Reviews
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October Draft Picks
The Best Releases from Rising Artists: September 2025 Click the record to listen on Spotify! Forest for the Trees by The Low Blow For fans of… Movements, The Hotelier, (early)…
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September Draft Picks
The Best Releases from Rising Artists: September 2025 Tiny Empire by Chatterton For fans of… Wilco, Eiafuawn, Big Thief Genre… #shoegaze #jazz #folk-rock #dream-pop Chatterton’s latest EP, Tiny Empire sonically…
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Celluloid Screamo for the Musk Era
8.3/10: La Dispute’s No One was Driving the Car Have you ever read Scary Stories in the Dark? That children’s book of short fiction and horrifying chicken-scratch illustrations? With dense,…
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Success is Temporary, but Quality is Forever.
In 2016, Chancellor Bennet, better known by his stage name Chance the Rapper, seemed guaranteed to become the next big hip-hop star. The twenty-three-year-old Chance had just released the groundbreaking…
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Earl Sweatshirt’s Live Laugh Love: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
In a time when artists feel obligated to put their entire lives on display and release annual albums to maintain relevancy, critically acclaimed rapper and producer Earl Sweatshirt cuts through…
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Real Recession Pop: MAYHEM
Real recession pop is back. The meat dress. A jump from the top of the stadium during the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show. The iconic “Bad Romance” music video. Whether…
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Professionally Produced Poetry Pop
SAYA, Album No. 4 from Saya Gray Saya Gray’s latest record, SAYA, is in its own lane. One look at the cover — a wire coil obscuring one eye, hair…
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The Throughline of Radical Hope on Into a Pretty Room
Circa highschool, some three-odd years ago. I slid my punch card into the time clock one last time, and the digits read like a cipher: You made it out! In…
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Un Baile Inolvidable, Bad Bunny’s Artistic Homecoming
Yo soy de P fuckin’ R. “LA MuDANZA,” Track 17 on Debí Tirar Más Fotos Benito Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, is one of the decade’s highly acclaimed…
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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 crazy about my introduction to the album,…
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Jamie xx Returns With Record of Heartfelt, Dancefloor Ready Bops, In Waves
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. Most notably, Jamie’s…
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The Alchemist Embraces Uncle Status on The Genuine Articulate
Al’s latest record flexes his lyrical muscles. Boasting a discography that extends longer than a CVS receipt, The Alchemist has established himself as one of the most prolific figures in…
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LE SSERAFIM Is Back and Crazier Than Ever
Falling under the umbrella of the “Big 4” entertainment management in the K-Pop industry, LE SSERAFIM will always be guaranteed moderate success, regardless of their new releases’ mediocrity and the…
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‘Short N’ Sweet’ or Hot N’ Cold?
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 stadium tour sold out in…
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Rites Wrapped
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. Her enthusiasm was…