Staff Picks: Albums of the Year
Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay Mag Bay’s newest album encapsulates autumn with its perfect blend of synthpop, psychedelia, and weird glitches. I was not …
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Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay Mag Bay’s newest album encapsulates autumn with its perfect blend of synthpop, psychedelia, and weird glitches. I was not …
Though best known for work with pop and indielectronica band The xx, member Jamie xx has also garnered success as a solo artist in the past decade. Mo…
Al’s latest record flexes his lyrical muscles. Boasting a discography that extends longer than a CVS receipt, The Alchemist has established hims…
Falling under the umbrella of the “Big 4” entertainment management in the K-Pop industry, LE SSERAFIM will always be guaranteed moderate success…
In May of 2023, my floor ticket to Sabrina Carpenter’s emails i can’t send tour was just $50. Earlier this month, her Short N’ Sweet…
GOOD Orion Sun: It was Orion Sun’s first time in Nashville, and she came out dressed for us: cowboy hat, Lacoste polo, and boots, just oozing swag. He…
I know, I wasn’t expecting it either. I didn’t even know Usher was still releasing new music— let alone a 20 song album the same week as his Super Bow…
Sufjan Stevens has always been an achingly raw writer, bringing universal themes to life through metaphor in a way that reads like a story. With Javel…
Chappell Roan is Redefining Queer Pop. After 18 years of bisexual girlhood, the summer of 2024 has been my gayest yet. In following the internet trend…
Before answering that, you have to know what a concept album is. Essentially, it is an album with tracks that hold greater meaning together than indiv…
For some time, country music has struggled to balance pageantry and authenticity. Between the rhinestone-clad pop country icons of yesteryear and thei…
In the present day rap scene, violence has become a mainstay. However, the community has ended up losing more than what they can gain.. literally. Nip…
When a friend of mine declared they had no interest in rock music, yet couldn’t stop raving about Florence and the Machine, I was taken aback. To me, …
Headquarters Coffee is a gem sandwiched between eclectic, industrial antique storefronts. The café calls out to you with its handpainted windowpanes…
Flaxen light soon gave way to navy night, mostly starless in its competition with Nashville’s metropolitan glow. It was Musician’s Corne…
August 23: Ian Nussdorfer and The Badlands to Release “Still As Stone” EP on all Streaming Platforms. The table is set with a margaritas…
Kingfisher is a 10-piece band dispersed across the Midwest. They may meet as a whole ensemble infrequently, but when they do, it is to create audio …
Amelia Day is a singer-songwriter from Sumner, WA and a senior at Vanderbilt University. Citing queer folk titans like Tracy Chapman, Brandi Carlile…
With an almost thirty-year-long music career, Marcus Hummon is a star-studded veteran of the Nashville country scene. But from the way he discusses …
Brennan Wedl has been working in Nashville for years as a recording singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Simultaneously they’ve been taking on s…
Everyone recognizes the resonant and percussive three-note pulse of the 2007 chart topper “Crank That.” Its melodious but distinct timbre is produce…
Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay Mag Bay’s newest album encapsulates autumn with its perfect blend of synthpop, psychedelia, and weird glitches. I was not …
I consider myself a lucky man: I was brought up in a time of peak access to any music, book, or movie I could want. Sure, there is plenty of controver…
Post Malone Changed My Mind. I have hated country music for as long as I can remember. Most of the songs I heard had little to no creative expression.…
Cage the Elephant was the soundtrack of my childhood. Since Cage’s 2009 self-titled debut, my older brother had lead singer Matt Shultz’s swagge…
I’m a Playlist-making hobbyist. Translation: I often avoid my myriad responsibilities by surfing through music streaming accounts. A month ago n…
There’s nothing memorable about “Madden 16,” with its over-designed cutscenes and main menus distracting you from a lazy reskin of the same game they’…
It’s 3 a.m. and I’m hearing colors. The sheen of billboards and buildings flashes before my mind’s eye as the deliciously funky basslines and peppy tr…
My Navy-enlisted friend texted me one morning back in September. This usually means quickly debriefing each other about daily random inconveniences, b…