Author: Kevin “Pigeon” Montes
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When Ashnikko dropped her mixtape Demidevil in 2021, I stood immediately enthralled by her artistic aesthetic, both visually and musically, weaving together these unique pop productions with fiery raps and melodic performance through sheer independence and empowerment. Part of her stylistic sense of approach to writing got heightened with her alter-ego, this devilish side that…
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Ever since the release of Barbie, one band has returned to the crevices of my music-loving mind and has found a home again after nearly a decade-plus since revisiting their first three albums. That band is Matchbox Twenty, and unbeknownst to me, they dropped their fifth album, Where The Light Goes, earlier this summer. As…
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Sometimes, it gets hard to hide my affinity for the independent singer-songwriter genre as they pave their way through different soundscapes to learn and grow. Amongst the many, UK singer-songwriter Birdy has been near the top of my list for faves – part of it is because of her last album, Young Heart, where her…
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Since Mick Jenkins released The Water(s), his career has been on a steady upclimb, gliding through with synergetic virtuosity that sometimes makes you wonder why he has never seen the next stratosphere. But in the long run, that may be for the best as his status never dwindled, retaining a heavy fan base that relishes…
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Throughout his career, Southern Californian rapper G Perico has stayed on a consistent path delivering quality music over solid apropos West Coast productions, and that goes for moments where he gets lyrically redundant or repetitive. It’s a common trait for artists who drop many projects yearly because the energy and writtens allow them to churn…
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Following a momentous and underrated headlining performance at Lollapalooza, Karol G returns with Bichota Season, a Side-B of sorts to Mañana Sera Bonito. Bichota Season is the antithesis to the lighter textures we got with her album back in February, especially as it gives us more nightclub bangers to whisk you through the latter of…
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On August 11th, 2023, Hip-Hop turned 50 Years of Age, and as much as I wanted to, I don’t think I could have stayed at Yankee Stadium hootin’ and hollerin’ for 8 hours straight, starting at 6 PM. Fortunately, the concert was live-streamed, and more importantly, Hip-Hop came through with some real-real by giving us…
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The Front Bottoms have a constant tangent of songwriting that travels varying avenues that feel more grounded than most rock and pop songs that value love and relationships as this emotionally gripping fairytale-like compound that needs to get expressed in various ways. Best described as a blend of folk rock, indie pop, and alternative rock,…
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Growing into her own, Art School Girlfriend –Polly Mackey – has invariably shown this unique presence in Electro-Pop/Bedroom Pop, where the atmospheric textures ride the coattails of neutral to heightened synths and encapsulating drum patterns that it becomes easy to understand why her music is hypnotic. Her debut, Is There Light Where You Are, showcased…
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Since their debut of the more melancholy, lo-fi-driven Earl Grey, Girl Ray has elevated their sound to bring more than straightforward pop textures, incorporating influence from some of the seismic pop music of the 2010s, like “Take Care” by Drake featuring Rihanna, an example used in the Apple Music Bio. With Girl, it felt refreshing,…
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