Must Hear Tracks: "Being Alive" "Jesse" "Duet" Greta Kline's music has always been her diary. More than 50 Bandcamp releases and two stellar studio albums make for an intimidating catalogue, but her style is anything but. It's like listening to a close friend speaking comfortably. She's never been one to speak at length, though. The... Continue Reading →
Howdy y'all! I'd like to take a moment to get personal with you, my loyal readers. A lot of excellent new music came out in the first three months of 2018, and I want to share my favorites. Keep in mind, I'm a mere mortal; I haven't listened to everything. Most of the music I... Continue Reading →
It's got soul. The groove is sleek. The melody is immediate and sensual. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a woman aching for love she's never felt. The kicker: it all happens in 21 seconds. Detroit beatsmith Joey Pecoraro creates a full song's worth of tension and resolution in a fraction of the time by... Continue Reading →
Some of my most satisfying bouts of laughter came when I heard a bizarre song for the first time. Whether it be an unexpected turn of phrase, an abrupt musical transition, or anything else out of the ordinary, artists don't get enough credit for effectively embedding humor into songs. I think purposeful comedy in music... Continue Reading →
"Must Hear" Tracks: "GUMMO" "CHOCOLATE" In the name of hype, how much are we willing to overlook? For 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez), apparently the answer to that question is "quite a bit." The 21 year old Bushwick rapper has a laundry list of reasons to stop listening to him. In 2015, he filmed a 13 year... Continue Reading →
2017 was a tense year. We saw "fake news" go viral on an unprecedented level. We saw sexual harassment silence breakers become Time Magazine's "Person of the Year." We saw Harvey Weinstein, President Donald Trump, and others accused of sexual misconduct deny their past actions. Those are just two examples; I'm not even going to... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "Little Dark Age" "When You Die" "Hand It Over" MGMT was an accident. At their first show, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser played the Ghostbusters theme for 45 minutes straight. If that doesn't prove they didn't take themselves seriously, I don't know what does. Their most successful songs were music student pranks,... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "Still Here" "Feel No Ways" "One Dance" (feat. Wizkid and Kyla) "Controlla" . . . On April 29th, 2016, Drake said “let there be Views,” and there was Views. The world rejoiced. . . Religious allusions aside, Drake is a larger-than-life pop culture figure. Some proof lies in the hype surrounding the... Continue Reading →
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