Author: Kevin “Pigeon” Montes
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Surprises come in all forms, and when it’s in the negative sense (with an album), that ruins the appeal of what can arrive as you progress through the journey with the artist. That is how I felt listening to the new Westside Gunn album, And Then You Pray 4 Me. Though one might immediately think…
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My mind wanders when listening to indie-pop music, and I think to myself: do all these indie-pop UK singer-songwriters have similar directions with their music? Obviously, I’m wrong, as they tend to have a proper identity within the production, and I have heard my fair share of artists I’ve become a fan of, like Birdy.…
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It’s never a surprise when Bad Bunny drops an album that feels different from the album prior. However, what did was his embrace of public celebrity life, hitching his hip to Kendall Jenner’s, and venturing into movies – it turned him into more of a petty, one-dimensional rapper who’s as good as his surroundings. That’s…
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It’s been a little over twenty years since we’ve heard new studio-recorded music from Dogstar, a band from Bret Domrose, Robert Mailhouse, and Keanu Reeves, the latter of which recently made a splash over summer with the fourth installment of the John Wick series. Dogstar isn’t as well known as Keanu or as others within…
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Multiple delays, a lot of amassed hype, and a tour that stood out from conception to delivery on social media, so it makes sense that Drake would end up delivering something mostly forgettable and cringe. For All The Dogs (FATD) is many things, but when it’s all placed together, it’s just another Drake album without…
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The last two years were productive for Animal Collective, especially 2022, which saw them delivering their first album in 6 years and conducting the scores and soundtracks to films Crestone and The Inspection, respectively. I haven’t dug my nails into their work for The Inspection outside of its lead single and the album preceding it…
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When Feid dropped his last album, there was no denying that I was heavily favorable if not quite loving it, and that’s because he knows how to keep it fun without having an overreliance on being something he’s not. In reggaeton, the content is usually never that deep with the content or themes while waning…
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When I began listening to Chappell Roan’s debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, the vibes were strong from the writing and the poppy textures. However, as I kept it on loop, it became more glaring that when Roan goes for more pop complexions, the output is more emphatic; it’s the patented…
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When speaking about popstar giants, Kylie Minogue is in the upper pantheon alongside greats like Madonna, Britney Spears, Dolly Parton, etc., for her consistency and influence. The former rings true with her 16th album, Tension, which continues to show she can still command the spotlight in her songs as she maneuvers through these different sounds…
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Doja Cat’s controversial past and present are public, whether through her vocabulary and appearances in incel chat rooms and social media or the disavowment of her fans on Threads – I have my thoughts about the latter as she went at stans, some of whom may have a wild fandom where they need to “touch…
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