Author: Kevin “Pigeon” Montes
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To say the past year has been tumultuous for Gunna, Young Thug, and others apart of the Slime Gang/YSL Record label as they continue toughing it through their RICO case is an understatement. Fans and the world alike have gone through ups and downs as we see their lyrics get used as evidence and continuously…
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Welcome back. It’s been a while since I spent the time to talk about an artist flooding my ears with vigor, and I’m back to gush about another artist, Young Miko. A Rapper/Reggaeton artist from Puerto Rico, Young Miko’s making waves with her vicious flows, creative lyricism, and boastful Latin trap beats. My first exposure…
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More tender than On The Line, Jenny Lewis returns with beautiful reflections on age and life as she continues maneuvering her 40s on Joy’All. It’s a blissful cadence of Alternative Pop-Country-Rock notes meshed into one wild venture that have you hearing these fun songs that hearten Lewis’s character as she shifts between the cheeky and…
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When “Both Of Us” began blowing up beyond the underground House music scene, it became evident to many that Jayda G was a talent we shouldn’t be sleeping on. She soon established herself as this luminously outward dance DJ and producer, shifting trends to stay authentic with her artistic direction. It’s there in her 2019…
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For many, the notion of loss is difficult to tackle when facing it head-on. Foo Fighters know this, and through the meticulous crafting created since the passing of their drummer Taylor Hawkins, and lead singer, Dave Grohl’s mother, nothing will stop them. It transfixes you with how they come together and tightens the familial bond…
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The Aces don’t forget who they are and what makes them so distinct beyond treading genre lines of Synth-Pop. Throughout their career, they have been tackling varying dimensions of pop, whether internal or external, as they establish a base without gender being a tag and becoming something unique on their own. They’ve built a base…
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As fantastic as Spider-man: Across The Spider-Verse is, I can’t say the same about the accompanying soundtrack, METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (SOUNDTRACK FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE). It’s production consistently fails to take an extra leap as it stays afloat with uninteresting beats; it bears the weight of success on…
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Coming off an excellent debut album, Collapsed In Sunbeams, Arlo Parks has given us these intricate R&B/Soul/Pop hybrids, free-flowing with a natural cadence that evokes those calming emotional notes that keep you ingrained in her sound. It transfixes you into this world that balances the nuances of indie R&B/Soul and Pop with its loverly and…
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There’s no denying the significant uptick for the novel Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, especially the television miniseries based on it. It is a different narrative journey I’m not used to taking; though I am used to reading through interviews all my life, it felt like two distinct worlds colliding. However,…
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I often come across artists that capture my attention to the fullest, furthering my pursuit to listen to their discography or a short collection of songs before an impending release. Recently that has been the case with LP Giobbi, a Piano House star in the making, precisely as she continues to establish an identity beholden…
