review
By Dylan Reynolds Music Journalist Artist name: iLLism Website: https://www.illismmusic.com/ Album: Illuminate Release Date: January 31, 2019 iLLism is a Twin Cities based hip hop and R&B husband/wife duo comprised of members Envy and Fancy. Their first full length studio … Continue reading iLLism’s Illuminate Album Review
By Elise Montemayor Music Journalist Artist: Toro y Moi Album: Outer Peace Label: Carpark Records Release Date: January, 18, 2019 Website: https://toroymoi.com Toro y Moi has an important spot in millenium indie royalty which he ensures in his synth-groovy LP, … Continue reading Toro y Moi: Outer Peace Album Review
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist Artist: Mike Krol Album: Power Chords Release Date: January 25, 2019 Website: https://mikekrol.bandcamp.com/ Los Angeles-based artist Mike Krol is gracing the new year with his fourth studio album, Power Chords. In all of 33 minutes, … Continue reading Mike Krol: Power Chords Review
By Kaleb Helms Music Journalist Artist: Vt100 Album: The Burden of Irrational Optimism Release Date: March 19, 2019 The avant-garde electronic band “Vt100” was founded in Berkeley, California, in 2010 by engineer and producer Carl Van Arsdall. Vt100’s music consists of … Continue reading Vt100: The Burden of Irrational Optimism Review
By Nicholas Volpe Music Journalist Artist: Nothing Album: Dance on the Blacktop Release Date: August 2018 Website: https://nothing.bandcamp.com/music Label: Relapse Records The third album and newest release by Philadelphia’s Nothing, Dance on the Blacktop, is a record that blurs the … Continue reading Nothing: Dance on the Blacktop Album Review
By Aimee Huckeba Music Journalist Artist: LANY Album: Malibu Nights Release Date: October 5, 2018 Website: https://thisislany.com/ The sophomore album Malibu Nights from synth-pop band LANY has taken the charts for one of the most direct breakup albums this year. … Continue reading LANY: Malibu Nights Album Review
By Tanner Meadows Local Music Journalist Artist: Roaming Herds of Buffalo Album: Mountain Rabbit Release Date: October 16, 2018 Website: http://www.rhobmusic.com/ Seattle based pop-rockers, Roaming Herds of Buffalo (RHOB), are a band that is comfortable in its variety. Continually experimenting … Continue reading Mountain Rabbit: Album Review
By Danielle Ortega Local Music Journalist Artist: Jibberish Album: Meantime Release Date: September 28, 2018 Bandcamp: https://jibberish.bandcamp.com/album/meantime Jibberish, a local Texas band, has just released their first EP. The EP has five mellow tracks that you can sit back and … Continue reading Meantime: Album Review
By Samuel Cravey Music Journalist Artist: Peter Bibby Album: Grand Champion Release Date: September 28, 2018 Label: Spinning Top Website: https://spinningtopmusic.com/pages/peter-bibby Straight out of the land down under, Peter Bibby is unmistakably an Aussie through and through. Whether it’s his … Continue reading Peter Bibby: Grand Champion Review
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist During the summer of 2009, Fox Searchlight released the quirky “romantic comedy,” “500 Days of Summer.” The story centers around Tom, played by Joseph Gordon Levitt and Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel. Tom, a hopeless … Continue reading Music in Film: A Look Inside the Soundtrack of “500 Days of Summer”
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: winded Album: Schwartz Goes to Heaven Release Date: June 22, 2018 Label: Community Records Website: https://winded.bandcamp.com/ Bedroom pop can be twee, plain-borderline-boring and uninspired. It can also be intimate, carefully crafted and some of … Continue reading winded: Schwartz Goes to Heaven Album Review
By Jennifer Romero Rap Music Journalist Artist: Father Album: Awful Swim Release Date: September 21, 2018 Label: RCA Records 2018 proved to be in Father’s favor, with not only the announce of his creative partnership of his label Awful Records with RCA Records, but … Continue reading Father: Awful Swim Album Review
By Clayton Chaney Local Music Director October 9, 2018 This week I was blessed with the opportunity to chat with Adrian Galvin, the front man of Yoke Lore and also former drummer of Walk The Moon. Adrian shared insightful thoughts … Continue reading Meet Yoke Lore
By Samuel Cravey Music Journalist Artist: Black Belt Eagle Scout Album: Mother of My Children Release Date: September 14, 2018 Website: https://blackbelteaglescout.bandcamp.com/ Black Belt Eagle Scout’s debut album, Mother of My Children, is a beautifully crafted collection of indie-rock songs … Continue reading Black Belt Eagle Scout: Mother of My Children Album Review
By Rikki Yanez Assistant Web Content Manager If you enjoy bingeing the latest Netflix series, you may have heard of the recently added Netflix limited series Maniac. This series is not like your typical Netflix Original due to the content … Continue reading A Netflix Review: Maniac
By Tanner Meadows Music Journalist Artist: The Shifts Album: Yet Another Change of Plans Release Date: May 9, 2018 Label: Blue Eggplant Records Website: https://theshiftsmusic.bandcamp.com/ The Shifts’ most recent release, Yet Another Change of Plans, is the latest addition to … Continue reading The Shifts Yet Another Change of Plans – Review
By Aimee Huckeba Music Journalist Artist: The Kooks Album: Let’s Go Sunshine Label: Lonely Cat Release Date: August 31, 2018 After a long-awaited four years, The Kooks have released their fifth studio album, Let’s Go Sunshine. The Kooks showed signs … Continue reading The Kooks: Let’s Go Sunshine Album Review
By Danielle Ortega Local Music Journalist Artist: The Naked Tungs Album: Distract Myself Release Date: August 24, 2018 Website: https://thenakedtungs.weebly.com/ The Naked Tungs are back at it again with their second EP, Distract Myself, which they released only a little over … Continue reading Distract Myself by The Naked Tungs
By Eric McKeefer Local Music Journalist Artist: The Irons Album: Peter Clear Boy Release Date: January 2018 The Irons’ newest release, Peter Clear Boy, clocks in at just 26 minutes and is packed end to end with nine short melodic tracks … Continue reading The Irons: Peter Clear Boy Album Review
