When Green Day announced that they’d be releasing a new album, Father of All Motherfuckers, to go along with their upcoming Hella Mega Tour with Weezer and Fallout Boy, candidly speaking, I had mixed feelings going into this album. It was impossible to expect the same thing with a band like Green Day, which has been active for over thirty years. But, it’s also important to have an open mind, so that even if I didn’t like it, I could still realize it’s value.
Read MoreThe unexpected collaboration between Khruangbin and Leon Bridges on the four song EP “Texas Sun” harmoniously unites the two artists around their shared concept of home. While their unison under Columbia Records came as a surprise to me, their respective musical influences have accompanied me through the last five years of my life. To this day, I still can’t hear Bridges’ feature on “Across The Room” or Khruangbin’s “White Gloves” without reminiscing. Understandably, the idea of putting Bridges in harmony with the independent instrumentals of Khruangbin in this EP while exciting, felt foreboding.
Read MoreWhile on a road trip at the beginning of January with two of my closest friends, I listened to FKA Twigs’ MAGDALENE front to back for the first time. Holding my best friend’s hand in the passenger’s seat the entire time, this album effectively broke my heart over and over again. Pouring out everything she had into this piece of art, FKA Twigs reflects upon the ruin and destruction of a relationship and her experience with divorce. It’s clear that MAGDALENE was made to help her cope with the destruction of her marriage.
Read MoreI discovered Ryan Beatty after he was featured on BROCKHAMPTON’s hauntingly angelic song “BLEACH.” That was three years ago.
Read MoreGeorge & the Handsomes latest EP “Sleepy” takes a candid approach to crafting a unique piece of Alt Rock. Promoting nostalgic imagery while maintaining a balance of harmony, passing through each track on the EP evokes a feeling parallel to that of slipping between dreams.
Read MoreUsing a muted lo-fi filter over all of their tracks to express a dreamy yet upbeat tone, “Santa Fe...27,” by Lostboycrow, presents itself as an alternative/pop hybrid ideal for the purpose of loosely focusing while studying or staring out of a window contemplating when the sun will decide to come back out from behind the clouds.
Read MoreFor my 16th birthday my parents took me, and my younger brother, to Ultra Music Festival in Miami because I was into house music. I find that fact to be embarrassing for all parties involved.
Read MoreOpening with the customary soft acoustic guitar riff and basic yet fulfilling tempo provided through the drums, Cigarettes After Sex’s somewhat forgotten B-side single “Sesame Syrup” at first glance makes no attempt to distance itself from the classic sound and feel the band has successfully established as their own.
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